Phnom Kulen National Park and Tonle Sap Sunset Cruise Tours

Phnom Kulen National Park and Tonle Sap Sunset Cruise Tours

it is the most interesting site around Siem Reap beside the temples of Angkor to explore the most beautiful site as Phnom Kulen National Park, Waterfall, Reclining Buddha Statue , river of 1000 Linga and walking through the tropical forest visit the local village with palm sugar village and then continue to take cruise at Tonle Sap, visit floating village, foaling school ...

Visit: About Cambodia Travel & Tours, Streung Thmei, Siem Reap 17252 Cambodia

On the morning after breakfast at the hotel our guide and driver will welcome you at hotel lobby at 08 : 00 AM and  transfer to visit the National park Phnom Kulen that located at the north of Angkor ancient city and it is also the quarry of the sand stone of Angkor temples that the Khmer king they look the stone from there to build all the temples in Angkor in that time , the vehicle will drive to the top of the mountain and you will see the most beautiful views surrounded this area and on the top of the mountain you can visit also the largest reclining Buddha statue that carve directly on the biggest natural sand stone on the mountain  in the Buddhist monastery and then continue to visit the 1000 Linga in the river bed with the larges waterfall in this area that believe as secret water and you have chance to swim in the secret water to remove all the bad sin and relax here before back to visit the Palm Sugar village with the traditional Khmer wooden houses

After that continue to visit the largest lake in South East Asia Tonle Sap and floating village the most beautiful floating village on the Tonle Sap lake, go by boat to visit the real daily life of the people that they live on the water and they are fisherman , most of the houses they build on the boats or bamboo raft , Tole Sap it is the unique place in the world the water in the lake feed by the Mekong and it is only one way of the water flow in and out , in the wet season the water from Mekong flow into the lake and in the dry season the water in the lake flow back to Mekong and after visit the floating village at Tonle Sap and after that transfer back to hotel.

Duration: 1 hour

Visit: Phnom Kulen National Park, Cambodia

Phnom Kulen is considered by Khmers to be the most sacred mountain in Cambodia and it is a popular place for domestic and international visitors to visit there everyday. The hill is used as the ancient capital city II in AD 802 to declared himself as god king and announced independence from Java, then giving birth to present day Cambodia.

Duration: 4 hours

Visit: Tonle Sap Lake, Lower Mekong Basin Cambodia

The Tonle Sap Lake is the largest fresh water in South East Asia. Its dimension changes depending on the monsoon and dry season and five provinces circled the area of Tonle Sap Lake and there are more than three million of population inhabited around the bank of the Lake and 90% of them earn a living by catching fish and making agricultures. As you can see on the map of Cambodia It stretches across the northwest section of the country. The Lake is also an important commercial resource, providing more than half of the fish consumed in Cambodia. In harmony with the specialized ecosystems, the human occupations at the edges of the lake is similarly distinctive floating villages, towering stilted houses, huge fish traps, and an economy and way of life deeply intertwined with the lake, the fish, the wildlife and the cycles of rising and falling waters.

Duration: 3 hours

Visit: Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap Cambodia

Kampong Pluk is about 30 Km locates on the Southeast of Siem Reap Town and there are more then 3000 inhabitants are real Khmers, their households made of wood and bamboo built on stilts of about 6m to 7m high. During dry season when the lake is low and lack of water those buildings look like the skyscrapers. At this time of the year many of villagers move out onto the lake and build a provisional stilted houses. In wet season while the water level rises up again, the dwellers move back to their permanent houses on the flood plain, the stilts now hidden under the water. People made a living by catching fishes produce as well as smelly fish paste, fermented fish, smoked fish, dried fish, dried prawn etc.

Duration: 2 hours