Kompong Phluk Village Tonle Sap Lake Half-Day Tour From Siem Reap
Description
Discover the beautiful quite fishing villages of Kompong Phluk with this unique small-group tour and experience the real Cambodian village way of life. We cover both villages (unlike others that only cover a small section) stilted homes and see how families go about their daily lives and adapt to living on the tonle sap lake throughout the seasons. In addition, you will venture out and cruise to the nearby floating villages situated on the lake with our local professional Tara Lake guide (born in this very village). We also will row through the flooded forests ,when the water level permit, or stroll through, the whole villages is raised some 10 meters into the air to allow the raising of the lake water levels in the wet season ,so its an amazing sight all year round, We also visit the Monks Pergola/training school, This tour is for people who wish to experience floating and stilted fishing villages, that few tourist will see, Kompong Phluk and village life on the lake, no hidden costs
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Itinerary
After we have explored the flooded forests we proceed down further the Kompong Phluk river and onto the Lake proper, at times there are floating villages on the lake,other times they are in the river itself, but which ever time it is its a great way to explore and discover the river and lake systems, when entering the great lake(Tonle Sap) you will be amazed at the actual size,the Great Tonle Sap lake,is huge and goes much further than the eye can see,in fact its over 200km long and from this point over 40km wide,so a great lake in deed, of course the boats we use have a special designed flat bottom so regardless of the time of year we can safely travel and traverse this unique and interesting lake and river system.after this lake cruise,we will head up the river and pass the actual township from another entry and proceed to our transport back into town.
Our expert local guide and driver who are both from this village will show you the Kompong Phluk rivers and the town itself, as the water levels in the great lake can vary from half meter to over 10 meters ,so can the actual village and rivers do the same,as such the village of Kompong Phluk is built on stilts some 12 meters high,to allow for the constant seasonal variation of the water. together with the flooded forest makes this a very unique and interesting village to explore,we will dock along side the Monks Training school, and inspection of the large Pergola is certainly a highlight with its extensive and beautiful art work on its walls and ceiling,with schools,homes,shops,boat builders,fishing net repairs, its certainly a great village to explore,after which we will proceed to the magical and quite flooded forests,also passing a few floating homes on our way there,all in all a great way to spend a few hours away from the Temples and enter a place time seems to have forgotten.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Please wait for our cruise guides in your hotel or guesthouse foyer/reception area just prior to our tour start time
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Reviews(61)
Informative and interesting . Good guide and driver. Very punctual. Excellent experience. Highly recommend. Thank you
Thank you so much for your great review and comments on our Kompong Phluk and flooded forest tour, i certainly will pass on this to our guide for this tour, our guide was actually born in this village and he knowledge of the villages and forests are excellent, we wish you safe and happy travels always thanks again Miss Sreymom
Our guide Ry offerse useful and interesting informations about life on floating village. Would defintively recommend asking for him.
Thank you so much for your lovely review and we appreciate your time to write this, Kompong Phluk is a very special place and our guide for this tour is from this very village , i will pass on your great comments to Ry thanks again Miss Sreymum
Our tour guide Seng Ratha was excellent, efficient and provided great insight into Cambodian history and way of life as he took us on this tour answering our questions. It was an interesting experience
Thank you so much for your great review of our Kompong Phluk tour, our guide for this tour lives in this village and he is so proud to show what his village is doing on a day to day bases, we also support the free school for the poorer Children and your participation on this tour will directly help the villages thanks so much and safe travel always Miss Sreymom
It was really interesting ans our guide and driver couldn't do enough for us. We stopped dat a village market enroute which was fascinating and a little taste of how people live their life. We were provided with water and fruit and everything went to clockwork.
Hi Donna, Thank you so much for your awesome review, i will pass on your comments to our guide and also our driver for this tour, they will be so pleased to know you have taken the time to write this down and that you enjoyed the tour, your participation also will directly support Kompong Phluk and the Villages on the lake as all our profits go towards free education for the poorer children and also we support the communities clean up initiatives. we wish you safe and happy travel always thanks again Miss Sreymom
Views were great, it was good weather for the excursion. Friday was very patient and explained everything to us, including some personal experiences of his, which made our trip special.
Thank you so much for your great review of our Kompong Phluk and flooded forest cruise tour, Mr Friday was actually born and grew up in this unique fishing village and he is one of our expert tara lake guides that has been with us for over 10 years, he also runs a free school for the poor children at his village that we are so proud to support, your participation on this tour will directly assist with the children education in this beautiful village of stilted homes, we welcome you back and hope to see you again, wishing you safe and meaningful travels always thanks, Miss Sreymom
Excellent tour. Tino our guide was very good. Only 4 on our lunchtime trip but we'll worth it. Siem Reap is not just the temples - if you have 4 hours this is a must.
Thank you so much for your excellent review of our floating villages tour and our expert guide TINO, he is such a kind and very knowledgeable of the lakes and villages, he is also one of our expert bird guides, your participation on this tour also will directly assist the same village you visited, we support not only the free education for poorer village children but also the environmental programs of the Great Tonle Sap lake, all our profits go towards these 2 awesome and sustainable projects thanks again Peter
Beautiful half-day tour with our guide MR Friday! A local guide born in this floating village who knew by heart the habits of the inhabitants. I had many guides during my trip but Mr Friday as he nicknames himself was very professional, attentive and especially happy to make us discover this corner of Cambodia. I hope you'll have a chance to meet him in this company. I recommend 100%
Thank you so much for your kind review of Mr Friday and our Kompong Phluk tour, we are so proud of our great guide and he does so much for the villages on the lake, he was born and bred at the floating village and runs a free school for the poorer children of that village, he has been with the tara boat family for many many years and we are also happy to support the school and in fact 100% of all our profits go towards free education on the villages you visited, so your participation on our tours will directly assist the folks of the floating villages, along with your great review, we at tara boat family, wish you safe and happy travels always, Miss Sreymom
The village was good however when the driver showed up in a ramork and the guide said that we only had your bookings should not have gone. Two hours there and two hours back most of it on rough dirt tracks my back was shot I am in pain I don’t want to go out for the rest of the day or evening. I had a massage that has helped some Not the fault of the guide. I won’t book another trip with these, I was told they were the best, I cannot give no stars. And the Ramiork had little to no suspensions paid for a car or van get a motorcycle with trailer
Hi, i am so sorry to hear about this, yes we use a tuk tuk if we only have just one person, i will ask our staff to check what tuk tuk we used and check it for the suspensions, we normal get positive reviews when using the tuk tuks as you can see a lot more, but i will ask our staff about the conditions of the roads, hope you are ok now and please accept my sincere apologizes, Miss Sreymom.
We enjoyed this trip! The guide was excellent! we want to join this tour again. Thank you so much. 移動中にフルーツのサービスや丁寧なガイド、とても楽しい旅になりました⭐︎
Thank you so much for your great review, we are so happy you enjoyed our tour to Kompong Phluk and into the villages and flooded forests, our guide for this tour is awesome and runs also a free school for the poorer children in the same village you visited which we are so proud to support, Education is the key to there future, all our profits go to the free schools and also environmental programs around the villages and lakes/rivers, we wish you safe travels always and thanks again for your positive and awesome review, i certainly pass this one to our staff cheers Peter
Afternoon tour which turned out to be really interesting and well worth going to .Lovely tour guide Tola …very well informed and helpful..
Thank you so much for your lovely review, we wish you happy and safe travel always Miss Sreymom
