Siem Reap Trip Overview
Tonle Sap Lake is huge, it is world’s most productive body of fresh water and listed as Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Many communities live on edge of the lake and depends on its ecosystem for their living. On this tour you will take a wooden boat cruise to visit Kampong Phluk fishing village and flooded forest and learn & witness ecosystem of this lake and life style of the local people in this village. You will also witness seasonal agricultural activities like cricket catching, rice planting, and harvesting, smoking fish, fish paste (prohoc making), and duck farming. (Suggested visit period is between July to February).
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Tonle Sap Lake is huge, it is world’s most productive body of fresh water and listed as Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Many communities live on edge of the lake and depends on its ecosystem for their living. On this tour you will take a wooden boat cruise to visit Kampong Phluk fishing village and flooded forest and learn & witness ecosystem of this lake and life style of the local people in this village. You will also witness seasonal agricultural activities like cricket catching, rice planting, and harvesting, smoking fish, fish paste (prohoc making), and duck farming. (Suggested visit period is between July to February).
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap Cambodia
Travel by Tuk Tuk from your hotel for the journey through the countryside to Tonle Sap Lake.
The Tonle Sap one of the world’s most productive bodies of fresh water. In the wet season, the Tonle Sap Lake swells three times its size flooding communities surrounding the lake, attracting a myriad of water birds as well as people, who have settled in villages along the shores and who live with the rhythm of the water. This ecosystem was classified as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1997.
Take a boat trip with your tour guide to Kampong Phluk fishing and floating villages in an atmospheric flooded jungle setting. Cruise on wooden boat through the village and learn about life style of the local people in this village. At flooded jungle, change to a small rower boat to allow you to zigzag slowly through the flooded trees catching glimpses of flora and fauna, and see a truly beautiful eco-system.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province
Take the back-road back to city & see seasonal agricultural activities like rice planting, and harvesting, smoking fish, fish paste, and duck farming.
Duration: 30 minutes
