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Silk Island Half-Day Tour: Explore Rural Life and Silk Weaving in Phnom Penh
4.9
9 Ratings
Phnom Penh
Immerse yourself in rural life and silk weaving on this half-day tour of Silk Island in Phnom Penh. Explore traditional homes, try farming, visit silk weavers, and shop for handcrafted silk products.
Immerse yourself in rural life and silk weaving on this half-day tour of Silk Island in Phnom Penh. Explore traditional homes, try farming, visit silk weavers, and shop for handcrafted silk products.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Phnom Penh - Pickup from your hotel and then you will travel through the bustling streets of Phnom Penh before reaching the dock to cross to island by ferry as the island locates in the center of mighty Mekong River. Once you arrive on Silk Island you will enjoy viewing the traditional homes of the local village and farmers working the rich soils…
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Phnom Penh - Pickup from your hotel and then you will travel through the bustling streets of Phnom Penh before reaching the dock to cross to island by ferry as the island locates in the center of mighty Mekong River. Once you arrive on Silk Island you will enjoy viewing the traditional homes of the local village and farmers working the rich soils for their crops.
Try your hand at farming at a local farm, visit traditional silk weavers and learn about their work, Here you can see the full production cycle of silk and visit their traditional shop to buy a variety of beautiful hand crafted silk products and walk around the island’s tiny villages and sunbaked countryside at your own pace, with a private guide by your side to help you explore on traditional way of live on the island.
The tour includes: transport, guide, ferry crossing fee, silk farm entry, tea or coffee and chilled water.
What's Included
- Island entering fees
- Transport by Tuk Tuk from 01-02 pax and 03 pax-more will be by a minivan
- Pickup/drop off at your hotel
- Private Guide
- Tea or coffee and chilled water
- Ferry Crossing Fees
- Island entering fees
- Transport by Tuk Tuk from 01-02 pax and 03 pax-more will be by a minivan
- Pickup/drop off at your hotel
- Private Guide
- Tea or coffee and chilled water
- Ferry Crossing Fees
What's Not Included
- Travel insurance
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Travel insurance
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Pickup from your hotel and then you will travel through the bustling streets of Phnom Penh before reaching the dock to cross to island by ferry as the island locates in the center of mighty Mekong River. Once you arrive on Silk Island you will enjoy viewing the traditional homes of the local village and farmers working the rich soils for their crops….
Pickup from your hotel and then you will travel through the bustling streets of Phnom Penh before reaching the dock to cross to island by ferry as the island locates in the center of mighty Mekong River. Once you arrive on Silk Island you will enjoy viewing the traditional homes of the local village and farmers working the rich soils for their crops.
Try your hand at farming at a local farm, visit traditional silk weavers and learn about their work, Here you can see the full production cycle of silk and visit their traditional shop to buy a variety of beautiful hand crafted silk products and walk around the island’s tiny villages and sunbaked countryside at your own pace, with a private guide by your side to help you explore on traditional way of live on the island.
The tour includes: transport, guide, ferry crossing fee, silk farm entry, tea or coffee and chilled water.
Location
Phnom Penh
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(9 Ratings)
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Explore756088
Apr 11, 2024
Bygone Artistry - The Silk Island Community Tour was fun and interesting. The staff was knowledgeable and attentive and the silks themselves beautiful.
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Dylanjm111
Mar 3, 2024
Wonderful, Meaningful, and Well-Guided Day Trip to Silk Island - Siphat was an amazing tour guide! Everything was smooth, well-organized, and personalized while visiting Silk Island. I felt very taken care of and had a memorable and meaningful time. Siphat was great at capturing the moments I had as a solo traveler which I really appreciated! Highly recommend!
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V3530qqdenisem
Aug 31, 2023
Fantastic half day tour - A friend and I were in Phnom Penh with a couple of days to spare before joining our tour and decided on the Silk Island Private Half day tour.
Our tour guide, Siphat, was waiting in the lobby of our hotel on the morning of our tour. Siphat and our tuk tuk driver were a pleasure to travel with. Siphat was very knowledgeable and took the time to point out interesting things along the way.
The whole trip was a very special introduction in to Cambodian life and both Siphat and our driver made the day a great experience.
Recommend this trip.
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Sang22
May 9, 2023
A special island, her gentle people, a gifted guide - We signed up for a half day private tour of Silk Island, Phnom Penh. Our excellent guide was Siphat, and our gentle, patient, very able driver was Chan Dy. The tour vehicle was a roomy, clean, air-conditioned van. The tour, which eventually lasted more than the stipulated 4 hours, was fabulous! We saw & learnt so much, not just about every stage of the traditional form of silk weaving, but we also held the fat wriggly silk worms and had the opportunity to buy gorgeous affordably-priced handloomed silk shawls. Siphat brought us to see farms, and saffron-robed young monks at lunch in the temple, so we caught a glimpse of these shy, smiley boys at rest with their friends. Siphat is very knowledgeable (he survived the Khmer Rouge genocide & has vivid memories of it), he’s studied in Ukraine, worked at an NGO, and as an aviation engineer, and he’s gracious and kind. He took very good care of us and gave careful instructions (even going out of his way to show us places) of where to go and what to do for the rest of our stay here, explaining all in the soft, singsong cadence of his fellow Cambodians. The tour was such a lovely experience we strongly recommend it!
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Happydesigner
Jan 29, 2023
Fabulous day visiting Silk Island! - We had an action packed day with our guide Si Phat and our driver, who took us to Silk Island and back to our hotel. Si Phat was a wealth of information and took us to a local family who weaves silk and where we were able to see their home and hear about their daily life. He showed us all of the different fruit trees, the vegetables and herbs, the pigs and chickens and discussed how they were all used in cooking. He then took us to an old temple and to a monastery where we met the monks and the village women who had gathered to cook and bring food to the monks. They were very welcoming and they invited us to sit and eat with them.
It was a very special experience!
After we left the monastery, we went to “Silk Island” where there is a community of weavers and we were able to see the entire process of silk worms, the cocoons, the boiling of the cocoons and the weaving and dying of the silk threads. We then saw the looms and heard about the amount of time it takes to set up a loom and then to weave the fabric. It was a wonderful and very informative day and I would highly recommend taking this tour if you have a few days in Phnom Penh!
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Wendy
Nov 20, 2022
Great tour with a fantastic guide! - Our guide Siphat was lovely, we had a great time with him. He pointed out lots of different parts of Phnom Penh and then going on the ferry to Silk Island was an experience. We didn’t realise the tuk tuk would drive on with us, lots of bumping up and down and laughing! Going to visit Nari and her family was special, watching her weaving on their big family loom was fascinating. Siphat then took us for a tour of area including an old Buddhist temple that was crumbling into the river, a boat building workshop and a school. We then went to Silk Island and watching the process of the silk making, from worm to fabric.
It was a lovely tour, Siphat is such a warm friendly guide with an infectious laugh. We would certainly recommend him to everyone.
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Trentl700
Jul 5, 2022
Book this tour asap! You won’t regret it! - This was one of the cooler experiences I’ve had while traveling. Our guide, Siphat, was extremely friendly and patient with us, as it was our first time in Cambodia. Getting to see how the scarves are made from worm to loom was so great. Cannot recommend enough
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Curiosity21954852539
Jul 5, 2022
Book this tour!! - Incredible, such amazing service and patience with myself as a foreigner. I learned so much and probably spent too much but this was a great experience
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Rexingtonr
Mar 6, 2024
Great fun on Silk Island - Great trip to Silk Island with our lovely guide Siphat. He took us all around the island, showing us local plants, a native's home, the pagoda and finally the silk farm. He was hugely knowledgeable and we really enjoyed ourselves.
The only reason this didn't get 5 stars is that I think it is overpriced. $97pp seems a lot, considering the tuk tuk, crossing and entry fees are negligible.
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