Tonle Sap Lake and Kampong Phluk Private Half Day tour from Siem Reap (5h)

Overview

Enjoy your tour this morning 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.

Highlights
  • Travel with a guide: get there faster and focus on the highlights
  • Learn how the villagers keep the peace while living in close quarters
  • See a township, schools, and government homes built high off the ground
  • Paddle through a forest that is often entirely submerged

Price Per Person in USD

1 Pax
129$

Per Person

2 Pax
79$

Per Person

3 Pax
79$

Per Person

4 Pax
69$

Per Person

5 Pax
59$

Per Person

6 Pax
59$

Per Person

7 Pax
29$

Per Person

8 Pax Plus
59$

Per Person

  • Duration 5h
  • Experienced Tour Guide English
  • Instant Confirmation
  • Free Cancellation Cancel up to 48 hours in advance
  • Mobile Voucher Accepted

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Pick up  from your hotel and set out this morning in a private tour to the countryside which drive about 45-minutes to the fishermen’s village of Kompong Phluk whose name means 'harbor of the tusks' and Cambodia great lake. Enjoy Tonle Sap Lake, is a lake with no ends in front of you, and birds flying slowly overhead and surrounding with the interesting village.

During the dry season (February to Jul), the village can be reached by mini bus or motorbike, as the – bumpy - road that is normally flooded dries up.

In the rainy season (August to Jan), a short boat ride from the quay, through the wetland area will take you to Kompong Phluk. It is not a floating village but a village on high stilts as well as some floating houses and in spite of fishing is often the privilege of the Vietnamese minority but inhabitants of Kompong Phluk are almost exclusively of Cambodian origin. The villagers frequently move from house to another house during the rainy season, they live in houses built on stilts and move to small huts near the waterfront during the dry season to do fishing.

Arrive at the quay, board a local boat for a 1.5-hour ride on the Tonle Sap Lake as well as village where you will see nature in a way you’ve only seen in picture books, and the tour of Kampong Phluk is worth the extra effort to get there, then we will visit the village, 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.

Optional (August to Jan): you can pay an extra to take a small canoes paddle by villagers; will take you deep into the dense flooded forest. The trees of this forest are perfectly adapted to their unusual existence as they are completely submerged a part of the year. 

Return to Siem Reap and drop off at your hotel or requested drop off point drop-off Siem Reap city center.

Important Information

What's Included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off from lobby
  • Entrance tickets 
  • Private boat trip
  • Private air-conditioned vehicle on tour
  • Experience  English Speaking guide
  • Cold bottled water
  • Private tour

What's Not Included

  • 30 mns Canoe ride in Mangrove forest (Aug-Jan)
  • Other meals and drinks
  • Other personal expenses
  • Tipping/gratuities (recommended)
  • Travel insurance

Pickup Time

7AM, 8AM, 9AM, 2PM, 3PM-Please choose one Note: we accept booking made 10 hours or more before the tour starts

Pickup Point

Pick up from your hotel in Siem Reap

Guest Reviews

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111 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Green Era Travel, Viator, Tripadvisor,
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travelceci18

Meaningful trip

Nice trip which let me know more local culture of combodia, the local people’s life is worth to see because that’s what a deep travelling. The tour guide is nice too cause he always smile.
Written Dec 04, 2019

Tour690548

Awesome tour & tour guide

Great tour! Was very well spoken, took time to answer questions and explain the tour places. Car has AC and met a fun group of people.
Written Dec 01, 2019

Kamil

Sosnowiec, Poland

Kampong Phlung

Grear travel with great tour guide (Shoub). Floating village is very exciting and we had also treap to the mangrove forest.
Written Nov 01, 2019

Voyageur 7816

Belle découverte

Notre guide, Choub, nous a fait découvrir la mangrove et un village de pêcheur, Kompong Phluk au bord du Lac Tonle Sap.Un dépaysement assuré et une autre façon de découvrir des traditions.Je recommande!
Written Nov 01, 2019

Passenger735203

Wonderful half day trip.

The floating village and Tonle Sap Lake was impressive and our guide San was even more impressive. San had a wealth of knowledge and a very interesting background. The lake and the peaple we met were fascinating. Our day ended with lunch at "The Hut", best atmosphere for dining on our whole trip.
Written Sep 30, 2019

CathRie52

Perfect day with San

Unser Guide San hat uns in der Früh von unserem Hotel abgeholt - schöner neuer Van!pünktliches Erscheinen!! Es war ein sehr interessanter Halbtages-Ausflug, San hat uns viel Hintergrundinformationen gegeben; unser Highlight wa die Besichtigung einer Schule - Spenden sind Wollkommen und sicher sinnvoll. Das einzige. was uns nicht gefallen hat, sind die eingesperrten Tiere/Alligator/Hasen - die Tiere sollten in freier Wildbahn sein und nicht als Touristenattraktion in kleinen Käfigen !!!
Written Sep 18, 2019

ajethra r

Kampong phluk afternoon tour

Mr Nak my tourist guide, was a wonderful guide to be with. Very fun and friendly person, he explained to us about monks, kampung phluk, angkor wat and etc. He was also very friendly to the locals of kampong phluk. Moreover he is a good photographer too. Our driver Mr Ouerm also drive us safely there and was very patient. He is a friendly and nice driver. Over all the trip was amazing because of Mr Nak he made the trip more meaningful and interesting with alot of knowledge about siem rep, cambodia.
Written Jul 18, 2019

Kate T

Brilliant experience

We went to the Tonle Sap Lake with Nak who was our guide and Mr. Vong our driver. It was a brilliant experience and we got to visit a floating restaurant. We then took the boat back and visited the village beside the lake. It was amazing. We got to see an authentic countryside Cambodian village, with children going to school, how they live, etc. Nak was extremely informative, interesting and really friendly. I would absolutely recommend the experience to anyone who is visiting Siem Reap.
Written Jun 27, 2019

Connector276181

Tonle Sap

Thank you to Voath for informative and interesting tour to River Village in February 2019. Dry and hot but fun morning.
Written Feb 10, 2019

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