Cambodia · Tonlé Sap Lake
Tonlé Sap Boat Trips
Stilt villages, flooded forest and the Prek Toal bird sanctuary
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- 3 routes
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- 2 departure points
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- 3 boats
© lumoplank · CC0Tonlé Sap (Siem Reap)
Routes in Tonlé Sap (Siem Reap)
Researched routes with stops, departure times and season.
Chong Kneas Floating Village and Tonlé Sap Boat Trip
Kampong Phluk Stilt Village and Flooded Forest Boat Trip
Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary Private Boat Trip
Tonlé Sap (Siem Reap)
Highlights
Kampong Phluk
A village of houses on stilts with a forest that floods in the rainy season.
Prek Toal
A bird sanctuary with colonies of pelicans, storks and cormorants.
Phnom Krom
A hill overlooking the lake, topped by an Angkor-era temple.
Boats
Boats in Tonlé Sap (Siem Reap)
nehir-teknesiChong Kneas Floating Village and Tonlé Sap Boat Trip Boat 1
Chong Kneas, Tonle Sap (Siem Reap) 15:30–17:30
Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary Private Boat Trip Boat 1
Chong Kneas, Tonle Sap (Siem Reap) 06:00–14:00
nehir-teknesiKampong Phluk Stilt Village and Flooded Forest Boat Trip Boat 1
Kampong Phluk, Tonle Sap (Siem Reap) 14:30–17:30
Tonlé Sap (Siem Reap) about
Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and lies south of Siem Reap; the product is a lake and river trip, not a sea trip. In the rainy season the Mekong backs up the Tonlé Sap River and the lake grows several times over, which is why villages stand on 6–9 metre stilts or float. The best-known boat trips are the stilt houses and flooded forest of Kampong Phluk, the floating village of Chong Kneas and the Prek Toal bird sanctuary, a core area of the UNESCO biosphere reserve. Water level shapes the route: in the dry season channels narrow and some departure points change. Boat tickets are usually sold separately at the landing.