Two women paddle a canoe between flooded trees at Kompong Phluk

A guest in a canoe under the flooded forest at Kompong Phluk

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.

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

Three ways onto the water

Choose your afternoon.

Red-roofed stilt houses at Kompong Phluk at high water

Group · daily 2:00 pm · 4.5 hours

Kompong Phluk sunset tour

Stilt village, the flooded forest by canoe, sunset on the open lake.

$28per person

Kompong Khleang village seen from the channel

Group · daily 1:30 pm · 6 hours

Kompong Khleang sunset tour

The largest village on the lake, two houseboat communities, almost no one else.

$35per person

Private · any time · price match on private days

Your own boat, your own day

Build your afternoon: village, transport, guide, canoe, sunset, and what comes before or after.

$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 the lake: Kompong Phluk, Kompong Khleang, Mechrey, Prek Toal, Kompong Luong. When they take you through a village they are showing you home: the pagoda where they were blessed as children, the family boats, the neighbours drying fish on the walkway, the school they paddled to.

Locally owned and run since 2017, with a representative in each of the five villages, across three provinces. There is no office in another country deciding what you see. The people who live on the water do.

About us

A guide in a checked krama at sunset on Tonle Sap Lake

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. Our guides explain what you'll see, so you can choose the right village and the right month, and know the real prices before you go.

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

4.8 on TripAdvisor from 68 reviews

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

Wednesday 28 October · 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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