Phnom Kulen and 1000 Lingas River Private Day Tour from Siem Reap (6h)

This was a wonderful day trip! Our guide, Nak, was absolutely wonderful. Very knowledgeable and passionate about the history. He was happy to answer all questions. I highly recommend it!

Our tour guide was Mr Phy. Great private tour visiting the Kulen mountain, reclining. Buddha, 1000 lingas and the Kulen waterfall. Highly recommend this tour. Transport for 4 people was in a large and comfortable air conditioned vehicle. Mr Phy is knowledgeable so we learned a lot about the history during this tour.

Sath is one of good guids. He is kind and passionate for guilding. But I think it has a few veiwpoint in this tour.

On this tour we first visited a lovely scenic spot with a breathtaking view. Our guide Mr Nak took a great photo of us on the cliff. After that we visited the reclining Buddha and the river of 1000 lingas. Also tried some street food near the temple. Mr Nak is very knowledgeable and his love for his country’s heritage is infectious. He was also very patient waiting for us while we took a dip at the waterfalls and also obliged us when we asked to stop by the landmine museum on the way back to the hotel.

My trip was overall great.My guide was Mr. SIEKKONG & driver was Mr. Borey. For my experience, I’ll point out the cons and pros. Cons- When seeing the 1000 Lingas, it wasn’t as exciting to see because it could be difficult to see in the water and really could just take a picture. Pros- My guide and driver were both excellent on taking care of me and had time to explore on my own time. The Kulen Waterfall was by far the best place to go because there was different levels of waterfalls and the biggest one, you could swim around and enjoy the view. The reclining Buddha was nice to see up close in the mountains and enjoy the view as well. For the future, possibly change the 1000 Lingas to something else but as for the waterfall and reclining Buddha, definitely keep those in the tour.

We originally met Sath when he picked us up from the airport. He was friendly, engaging and keen, so when we wanted a trip to visit the kulan mountains and bang mealea temple we figured cut out the middle man! A bit of negotiation via WhatsApp later and he sorted us kulan park entry tickets and transport at less than we would have had to pay via the hotel with less hassle and a later start as he picked up the tickets for us in advance. While he's not an official tour guide (yet!) he was very helpful in timing our visit so we had more chance to take photos without the hoards in the way, which is our thing, and making sure we got to see all the hiden gems of kulen. I'm sure he'd put similar thought into accomodating your thing whatever that happens to be. One thing to note with Seam Reap in general is that the local banks have started not to honour the full face value for dollars which are ripped/damaged in some way in recent months. As a result, make sure that you have either Cambodian Riel or very crisp greenbacks, or you will be asking the locals to accept an extra 10 to 15% discount at the point of payment, which can be stressfull all around, because unlike the major tourist venues and hotels, most of the locals, including Sath, can't take a card yet.

The tour was amazing, beautiful nature, great spots where we took a lot of photos. Our guide Mr Chhoub was very knowledgeable, helpful and friendly. The road in Nature Park was uneven due to the heavy rain and our driver Mr Khen did an awesome job, driving safely across.We also visited Tonle Sap and the boat ride was beautiful, our guide Mr Chhoub once again helped us to avoid areas which were too touristy and we thoroughly enjoyed the day.

The tour to kulen waterfall was wonderful. Our guide Sath was very kind, carring and patient (with our grumpy kids who never ceased to complain about the weather). Sath was also very interesting and knowledgeable and was able to answer all our questions about Cambodia's society, politics and history. We highly Recommend this tour.

Great journey! Both the guide (Sath) and the driver were really nice and kind and they speak perfect english.Sath provides you with lots of interesting information regarding the place and Cambodia history. It was a really nice journey after a long travel from Europe the day before.