Mekong Island Tour: Explore Villages and Silk Weaving

Immerse yourself in the local village lifestyle and discover the art of silk weaving on this Mekong Island Tuk Tuk Tour. Explore the bustling local market, visit a bean curt production business, and witness the vibrant farmland. End the tour with a visit to a silk weaving workshop and a Buddha temple to learn about Cambodian religion.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Phsar Areyksat - The tour kicks off with an exhilarating ferry ride at the meeting point of the Mekong, Tonle Sap, and Bassac rivers. Following this, the journey leads to delightful local villages, where participants can enjoy a leisurely walk to soak in the local lifestyle and explore a bustling wet market.
    The tour continues through the verdant…
What's Included
  • Ferry crossing fee & contribution to the villager
  • Professional English speaking guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Travel by Tuk Tuk (Romork) with experienced driver
  • Tropical fruits & lunch or dinner with the locals
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Additional Information

We explore the local villages on Mekong Island, learning about their lifestyle and the silk weaving that serves as their primary occupation after farming or fishing.
During this Tuk Tuk tour, we also visit the local market, several local businesses that produce bean curd for sale, and farmland where farmers grow ginger, cucumbers, eggplants, lemongrass,…

Location
Phsar Areyksat
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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435smileb
Sep 14, 2024
Great tour - Hong our guide and Yap our driver took great care of us. Hong has a great amount of enthusiasm for his country and its culture which only added to the experience. Highly recommend this tour of Silk Island and what it is all about. Also Hong is an avid for photographer which made the tour more interesting if you happen to be a fellow shutterbug.
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Kathryn_r
Aug 25, 2024
An amazing culture - Starting with the ferry ride over the Mekong River, it was an extraordinary day. From the vibrant sights & smells in the local market, to fantastic hand woven colorful floor mats, to the labor intensive process of silkworm production & intricate weaving on wooden looms & finally the manufacture of bead curd in the grueling heat, we were awed by the incredible talent & industry of the Cambodian people. A great experience which we highly recommend!
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Nene012794
Aug 7, 2024
Silk Island - Catching and using a Tuk-tuk is a lovely way to see the island and explore around the Silk Centre. If travelling from Phnom Penh you will need to catch a ferry across to the island. The ferry runs frequently and the tuk-tuk driver drives you onto the barge/boat (ferry) while you're transported across the river.
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564kerryd
Jul 26, 2024
Best Cambodian tuk tuk 6hr trip ever! - Thong (our guide) met us early directly at the hotel, he was extremely friendly and spoke good English. We started the 2.30pm arvo tour feeling exceptionally comfortable and safe. We hopped in our tuk tuk with driver Tran (also lovely) and headed to Silk Island across multiple ferries. Thong was an exceptional guide and took the time to explain about the farmers, their farming methods and their produce, of course silk weaving, & how bean curd is made (foreigners should never again complain about their work office conditions!), the curd is made 24x7 and rotated by family members on watch. Thong was extremely helpful and patient with our many cultural questions and observant of our needs (WC, water etc), and even made a quick stop when we showed interest in home made donuts on the side of the street (ps, delicious by the way). We cannot recommend Thong highly enough of Vana Adventure Travel (his own company), he truly is inspirational of his knowledge and care for the Cambodian people! This was the best trip we had during our 2wk stay across Vietnam and Cambodia. Thank you Thong.
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Samir_h
Jul 11, 2024
A memorable at the Silk island - The guide was great. He told us about the local Cambodian culture. The ferry ride on the Mekong was memorable. We visited. colourful local markets and a silk farm where they showed us how to spin silk. And showed us how the silkworms are harvested to make silk. We walked through a village and had local Cambodian lunch on a floating restaurant. We loved it.
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Alison_p
Jun 9, 2024
A really good rural experience - This tour was great! We went out of Phnom Penh by tuk tuk and spent the afternoon visiting various islands and seeing a range of rural lifestyles and crafts. We also visited a couple of beautiful temples and a nunnery which were amazing, then finished up with dinner at a local restaurant. Our guide was really wonderful and was so helpful making the day work out well for us. Driving on and off the various ferries in a tuk tuk was hilarious, and the whole experience was just one of the best things I’ve ever done in SE Asia.
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Dijana_m
Apr 14, 2024
A wonderful afternoon with locals - We booked this tour on a last minute, but it turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip. The tour takes you to see non touristy part of Phnom Penh, from the ferry used by commuters through ride through small villages and through fields and visit of local temple. Our guide and tuk tuk driver were both very friendly. Guide was very knowledgable and willing to share information about Cambodia, which showed his love of his country. Dinner at the local restaurant overlooking the river, was very peaceful and tasteful. It was a perfect tour to get closer to real Cambodia. Tura je bila res čudovita in naš vodič tudi. Nisva bili njegovi prvi stranki iz Slovenije, tako da je vedel približno iz, kjer prihajamo. Tura nas je peljala po lokalnih cestah, na sadje k domačinom, kjer smo prejeli tudi mango sadeže v darilo. Ob ogledu družinske mini predilnice svile, je bila lastnica izjemno prijazna, odgovarjala na vprašanja pokazala, kaj delajo. Niti v predilnici niti na drugih točkah nisva nikoli bili izpostavljeni pritisku, da bi kaj kupovali. Bilo je bolj, kot da smo na obisku pri domačinih. Vsekakor zelo prijetna izkušnja, ki se je zaključila s prijetno večerjo v preprosti lokalni družinski restavraciji s pogledom na reko v zelo mirnem okolju. Tudi prehajanje z enega otočka na drugi z majhimi lokalnimi trajekti je bila čudovita izkušnja, kjer sva bili edini turistki. Vodič je turo pripravljen prilagoditi, tako odhod kot vsebino, ter tudi iz tega razloga to turo resnično priporočam.
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Brett_l
Apr 12, 2024
Silk Island and countryside tour by Tuk Tuk with Thong Chea of Vana Adventure Travel - An incredible day with Thong Chea our tour guide and founder of Vana Adventure Travel and Yat our tuk tuk driver. After a short and picturesque view of Phonm Penh crossing of the Mekong River, we arrived at one of the islands on the trip. Throughout the day, Thong took us through the countryside, stopping at rice, water-lily and ginger fields explaining how the families own the fields, how they sow, grow and rotate crops throughout the year. we even got to smell fresh ginger leaves. We stopped off at one to the silk makers homes and had some fruit snacks before given a tour and watched silk scarves being made and how the process from silkworm to product is done. We drove through many small villages on the tuk tuk, sampling life on the islands. And walked around a lovely pagoda temple on one of the islands. Thong took us to a place by the river, owned by a family and we had lunch on a floating dining area on the river. The food was amazing and we had our first taste of Krud beer, which was light and very tasty. We drove some more around the wonderful countryside and crossing islands. It was a hot day, but cooler than the city, but there was plenty of cold water to drink onboard the tuk tuk. It was a delightful, informative and fun day out of the city. Highly recommend booking this trip. Thong was a fantastic guide and we asked about him and his family and he had a fascinating story to tell. A highlight of out holiday in Cambodia.
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Melissa_j
Mar 26, 2024
Awesome tuk tuk tour of the country side- silk Island seeing farms, silk making process and soya bean business. - This was a fantastic tour of the country side of silk island in Phnom Penh. We were picked up by our tour guide and owner Mr Thong Chea, and driven safely by our Tuk tuk driver. We got to catch a ferry across to Silk Island seeing the area around the river. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and shared a lot with us about the area, farms and Cambodia history. We visited a family run silk farm where we had fresh fruits and steamed cake. We were shown the process of how silk is made and weaved, we even got to have a try at weaving. We saw many farms along the way of bananas, taro, ginger and rice. We found the family owned soya bean curd business and saw the process of making the curd, and getting to taste some also. Finally we enjoyed a lunch on a relaxing floating restaurant. A great way to finish off an excellent tour. Highly recommend this tour to see the countryside.
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Departure19576648180
Aug 19, 2024
Enjoyable day in the countryside - A great time was had by us. Very good and informative tour guide. Loved the tuk tuk ride around the village. Enjoyed the ferry rides, grasshopper farm, mat making, and the silk weavers factory. Very cool checking out the silk worms! Yummy lunch and chill out on the floating Hut. It was a very enjoyable tour. Thank you!
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