The 7 Best Boat Trips in Siem Reap

1.Kampong Phluk Floating Village Tour by Boat

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 6,979 reviews · 6 hours · from $20Our pick

Spend six hours traveling from Siem Reap to Kampong Phluk by air-conditioned minivan and boat. Walk among stilted homes, learn about life on Tonle Sap, and optionally paddle through flooded mangroves before sunset. Guides such as Jack, Happy Tear, Meng, and Chong are known for lively English commentary.

“Really enjoyed the sunset tour (was a combination of walking and boat due to the season so got to see the village and also the river). The tour was made amazing by the guide, Happy Tears who was super enthusiastic and knowledgeable about village life having grown up in a floating village and working as a fisherman. Definitely recommend doing the boat through the trees too”

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2.Kampong Phluk Floating Village Tour by Boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,020 reviews · from $20Top rated

Travel from Siem Reap to Kampong Phluk with an English-speaking guide such as Jack, Meng, Chong, or Happy Tear. Cruise Tonle Sap, see stilted homes and local life, add a short canoe ride through flooded mangroves, and finish with sunset views.

“Jack the guide was very helpful, funny and entertaining on the trip remembering everyone’s name. It’s a bit of a journey to get there but once on the lake at sunset a wonderful experience. Thank you Jack and driver Playboy for the trip experience.”

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3.Sunset Dinner and drinks includes a Floating Village cruise tour.

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 152 reviews · from $49

Spend about four hours exploring Chong Khneas by small boat, with a lotus-farm stop, floating homes, schools, shops, and a crocodile farm. Guides such as Tino and Hong explain lake life before dinner, cocktails, and sunset aboard the Queen Tara. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

“Bus old, meal consisted of fries, spring rolls, small pieces of fish, one casserole rye thing and two rice. Very average, not worth the money at all-go on a different one.”

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4.Floating Village Sunset Boat & Jeep Tour – Inclusive Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 115 reviews · from $70

Leave Siem Reap at 3 p.m. in an open-air jeep for mushroom farms, rice wine, a family home, and a boat ride through Chong Kneas. Your small group, capped at eight, finishes with drinks and local snacks as Tonle Sap turns gold. Guides may include Bunsom, August, Net, or Lyna.

“We had an extremely exciting and dinamic jeep tour with Net, the most lovely, friendly and interactive tour guide we ever had. From aboriginal rice and mushroom fields through the amazing fishing community and their village build upon the cRead more”

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5.Floating Village Bike & Boat Sunset / E-Bike Available

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · from $70

Ride 30 to 35 kilometers through farms and villages with an English-speaking guide, then visit Kompong Phluk and cruise Tonlé Sap at sunset. George and Phearon are among the guides who have led this outing. Lunch, drinks, snacks, bikes, helmets, hotel transfers, and a support vehicle are included.

“Perhaps it seems like a long day, but this trip is so worth it. Our guide, Phearon, was professional, safety minded, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, thoughtful and FUN. This tour pulled everything together for us and showed us a side of CaRead more”

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6.Floating Village Sunset Boat Vespa Tour / Tuk Tuk Available

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 58 reviews · from $54

Leave Siem Reap at 3:00pm with a Vespa driver and ride through rice fields, farms, and village roads. Stop for Khmer snacks at Wat Po Banteaychey, cruise Chong Kneas by boat, and finish with sunset, a soft drink, or beer. Guides may include Mut, Luk, or Oudom.

“This was one of the best tours we done. Relaxing even on the back of the vespas. Our riders and tour guide were really good at handling the bikes which allowed you take things in. Felt very safe. Definitely worth doing. we made stops to see Read more”

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7.Kompong Phluk Floating village & Mangrove forest cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 39 reviews · from $105

Travel from Siem Reap to Tonlé Sap and Kompong Phluk with an English or Japanese-speaking guide. See stilted houses, learn how village life changes with the seasons, cruise by boat, and take a small canoe through flooded mangroves when conditions allow. Guides Phy, Nak, Pen, and Tommy have earned special praise.

“A wonderful relaxing trip from Siem Reap. One of the best trips in Cambodia with a small group that we have done. Very nice and knowledgeable tour guide Tommy. We learnt so much on that day about live on the Tonle Sap lake. Very enjoyable trip!!!”

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