Siem Reap Trip Overview
This unique cruise tour is the best way to experience 2 very different types of fishing villages and the great lake, we explore both the flooded forests and stilted villages,and also the floating villages, whilst also enjoying a full buffet dinner or fixed menu and all-inclusive drinks on board our famous Queen Tara, (Queen Tara is the largest by far riverboat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest fresh water lake in south east Asia and certainly the best place to view the awesome sunsets over the floating villages, All our boats have been especially designed and built,having reinforced flat bottomed hauls and long tails propellers, to allow us to cruise into the numerous rivers and even the main street of the village as water levels at the time permit,our guides for this cruise tour where born and raised at this very village,so able to give an excellent insight to the way of life the villages experience . An excellent choice for families, single travelers or groups.all our boats have wcs
Additional Info
* Duration: 6 hours
* Starts: Siem Reap, Cambodia
* Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
This unique cruise tour is the best way to experience 2 very different types of fishing villages and the great lake, we explore both the flooded forests and stilted villages,and also the floating villages, whilst also enjoying a full buffet dinner or fixed menu and all-inclusive drinks on board our famous Queen Tara, (Queen Tara is the largest by far riverboat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest fresh water lake in south east Asia and certainly the best place to view the awesome sunsets over the floating villages, All our boats have been especially designed and built,having reinforced flat bottomed hauls and long tails propellers, to allow us to cruise into the numerous rivers and even the main street of the village as water levels at the time permit,our guides for this cruise tour where born and raised at this very village,so able to give an excellent insight to the way of life the villages experience . An excellent choice for families, single travelers or groups.all our boats have wcs
Itinerary
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Stop At: Tonle Sap Lake, Lower Mekong Basin Cambodia
From the moment you step onto our boats we will enter a world time seems to have forgotten, the first village is for most of the year,cut off by high water levels,making only boat travel available, the homes some 10 meters above you,are built on stilts to allow dry living all year round,of course villages going to the pergola,shops,schools ect have to use there smaller boats,our boats for this adventure have been designed especially for these villages and indeed the lake itself,they have flat bottomed hauls and are double hauled so can run aground without any damage,this allows us the ability to navigate up close and personable to the many rivers and of course the famous flooded forests that abound the lake,the crossing of the lake itself is an awesome way to see the local fisherman go about there daily lives, once we have crossed the Great Tonle Sap lake we enter another totally different floating fishing village,and dock with our Tara Riverboat for an amazing sunset
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Kompong Phluk, On the Tonle Sap, Siem Reap Cambodia
The first (of 2) villages we visit is the little visited and quite unique stilted village of Kompong Phluk, the fishing village is completely cut off for most of the year and we have to use our specially built flat bottomed longtail boats for the cruise down the main street and entering the flooded forest our boats are doubled haulled and very strong,of course we also supply life jackets and our guide for this adventure was actually born in this village,in fact all our staff are locals from the villages you will visit, giving a deeper insight as to how daily life and challenges are under taken, the flooded forests,and there are many are a great place to relax,very cool and lots of wild life to be seen, we visit the pergola,which is an amazing sight to see once we enter,the training school for the monks, the local schools and school children are always happy to see us travel through,lots of smiles and waves, we support this village and its is indeed a very special place.
Duration: 2 hours
