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discover floating villages and tonle sap lake by boat
Siem Reap, Cambodia
From $39.00
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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 4 hours
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Set sail for a scenic 4-hour cruise around Tonle Sap Lake from Siem Reap, including hotel transfers and lunch. Hop aboard a traditional longtail boat and drift through the floating village of Chong Khneas, stopping to admire the lotus fields and peek into a crocodile and fish farm along the way. Finally, arrive at the Tara floating restaurant, where you can tuck into a delicious meal, sip complimentary cocktails and relax in a hammock as you soak up the views.
- Family friendly
- All-inclusive tour
- Free hotel pickup and drop-off included
- Led by a local guide
- Travel by boat and see the sights from the water
What's Included
- English speaking professional local guides
- meals on the Queen Tara Riverboat
- 2 drinks (soft drink, beers, cocktails, wines, juices or spirits mixers.
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Start time
10:00 AM
Pickup details
Please wait for our lake guide in your hotel or Guesthouse foyer/reception area just prior to the tour start times
What To Expect
Tonle Sap Lake
3 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Lotus & Silk Farm Siem Reap
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Children 10 or under are half price
- Operates in all weather conditions.
- Service animals allowed
- Infant seats available
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.
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Reviews
4.0
63 reviews
Laura_L, Apr 2024
Great day out on the lake to see how the locals live in the area. Our guide Friday was lovely. Hotel pick up was punctual in an air conditioned van. We visited a lotus farm, a crocodile farm, had a leisurely lunch aboard the Tara before taking a short boat ride around the fringes of the floating village as we were not permitted to enter it. We weren't too fussed about that though, overall it was a good experience to get a feel for what life is like out there.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Hi Laura, a big thank you for your lovely review, i will certainly pass on your comments to our great lake guide Mr Friday, thanks also for your participation onto our lake and floating villages Eco tour, as it helps create employment opportunities together with preserving the wild life on the Great Tonle Sap lake Biosphere reserve. safe travels always Peter
Jaqueline_R, Feb 2023
The lotus as well as the crocodile farm was very interesting to see. The guide, Sam, provided a lot of information about the people living in the floating village and the tonle sap lake. The lunch was tasty and a lot.
Other than that, the tour could have been a little bit longer. It would have been nice to drive to some more parts of the village or at least to see more of the lake.
Response from Host, Feb 2023
thank you very much for your lovely review, i also like the lotus farm and this time of year its looking good, yes understand about the time we do have longer tours that see more of the lake, so it all comes down to guests having the extra time,the tour you did was 10am to 2 pm but other tours start at 10am to 5pm, or another starts at 1pm to 7.30pm and includes the sunset,thanks again and safe travels always cheers
Kimberly B, Oct 2019
Lower your expectations and this was an interesting peaceful experience on the water. A little rugged getting on and off the boat. Lunch venue was interesting (on a boat). The people looked bored of having outsiders show up and snap photos and were picking lice out of each other’s hair. No one even stood up when I was looking around the shop... would I do it again? Probably because of the water..
Response from Host, Oct 2019
Thank you for your review of our tour, and safe travels always cheers Peter
Kathleen_P, Jul 2019
Enjoyed the outing it included small boat to look at floating village up close. Lunch was a long time coming.
Response from Host, Jul 2019
Thank you for reviewing our half day floating villages tour, safe travel always
Lynne_C, Dec 2018
Thoroughly enjoyed trip to floating village. Informative guide, good food and drink.Would advise brushing up on history before visit to get best out of it.
Christina S, Jul 2018
This is the second time I have done this tour in 12 months, it was great both times. We were collected from our hotel and taken to the lotus flower farm. After that, we were taken to Tonle Sap lake to see the floating village which included the crocodile farm. We enjoyed a FANTASTIC lunch on board the Queen Tara boat, and then returned to our hotel. The guide we had was knowledgeable and attentive. The staff on the boat were great. I highly recommend this tour!
Robert_Y, Mar 2018
My wife and I quite enjoyed this leisurely half day excursion after the previous 2 full days touring the Angkor Wat and surrounding Temples in high temperatures and humidity. The guide collected us from our Siem Reap hotel at 10h00 and en route to the lake pointed out the rice fields and a lotus farm to our small group. We stopped here for a short time and watched in fascination as the ladies laboriously cut the lotus stems and drew out the fibres which are made into yarn and, ultimately, clothing. On arrival at the water we boarded the boat and made our way up a rather muddy and litter-strewn creek to the main area of the lake which surprised us by being so vast - we could not see the other side. It was interesting to learn that within a few weeks the lake would become completely dry until the next rainy season. We passed many floating homes, primarily occupied by people from Vietnam, and arrived at a large platform with a souvenir shop, cafe and, surprisingly, a pen full of good-sized crocodiles taken from the lake and used for food and skins. They were kept in a rather small pen which did seem cruel but, sadly, probably no different than how some land-based farmers keep their cattle, sheep, chickens etc. We then re-boarded our boat and set off to have lunch on a nearby larger boat, the Queen Tara. Our guide took our lunch and drink orders from an extensive menu all included in the tour price and, after serving the drinks, then went off to cook the meals! This is not a fast-food restaurant and we did have to wait for some time, but in comfortable surroundings, including a hammock. The lunches were very tasty and we suffered no after ill-effects! but some of our group expressed their disappointment at not having time to navigate other parts of the lake before returning to Siem Reap However, we found it very peaceful and relaxing.and, overall, an interesting and enjoyable half day.
Alice_C, Mar 2018
We did the Floating Village tour on an 8am pick up. The tour said its 4 hours, but less than 2 hours was spent actually on the lake going through the floating village and visiting the lotus and crocodile farms. The rest of the time we were on a large boat on the lake for food and drinks. No one on our tour wanted lunch at 10am but our guide basically told us we had to. It was a weird time on the boat with no extra information about the lake or the floating village from our guide, which would have been good. Our boat was also really noisy and the guide had no microphone so we couldn’t hear anything he said. Not worth the money.
ALICE_H, Jan 2018
We had a great time. Our guide was very friendly and attentive. We enjoyed every moment of the tour. It was amazing to learn about the seed from its flower and fruit as well as the thread from the lotus stem. Lunch at Queen Tara was a great experience with our guide providing personal service from food to drinks. Its an experience that would stay in our mind :
VIVEK G, Jan 2018
This tour is Amazing and worth for price with a nice conditioning MPV with a driver and our tour guide was great. He was well known with the area and gave us lots of interesting facts of Cambodia. His English was great. lunch on the boat was great which included 2 drinks..well worth the price....
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