Kompong Khleang Floating Village & Tonle Sap Lake - Private Day Tour

If you want a meaningful, powerful cultural experience this tour is for you. Do not miss it. It was spectacular! My guide was so knowledgeable and taught me a lot about the villagers’ life. Take this tour!

I'm very pleased with my choice of booking to visit the Tonle Sap lake and floating village. Born in the village, Sarin was an outstanding guide. Humble and considerate, also with excellent English language. I enjoyed chatting about many aspects of life in Cambodia and of course the floating village which he understands so well. I was lucky to visit just after the end of rainy season, so the water was high and we took a boat to reach the village. Many beautiful photo opportunities. Sarin also introduced me to a variety of tasty local snacks. Bamboo sticky rice was my favourite. I believe (for me) a better option than joining a large group. Yes, a bit more expensive but in my opinion worth it for probably once a lifetime visit. Recommended

When we booked the tour we did not expect to have a guide who was originally from the village. Sarin really personalised the experience such that it was not just another sightseeing tour. We not only learnt about the area but we also met the people and got a deeper understanding their way of life. We did not expect to come across a young artist and purchase one of her first handmade flowers. Sarin also took us for some of the best local snacks and made our last day of our trip a memorable experience.

What a way of life ! The village is authentic and the people are very welcoming. We enjoyed going through the mangrove and understand more about Cambodia.

Outstanding tour by Sarin. The tour felt very authentic and you will see daily life uninhibited. Sarin was great host and we learned he is from this village so he was able to share more than what you would learn in an average tour. My teenage son also enjoyed the tour.

We had an amazing time with our guide, everything was very well organized and the tour was very interesting. The entire experience including food testing was perfect. We totally recommend this tour.

Our tour with Saro was absolutely brilliant, I can’t recommend the experience highly enough. He made our 7yr old daughter’s day/holiday by letting her drive the boat back after visiting the lake! The tour company appear to be investing money back into the local community which is brilliant to see (e.g helping fund a computer room for the local school).

We had the best tour ever. Thankyou Paron for an informative and fun day. We were able to visit his home village and see first hand life in a floating g village.

This trip was wonderful. It was interesting to explore a region that is visited lesser by tourists. We were really lucky to visit at a time when the water levels were high being able to really experience the floating village lifestyle. I also look forward to visiting when the water has dried for the season to see the extraordinary difference. This was a private tour and the detail was incredible. We experienced a part of Cambodian culture that I wouldn’t have seen without trekking further out of the city. I recommend this experience.

Saro, a local of the village was one of the kindest guides I have ever had. He took us by his sister’s place and we sat out on lake Tonle Sap while he explained what life is like out here. We tried bamboo sticky rice and donuts! It was not as “glamorous” as in the high season, but I found it to give more perspective as to how the people live in this village. A wonderful experience.

Recommend highly. Working village not touristy. We had an excellent guide, provided real insight to life in Siem Reap and life in the fishing villages. We stopped on the way for sticky rice cooked in bamboo at a roadside store and then a bakery trying the special donuts. Both of these were delicious. The guide answered our thousand and one questions whilst we were travelling. The giide has family in the village and was warmly greeted. Being the end of the dry season, the river and lake were low. This was really interesting and cannot wait to come back after the wet season to see the lake full.

I had the best time on this tour. We got to see a part of Cambodia we would never have gotten to without this tour. I loved seeing the village, going out to the lake and eating some local snacks. Our guide was amazing and the best. He answered all of our questions and really gave us a flavor for Cambodian life

This was incredible. Our guide was wonderful. Sarin is so kind and knowledgeable. The entire tour felt so personal. Best part of our entire trip.

Sarin was an amazing host & tour guide. He took us to a few local shops & markets on the way to the floating village. The villages themselves were a deeply humbling and impactful experience. I cannot say enough good things about Sarin. Highly recommend this tour if you can make the trip.

Sarin was an incredible guide!!!!! The most local experience and truly knowledgeable and excellent English. He shared so much of his history. Truly the best tour in my 4 trips to Siem Reap.

A well done tour that really introduced us to both the Cambodian countryside as well as the Big Lake and it’s village. Transportation was comfortable, snacks were fun, and the sightseeing was definitely “only in Cambodia”. Our enthusiastic guide was the icing on the cake. Overall a great experience and good value

The minority stilt village is open to tourists enroute to Tonle Sap Lake. Highly recommend walking through the village for 30 minutes to meet the children who enjoy life to the fullest. Bring soccer balls, pumps, notebooks, pencils, and candies for the children; they'll flock to you and be very appreciative. Bring as many items as you can carry. You'll be happy you did!

Well worth going away from all the people in the towns to the quiet of the lake.Our AboutAsia guide took us for our final morning in Cambodia to the fishing villages on stilts by theToni sap lake.Kampong Phluk shows you how these people live high up in their houses on stilts with the women and young children at home and the men out fishing.We were fortunate to climb up a house ladder and see their home which was much bigger than we thought it would be.In the rainy season the river has been known in a bad year to go over the roof tops.Very cheerful people in the houses smiling and waving.Our guide gave them a little money to say thank you.Then we returned to our car and were driven to the boat where we had a quiet couple of hours on the lake and a picnic.We learnt more about the dreadful civil war fought between the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnam Kong.So many people died.

We splurged on a private tour to the less-touristy Kompong Khleang & loved it. Our guide (Arun) & driver (Mr Pin) were both fantastic & friendly, Arun explained everything & was able to answer all our questions. We went with Beyond Unique Escapes. The local village markets were eye-opening, & seeing the village during the dry season with all the houses high up on stilts was amazing...it would be equally amazing to see it during the wet season when you'd need a boat to traverse the main street! The people were friendly & we loved this taste of traditional everyday Cambodian life. I highly recommend this tour & this tour company, we loved it.

Thoroughly enjoyed our Kompong Khleang Private Tour. It was a rural and very authentic floating village. Didn't see many tourists just locals. Guides was animated and passionate and we got lucky with a great sunset. Definitely worth doing after the temples.

Great tour with Sor (in perfect English)! Exciting exchanges on the real life of Cambodians behind the tourist facade. The landscapes are beautiful and the village floating interesting even before the rainy season. To see!

After the asphalt, a dirt road goes into the village. On both sides houses on stilts, while on the road are put to dry skewered in a surgical way thousands of small fish. Children play with the ashes and earth of the streets. This lake is the beating heart of Cambodia as well as representing a unique ecosystem, also identified by UNESCO as a first level ecological environment. Beautiful children who try to sell you something and make an endless pain, in a context where you can not help it. It should not be a tourist destination, as an attraction, but be destined to humanitarian routes where those who arrive are prepared and can contribute even with little. The poor and difficult lives of those who live there. Taking a boat ride puts the priorities right. Great sadness and awareness of being lucky

This is my second visit to the floating village. The one with Sarin was by far my best experience. He made us taste all the local specialties sold on the roadsides. 1 hour boat trip through the mazes and the lake. Then the best part, lunch at his family's stilt house. Nothing better to immerse yourself in the way of life. Very nice view from the balcony. Finally, take a walk in the village to discover the inhabitants' off-water activities.