Tonle Sap Lake and Kampong Phluk Half-Day Tours from Siem Reap (4-5h)

Overview

Half-day group tour from Siem Reap with a local guide. Enjoy your the tour in the morning or afternoon with about 45-minutes’ drive to the fishermen’s village of Kompong Phluk whose name means 'harbor of the tusks' and Cambodia great lake. Enjoy Tonle Sap Lake, it’s a lake with no ends in front of you, birds flying slowly overhead and surrounding with the interesting village as well as wetland area.

A local boat ride take you the Tonle Sap Lake and village where you will see nature in a way you’ve only seen in picture books and it’s where you will now see villagers houses, school, government houses built on high stilts but the pagoda on the only butte (the only building which is not on stilts) and see the activities of the villagers who your expert guide will teach you about their culture, the life style, and the ecosystem of this fascinating place. 

This tour concludes hotel pick up and drop-off. Please choose from one of two departure times when you book.

Highlights

  • Magnificent views of Tonle Sap Lake and Kompong Phluk
  • On-board guide commentary ensures you don’t miss anything
  • Hassle-free hotel pickup and round-trip transfers from Siem Reap
  • Choice of morning or afternoon departure

Price Per Person in USD

1 Pax
75$

Per Person

2 Pax
45$

Per Person

3 Pax
39$

Per Person

4 Pax
37$

Per Person

5 Pax
36$

Per Person

6 Pax
35$

Per Person

7 Pax
33$

Per Person

8 Pax Plus
29$

Per Person

  • Duration 4-5h
  • Experienced Tour Guide English
  • Instant Confirmation
  • Free Cancellation Yes
  • Mobile Voucher Accepted

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Itinerary

Begin your adventure with pickup from your Siem Reap hotel for the roughly 45-minute journey to Kompong Phluk. Depending on the season, you’ll travel by minibus (February to July) or by minibus and boat (August to January). Transfer to a small boat and set sail along the lake, passing stilted houses and schools, floating markets, pagodas, and fishing boats as your guide tells you more about local life, customs, and traditions. 

Wet-season visitors can also opt to enjoy a traditional canoe ride around the flooded forests (for an additional expense) and experience the region’s unique ecosystem as you glide between the semi-submerged trees. 

Back in Siem Reap, your tour ends with a drop-off at your hotel.

What's Included

  • Experienced English Speaking guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entrance ticket
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Sharing local boat ride
  • Small-Group Tours
  • Cold bottled water on tour

What's Not Included

  • Canoe ride in mangrove forest (Aug-Jan)
  • Food and drinks
  • Travel insurances
  • Gratuities
  • Others personal expenses

Pickup Time

Morning pickup from 7:30-8:30AM and Afternoon pickup from 1-2PM

Pickup Point

From your hotel in Siem Reap
  • Siem Reap
  • Small Group Tours (Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville)
  • 4-5h
  • Half-day group tour from Siem Reap with a local guide. Enjoy your the tour in the morning or afternoon with about 45-minutes’ drive to the fishermen’s village of Kompong Phluk whose name means 'harbor of the tusks' and Cambodia great lake. Enjoy Tonle Sap Lake, it’s a lake with no ends in front of you, birds flying slowly overhead and surrounding with the interesting village as well as wetland area.

from
USD $29 / Person

Price varies by group size

Guest Reviews

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1089 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Green Era Travel, Viator, Tripadvisor,
GetYourGuide and Google reviews

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JPereira17

Great Experience

Lovely experience that we made with Phearom. He is an incredible guide, very good speaking English. He is a truth combodjian, learned a lot about his country and about the floating villages. If you have plenty of time in Siem Reap, you must do this tour to know better the countryside and to see how the minorities of Combodja lives. Thank you Green Era!
Written Oct 23, 2019

AiTashiro

トンレサップ湖半日ツアー

ホテルまで迎えに来ていただき、帰りも送ってくれました。道中ガイドのhanさんが丁寧に説明していただき色々教えてくれました。冷たいお水もくださり快適な道中を過ごせました。
Written Oct 19, 2019

Uwe_und_Claudia

Toller Ausflug

Es hat alles sehr gut geklappt - pünktliche Abholung, klimatisierter Kleinbus, freundlicher Guide (Youhan), schöne Bootsfahrtund natürlich vor allem das Fishing Village - sehr interessant. Wir waren sehr zufrieden und dankbar.
Written Oct 19, 2019

Cliff662

Half day tour

Wonderful tour that exceeded all expectations. Very highly recommended. San is very experienced and is easily understood. This was a whole new experience.
Written Oct 17, 2019

Verenas-Journey

Toller Ausflug

Die Halbtagestour mit San war super. Wir waren in einer kleinen Gruppe von 5 Personen unterwegs und es war eine sehr nette Atmosphere. San hat sich sehr bemüht uns die Geschichte und Kultur seines Landes näher zu bringen und hat sich über jede Frage gefreut. Das besichtigte Dorf war sehr interessant und ich kann den Ausflug absolut empfehlen
Written Oct 17, 2019

AzRat

Guide great, tour decent, company terrible

Short and simple: Noted this tour on Trip Advisor 'last minute' for Siem Reap. My partner had never been to the lake so why not. I normally book directly with a tour company. On the Green Era website this tour was listed at $5 PP less than through Trip Advisor booking. Okay save some money why not? Because the website book thru was terrible - dead link, non functioning buttons, etc. Tried to call the office (and had a local call just in case there was a language barrier). Unable to contact by phone from number listed on website. Not good signs for inputting my CC secure info into 3 world homemade website. So we had already decided - paid the extra $10 for 2x passengers (20% premium) and booked on TA portal. No email confirm as to pickup time - just a vague note from TA - at hotel between 7 and 8. Upon pickup we got lost trying to find the next guest lodging, then backtracked past our hotel area after finally finding the hotel on the way to pickup more guests. Our van had missing seatbelt on the bench seat - driver merely replied "we only use the front in Cambodia". With visions of becoming a human projectile flying thru windscreen in an abrupt stop we proceeded. Guide 'Wat' was great - knowledgable of Cambodia, the tour etc. The tour is a village slice of life of rural lake dwelling Cambodians. On the Lake we missed the entire guide talk because the boatman wouldn't shutoff the straight pipe loud motor. Always fun rocking in the water sucking in petrol fumes. This happened twice as one of the guests got 'lost' on the canoe mangrove paddle, and we had to sit and wait while confusion ensued again inhaling noxious fumes bobbing in the water.. I did not fault the guide - the guest apparently had the canoe lag and detour for photo ops?. Just as my title stated: guide - great, tour - decent, terrible company experience online and safety issue.
Written Oct 17, 2019

sebas2323

Recomendable

Muy buena experiencia para hacer en Siam Reap. SAN nuestro Guia muy atento y predispuesto. Nos explico la historia de Camboya y todas nuestras inquietudes. El tour es recomendable para hacer luego de los templos y ver algo diferente. Recomendable
Written Oct 16, 2019

VivienK1982

Authentic rural Cambodia experience

This half-day trip is absolutely worth its money. Voath is a very nice and professional guide. We got lots of information about the culture and history of Cambodia in a very good English. He can answer any question you have. You will see how the people on the country-side live and work hard on a daily basis. It is no artificial village at all. It is fun to buy books and pencils for the school kids (if you want only, no one bothers you to do so) and hand it over to them directly. The ride through the "mangroove" woods was magical. You can even go swimming. There are also floating restaurants. Afterwards, you get dropped of where you want in Siem Reap. Voath even helped me to find a fine vegetarian restaurent, which was excellent by the way.
Written Oct 16, 2019

ramcharr

Very professional folks

Had taken their half-day floating village tour. Provided a comfortable vehicle and a great guide. Had a very good time.
Written Oct 12, 2019

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