The Tonle Sap Experience
Two women paddle a canoe between flooded trees at Kompong Phluk A guest in a canoe under the flooded forest at Kompong Phluk

Experience the lake,
with the people
who live on it.

Floating village and flooded forest tours from Siem Reap, led by guides born in Kompong Phluk and Kompong Khleang.

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Daily from $28 · 4.8 on TripAdvisor · Free cancellation
Lake level 5.53 m · falling · water at the stilts · flooded forest canoe running Prek Kdam gauge, 28 Oct 07:00
4.8 on TripAdvisor from 68 reviews Free cancellation up to 4 hours before Pay by cash or card Locally owned · guides from the villages

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Red-roofed stilt houses at Kompong Phluk at high water
Group · daily 2:00 pm · 4.5 hours

Kompong Phluk Sunset Tour

See the stilted village, the flooded forest by canoe, and sunset on the largest lake in Southeast Asia.

$28per person
 Kompong Khleang village seen from the channel
Group · daily 2:00 pm · 5.5 hours

Kompong Khleang Sunset Tour

Travel to the largest and least visited floating village, see two houseboat communities, and enjoy sunset on the lake.

$35per person
 Sunset over Tonle Sap Lake from a boat
Private tour · any time, any day · last-minute booking available

Your own boat, your own day

Choose from an existing tour or design your own experience based on your interests. We take care of everything.

$145up to 4 guests · van, guide and boat included
Who takes you

Our guides grew up
on this water.

Every guide on our team is from Tonle Sap Lake: Kompong Phluk, Kompong Khleang, Mechrey, Prek Toal or Kompong Luong. When you travel with us, you are not just seeing a village, you are seeing our home: the pagoda where we went for religious holidays as children, our neighbours' boats, our cousins drying fish.

About us
A guide in a checked krama at sunset on Tonle Sap Lake
A fishing family on the lake at dusk
Know the lake before you go

The river that runs
both ways.

Every monsoon the Mekong forces the Tonle Sap River backwards and the lake grows five times over, flooding the forest and lifting the villages on their stilts. Learn more about the largest lake in Southeast Asia and the floating villages that call it home.

Tonle Sap Lake: the complete guide→ Which floating village should you visit?→ The flooded forest→ Prices and entrance fees, 2026→
★★★★★
“Our guide was born and raised in the floating village itself, so he knew everyone and everything about life on the water.”

A couple from TripAdvisor, October 2025

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Guests on the covered village boat heading into Kompong Khleang, stilt houses along the right bank
· Kompong Khleang · with Phallis

A lovely group tour of Kompong Khleang at high water

We had a lovely group tour of Kompong Khleang yesterday. The water on Tonle Sap Lake is very high right now and has reached close to the floors of many of the stilted homes, so the whole floating village seems to sit right on the lake.

With the water this high there was no walking tour through the village, but the boat ride was lovely. We were able to take the boat between the houses and see village life up close from the water, then head out onto the open lake for sunset.

The weather was great: not humid at all, and we didn’t get any rain. A great time to visit Kompong Khleang and Tonle Sap Lake. If you are planning a floating village tour from Siem Reap, our Kompong Khleang guide explains what to expect in each season.

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A guest photographs the stilt houses from the boat

Your day on the lake
starts here.

Daily tours from $28. Free cancellation up to 4 hours before departure.

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