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Kompong Phluk Village Tonle Sap Lake Half-Day Tour From Siem Reap
Siem Reap, Cambodia
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Get a taste of rural Cambodia on this 5-hour tour from Siem Reap, including hotel pick-up. Cruise around the serene Tonle Sap Lake and keep your camera to hand as you glide through the flooded forest, admire the stilted houses of Kompong Phluk village and pass a scenic panorama of floating markets, fish farms and rice paddies.
- Family friendly
- Free hotel pickup and drop-off included
- Free snacks included
- Informative, friendly and professional guide
- Small-group tour
What's Included
- Professional tara lake guide
- all boats included row boats and operators(special flat bottomed vessels)
- Transportation by air-conditioned cars or tuk tuks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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Pickup details
Please wait for our cruise guides in your hotel or guesthouse foyer/reception area just prior to our tour start time
What To Expect
Tonle Sap Lake (Pass By)
Kompong Phluk
3 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
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 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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Marion_L
This was just the most amazing experience to see how the villagers live and work we really enjoyed it and our guide was very knowledgeable- we would highly recommend it.
Reviews
4.0
48 reviews
Jerry_A, Apr 2024
No memorable moments or experiences. Nothing like the picture or the description. The place is way too far and does not offer anything in terms of nature or history. A total waste of time and money.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you for your review of Kompong Phluk, i am not sure which tour operator you went with? but our guests have mostly very positive things to say about there experience. could you tell me which date you went on the tour?
JeanPhilippe_M, Jun 2020
Pleasant sightseeing with a nice guide to understand the amazing way of life of the local people according to the level of the lake.
Response from Host, Jun 2020
Thank you so much for your time in reviewing our Kompong Phluk tour,it means a lot for us to know you came away with with a nice experience and wish you safe travel always cheers Peter
Thara_B, Jan 2020
The Tour was great and very informative. The tour lasts for about 3 hours only. The tour starts with a visit to the local market and the tour guide invited us to taste some fruit and two local sweets/cakes.
The tour to Kompong Phulk village was very interesting and informative. The tourists can interact with the school children and a set of books can be bought and sponsored to the children. The lake looks very muddy. It was very enlightening to see how the locals live in such harsh conditions and yet they are so happy and content with what they have.
Although the tour states light fruit lunch, don't expect a sit down, the lunch is just the tasting of the fruit at the local market.
Marion_L, Mar 2018
This was just the most amazing experience to see how the villagers live and work we really enjoyed it and our guide was very knowledgeable- we would highly recommend it.
Christopher P, Jan 2018
This was a great overall tour. I enjoyed getting outside of Siem Reap and Kompong Phuk Village was fascinating. The tour was well constructed and efficient. The guide handled everything extremely well.
David B, Jan 2018
We had a great tour guide, Va, who was absolutely wonderful and made it a great day. However, I feel like this tour was touristy and not quite worth the money. The description on Viator says that the tour includes the floating village, which it did not, and it was less than 4 hours, not five. That is why I took off four stars as the description lies and is misleading as to what to expect. However, this should not be held against our guide who did his best.
The day:
- Bumpy, van ride with no AC down to the lake
- Loud boat through the stilted village - arguably the coolest part, neat to see the village and how the people live. Felt a little bad about watching them, almost as if they were in a zoo and we were looking in. It was hard to hear our guide over the loud motor
- Get rowed through the flooded forest, where a random child will jump onto your boat so a local vendor can then harass you and try to make you feel bad enough to buy the child some food. We were caught off guard and bought ourselves some terrible underripe mango and then the child a juice, which she didn't drink and most likely just returned to that vendor later on. This was very unexpected, and I would prefer for the tour group to ask us to bring a few extra dollars to tip the local rower rather than be harassed. Other than that, this part was relaxing if not very educational
- Get driven 10 feet out into the lake to learn about local wildlife. With the tour time, if they didn't plan on taking us to the flooded village, they should have taken us at least around the lake more to see it/kill some time, rather than feel like we were being rushed to head back
- Walk through the town: This was good to see how the locals lived, but should have been done upon arriving as it was very, very hot that hour of the day and no relief from the heat once we were walking. The town burns its trash, so it was hard to breathe with the fumes and diesel from the boats.
- Get back in overheated van. Since we finished so early, our guide asked if we wanted to see a crocodile farm for 3 extra each. We agreed, expecting more of a half day activity in general. The farm was interesting, with a ton of crocodiles, but was filled with trash and smelled terrible. If this was a planned stop, it should have been included in the price since we did not see the floating village.
Line Sylta H, Nov 2017
There was way to much focus on tourists buying stuff from the locals. With the prices they charged, these guys can't be poor. 5USD for a small bag of candy. A lot of focus on the poverty and no chances to get away from all the sellers when they sent you on a private rowing tour. Guide said little.
Gabrielle D, Nov 2017
Great trip to see how the local people live and very interesting.
shiles49, Jun 2017
The boat part of this tour was actually scary! The boat was very old and in terrible shape - it kept taking on water and the tour guide would drive it which the local bailed water out. The motor actually quit a couple of times, but eventually the local did get it started again. However, there was very little power and the boat moved extremely slowly - when we finally entered the lake, we sat in one spot for a long time while the local worked on the motor, eventually we turned around and slowly made our way back down the river. Of course, there were no life jackets on board, and we were extremely concerned about the seaworthiness of the long-tail boat, especially when we entered the lake. Viator and/or the local tour company should be inspecting the boats, and this one should definitely NOT have been used! However, our tour guide was great and we enjoyed the village and scenery along the river. However, I would not recommend this tour because of the extremely poor condition of the boat.
LihVei_O, Apr 2017
Mr Sapon (sorry if i got it wrong!) Is our loca guide. Him and Ben the general manager were great guide. Tried their best to fill you in on locals happening, history, or facts on things. Unfortunately we came at wrong season.when the lake hasnt swell yet with monsoon! It would be lovely to see it!
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