Tonle Sap Lake Floating Village and Jeep Tour: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Experience with Sunset Views
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Siem Reap
Embark on a thrilling half-day adventure in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Explore the floating village, ride in an open-air Jeep, and enjoy a private boat cruise with sunset views.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Siem Reap - We’ll pick you up at your hotel in a jeep at 1:30 pm,and head South of Siem Reap through the picturesque Cambodian countryside.

  • Wat Po Banteaychey - Your itinerary includes a local mushroom farm and factory to learn about how mushrooms are grown using technical methods, a rice wine distillery where you also get to try local rice wine in Cambodia!

  • Chreav - We stop at a local family house surrounded by rice paddies. Here we sip on a cold coconut or a local juice, meet the family and spend time with them, learning about their farming life.

  • Chong Kneas Floating Village - We will then drive to a nearby river and shuttle by boat through the floating villages, where friendly locals will greet you with smiles and enthusiastic waves. Here you’ll get a fascinating insight into the ways the local people live in this region. Your local guide will describe the Tonle Sap lake in more detail and tell you about the phenomenon that creates a depth variance of up to eight meters and why this lake is vital to Cambodia’s survival. You’ll appreciate this new perspective on Cambodia as you cruise along the river.

  • Tonle Sap Lake - To complete the evening, we take a boat ride on the waterway with local delicacies, including soft drinks and other cold beverages, while enjoying a spectacular view of Tonle Sap at twilight. We can expect to arrive back in town around 7:00 pm, depending on the seasons and the time of the sunset.

What's Included
  • Round-trip transportation in an open-air Jeep
  • Assorted snacks provided
  • Choice of soft drink or beer
  • Guided tour with an English-speaking guide
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Bottled water available
  • Wooden boat tour of the Floating Village with sunset viewing
What's Not Included
  • Personal Expense
Additional Information

Experience an unforgettable half-day activity! Get a glimpse into the unique lifestyle of the inhabitants of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, Southeast Asia’s largest lake and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Relish a brief journey in an open-air Jeep through the picturesque landscape of the biggest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Traverse the red soil paths amidst some of Siem Reap’s most stunning rural scenes. This excursion is an excellent opportunity to go beyond the temples of Siem Reap and gain a deeper understanding of Cambodian life in the floating village, all while having a blast in a Jeep.

The experience ends with a private boat ride on the waterway, savoring local fare and drinks— a serene way to appreciate the sunset view over Tonle Sap Lake.

Location
Siem Reap
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Excursion56465377899
Mar 31, 2024
Great way to see life outside Siem Reap - Nice way to see the real life outside of Siem Reap. Our tour guide Bunsom was very nice and informative. The driver was also professional and courteous. Riding in the jeep was fun and exciting. Great half day tour to see something other than the ruins. We had beer at the end of the tour waiting for the sunset.
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Eades75
Mar 28, 2024
An amazing experience!!! - It was an amazing experience! A real look into local farm communities & how they grow their crops. The boat trip to the water village was magical as the sun went down. All drivers & guide were polite and very knowledgeable. We would highly recommend this tour
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Ani123
Mar 23, 2024
A great afternoon! - A really enjoyable afternoon. First stop was the locals market, followed by a vege farm, pagoda, mushroom farm and rice wine distillery. We then made our way to tonle sap for sunset. Our guide Bunsom was so informative and taught us so much about rural life in Cambodia. We enjoyed a stunning sunset on Tonle Sap while drinking red wine and chatting about life and Cambodia with Bunsom. We took many amazing photos and made the most amazing memories. This was my favourite day while in Siem Reap.
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M8657drcameronc
Mar 12, 2024
Tonle Sap tour - This tour included visiting various farm areas in Siem Reap followed by a boat ride on Tonle Sap and a stop on a floating market. We were transported around in a Jeep on land and were taken to see how the local farms were handled. The floating market was where small dishes were provided while we watched the sunset. Would recommend this tour for anyone visitint Siem Reap
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Nickce9760hu
Mar 8, 2024
Amazing Experience - Wow, what a great tour and experience. Travelling in a 1960 military style jeep though rural country side visiting the homes of farmers and local producers was magical. Vegetable farmers, mushroom farmers, rice wine makers and finally a boat trip to Tonle Lake a floating village with over a thousand families living on the lake. While on the lake we drank some beautiful red wine had local fish balls, fresh pineapple and mango, truly special. Our guide Thanut kean was wonderful, full of knowledge and proud to share his Cambodian culture with us, very friendly and shared stories about growing up in Cambodia and they were fascinating. A truly wonderful tour finishing on the Lake with a bottle of wine with a sunset. Would highly recommend this tour for anybody who wants to see the real Cambodia.
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U2204cmchristians
Mar 3, 2024
Perfect Tour - The tour was perfectly organized, driver & guide have been at our hotel in time, we frequently received cold water & drinks on the floating village. We can highly recommend the tour & our guide. Many thanks again to our guide Bunsom for your professionalism & your kindness!! Best regards David & Christian
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Carol_w
Feb 26, 2024
A Great Experience - Our guide Thanut and driver Won arrived puntually at our hotel to pick us up. The drive through the countryside was very nice thanks to the excellent skills of our driver. It was very interesting to see some of the local family farms including small scale rice wine production and mushroom production. Thanut is very knowledgeable and was amazing at explaining how the various products were made and highlighted the fact that none of the raw materials used by the local farmers went to waste. The practices were very sustainable. Seeing the Chong Kneas Floating Village and learning a bit about the culture of the residents was a very unique experience. Observing the sunset with great snacks and a bottle of wine was the perfect end to the afternoon. It was clear to see that Thanut takes pride in his work as a professional guide. He was fantastic.
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Andreasrb361wz
Feb 20, 2024
Great Tour - fantastic insights - great Tour guide - The Tour with our guide Thanut has been fantastic and full of fun! Starting with great insight how Cambodians are living, working on fields and so on! Further to a mushroom farm and rise wine tasting! Than to the floating village, having a Snack and wine there during sunset! Thanut gave us a lot of Information and was fantastic
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Dreamer21912176764
Jan 27, 2024
Wonderful friends trip - It was a nice tour to see the people's life there. Our guide Thanut is an amazing guide. His explanation was easy to understand! We also enjoyed the beautiful sunset.
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Lucillem718
Jan 13, 2024
A great experience with Thanut - Super friendly and fun A fantastic experience with our guide Thanut, so friendly and with great explanations about local way of life! Going through red-dirt roads in a real Jeep from 1962 was very fun and exploring local farms was very interesting as well for the whole family, before heading to the TonleSap for a cruise. We will remember the surprise of sunset drinks with local snacks (we even tasted crocodile and snake, pretty good actually ;-) Great experience, recommended !
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