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Traditional Weaving Village: Explore Island Life
4.7
80 Ratings
Phnom Penh
Embark on a Mekong Silk Island Cruise where you can enjoy unlimited beer, soft drinks, and a fresh fruit platter. Explore a traditional weaving village, visit a Silk Farm, and experience the local lifestyle.
Embark on a Mekong Silk Island Cruise where you can enjoy unlimited beer, soft drinks, and a fresh fruit platter. Explore a traditional weaving village, visit a Silk Farm, and experience the local lifestyle.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Silk Island - This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so…
- Silk Island - This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so we can see the mango and banana plantations and the different crops that are grown on the island. You will also visit a Silk Farm, Buddhist monastery and the children in a local school (subject to the school schedule that day).
What's Included
- Unlimited beer and soft drinks
- Fresh fruit platter
- English speaking guide
- One way hotel pick up
- Tuk Tuk trip around the island
- Entrance fee
- Unlimited beer and soft drinks
- Fresh fruit platter
- English speaking guide
- One way hotel pick up
- Tuk Tuk trip around the island
- Entrance fee
What's Not Included
- Hotel drop off is not included
- Hotel drop off is not included
Additional Information
This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so we can see the mango…
This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so we can see the mango and banana plantations and the different crops that are grown on the island. You will also visit a Silk Farm, Buddhist monastery and the children in a local school (subject to the school schedule that day).
Location
Memorable Cambodia Cruise
street 90
By the riverside (In front of street 90)
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
4.7
(80 Ratings)
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Joris
Feb 1, 2025
Nice experience - Welcoming and friendly guide.
He's taking care of the passengers.
The description of the activity is consistent with reality.
Regarding the Silk Island itself, the silk spinning workshops were interesting but the infrastructure also included an old "park" (animal??) which is abandoned.
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Rebz_g
Jan 16, 2025
Lovely afternoon tour - Really nice afternoon tour! Small group, friendly and informative guide. Lots of beer and yummy fruit. Really interesting to see a different way of life and learn about silk weaving. Was very impressed. Would recommend!
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Martin_d
Dec 28, 2024
Very relaxing - It was nice ro take a break away from the busy city on this small cruise. Great guide and nice visit of a rural area.
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Robert_b
Dec 16, 2024
Silk Island Supreme - Very informative trip guide Vuthy was very informative and spoke excellent English. He explained in full detail the history of the island. I would not hesitate to recommend this delightful 1/2 day trip.
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10dorisc
Oct 31, 2024
Amazing Silk Island Tour - My friend and I took this Half Day Tour on October 27th and we had a great time. Our guide, Vutiy, was wonderful. He was always smiling, friendly, and very knowledgeable. We were served drinks and a fruit platter while cruising on the river and got a chance to see the people that live on the river and on boats. We walked around the island with Vutiy as he explained various things such as burial practices, info on monks, etc. Once at the Silk community, we saw several women work on looms as Vutiy provided information on the silk process from start to finish. We even got to touch the silk worm cocoons. Before we left the island, we were given the opportunity to buy items at the Silk Shop. I had to purchase several items as they were too beautiful not too. Do yourself a favor and book this tour! I highly recommend it!
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Joy_n
Aug 9, 2024
Amazing Tour of the Silk Island and the Stupas - The tour guide and the people on the boat were so friendly and helpful as they served us drinks both before and after the island, and served us freshly cut fruit on our return back (which was delicious and a highlight of the trip). The tour allowed us to experience more of the island, including the stupas and religious site nearby and the trees/plants. The tour of the Silk section was the best one I've been to re: the production of silk and weaving. Also had plenty of time to shop for beautiful silk items. This was such a fun tour and I would highly recommend.
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Heather_l
Jul 3, 2024
Impressive tour of Silk Island and Mekong - My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our boat trip on the Mekong River. My favorite part was the visit to Silk Island and seeing the local village life. We met a school of amazing children learning English. Seeing the entire process of creating a hand-made silk scarf from growing the Mulberry plants to weaving the silk into a piece of fabric was impressive. The ladies who expertly weave the silk into stunning patterns are a treasure to the craft, since the skill to do this type of work is being lost in our modern world.
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Ajgraydon
Aug 1, 2024
Cruise operators make the trip worthwhile - The people who run the cruise are wonderful and did an amazing service. Showing us around the Island and explaining a few things.
The let down was actually at the change over at the entrance of Silk Island centre. Rushing us through to buy stuff and then asking for a tip (which we would have tipped anyway) is not the polite way to do things.
However, once back in the care of the cruise people we were made happy again.
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Mary
Feb 2, 2025
Not value for money - I thought it was an authentic silk weaving island. Yes they show you the loom and silk worm etc but there were too many products on display to have been made by hand. Also the usual "hard sell" and "I give you special discount ". If the product is original then the official fixed price should apply.
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Sharynw
Jun 21, 2024
Not the greatest - We were the only 2 people on the boat, the guide tried hard but his english not so good, having done this tour some years ago, I was not impressed with the locations provided, the Temple was a smaller one and the Village was just a drive through, although we did get some delicious sweet potato scallops from a roadside vendor. The weaving village was interesting with a local guide explaining, there were several looms operating with silk weavings available for sale which were quite expensive, We returned to the boat and had some fruit on the way back, arriving 1 hour early, It was an OK tour. certainly not up to our previous standard, the guide was knowlegable and plesant
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