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Sunset tour of Kampong Phluk stilts home village on the Tonle Sap
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From $20.85
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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 5 to 6 hours
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
The Tonle Sap is home to the floating village Kampong Phluk and is one of the most famous Siem Reap day trips. This small-group tour provides an intimate view into the locals’ lives, where you’ll get opportunities to meet and converse with villagers and learn about the sustainable village. Learn how the village changes during dry and wet seasons, with locals traveling to work and school by boat when water levels rise.
- Great for avoiding overrun tourist destinations
- Marvel at iconic Cambodian landscapes of mangroves and stilt houses
- Complimentary water is provided to keep you sustained throughout the trip
- Travel in a modern vehicle with air-conditioning and an open aired boat.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Meals
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We'll collect you from your accommodation before the published start time of the tour so please make sure you're ready at least 30 minutes beforehand. Simply let us know where you're staying and a contact number when you book and we'll handle the rest.
What To Expect
Kampong Phluk Floating Village
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Tonle Sap Lake
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Operated by Angkor Wat Shared Tours
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Reviews
5.0
2,717 reviews
Karen_C, Apr 2024
This tour was a highlight of my trip. Tom provided insightful commentary throughout with his lived experience of the village. Lunch was delicious and the sunset beautiful.
A profoundly moving experience that should not be missed!
Mike_P, Apr 2024
We love meeting the villagers, Tom our guide was from one of the villages and was full of great information. Highly recommended this tour.
Maggie_B, Apr 2024
Having Tom as our tour guide, may the whole experience so much more meaningful. His local knowledge of the area and connection to the people enable us to get a real glimpse of life challenging environment. Time out on the lake was peaceful, although the sunset on our trip was not spectacular. It was nevertheless most enjoyable, so glad we did this and would highly recommend it .
GEORGINA_M, Apr 2024
This trip was a highlight of our 3 week tour around Cambodia. Tom the tour guide was so engaging and passionate about these villages. He was a total pleasure to spend the day with and educated us well on the local way of life. The tour was educational, interesting and so enjoyable. We were picked up from the hotel, driven to the village by a very careful driver I may add. We walked around the village, met the locals and went into a locals house. The tour ended with a pleasurable boat trip to a crocodile farm and floating restaurant. We chose to have dinner as the setting was beautiful watching the sun set. Tom is an asset to this company and an all round caring, lovely guy.
Tevfik_K, Apr 2024
It was great experiences for us, very well organized, all program was on time, thank you for Joe and our driver made our journey safe!
Raymond_W, Apr 2024
Our guide Tom was excellent and very knowledgeable. He made sure that everybody was ok and he explained everything. Excellent trip and definitely recommended
Falguni_P, Apr 2024
This was a great half day trip with Viator. Our guide was Poun. The tour itself was very well organized. What they did was instead of taking the bus to every single location to pick up at each Hotel, they just had individual tuks tuks pick up the passengers and then bring them to the bus. I believe that saved a lot of time. The bus was very clean and air conditioned and also very comfortable. After being picked up we went to the entrance of the home Village, and the bathrooms there were immaculate. Then, Poun was nice enough to give us a guided walking tour of the village since this is the drought season, you can see these foundations of the houses. We actually ended up going into one of the houses to see exactly what it looks like as well. The people of the village were very friendly. After doing this walking tour, which was about an hour or so, we ended up boarding a boat to take us to a floating restaurant. The boat was very clean and it was a private boat for us. We ended up spending a sunset time / dinner on the floating restaurant. The food at the restaurant was very good, and also the prices were reasonable. Afterwards we took the boat back to shore, and then boarded the bus to be dropped off individually to our hotels. Poun was very informative and talkative throughout the tour. We had a great time. We were given ample amounts of ice cold water throughout the journey. I would highly recommend going with this tour if you're in the area and would like to see the village.
Rebecca_B, Mar 2024
Really interesting trip - saw a different side if Cambodia; our guide Tom was local and really brought the stories and challenges of local people to life. Bit of a boat queue on the river - you hope this isn’t contributing to environmental pollution of which there seems a lot maybe?
Kay_Y, Mar 2024
The tour was very mind opening (and eye opening), but I wish we could have spent more time in the village rather than on the boat. I understand that the villagers rely on income from tourists for their living but rather than arranging boat rides which don't tell much about the lives of villagers I wish we could have more chance to learn about their lives in the village and the daily difficulties they have living in a place like this.
aaron_m, Mar 2024
great afternoon seeing the village and good value for money. the tour guide Bong Zim was very knowledgeable
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