Kampong Phluk Floating Market

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Kampong Phluk Floating market built upon stilts in the famous Tonle Sap river, the floating village of Kompong Phluk is a must-see for any trip to Cambodia. The journey from Siem Reap to this enchanting site where you will board a fishing boat to explore the waterways. Here you’ll get a fascinating insight into the ways the local people live in the region. What you can expect at the Kampong Phluk boat trip? Once travelers have to reach Kompong Phluk, it’s goodbye to the mainland as you float by schools, government buildings, and local homes on stilts. you will learn more about how the locals have adapted to their surroundings, and experience their day-to-day routines as you pass fish farms and rice paddies. For a surcharge to take a small boat through the flooded forest, a fascinating area of mangrove trees now half-submerged underwater, Depending on the day, the traveler can visit Local Market and Pagoda in Kampong Plo village along Tonle Sap.

How to get to Kampong Phluk Floating Market? Traveling to the Kampong Plok floating market most travelers choose to get by a half-day tour, the traveler can choose between a morning or afternoon half-day tour to Kompong Phluk and Tonle Sap Lake. Morning tour pick-up is from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM. For the afternoon tour, pick-up time is between 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby in Siem Reap between the said pick-up times. From Siem Reap, we will drive about 45-minutes along the countryside to the fishermen’s village of Kompong Phluk. The village is constructed on stilts and derives its name from the phrase “Harbor of the Tusks”. The village is set along the floodplains of Tonle Sap Lake or the Great Lake. Upon reaching Tonle Sap Lake, you will understand why it is called the Great Lake because you will be in a vast body of water seeing no bounds in front of you. Package Tour info -Price: 21 USD/person -Including: Entrance fees, Motorboat ticket, All activities, Local Live English Speaking guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Bottled water, Group tour, Local taxes. Best season to exploring Kampong Phluk Floating market From February to July, which is the dry season, the village can be reached by minibus or motorbike as the road is dried up during this time. In the rainy season, from August to January, the village will be flooded and so can be reached by a short boat ride from the quay. The village is not actually a floating village but a village built on high stilts to adapt to the seasonal tides of Tonle Sap Lake.

When Kampong Phluk Open? Kampong Phluk opening hours: from 8 AM - 5 PM. Do you need to book a tour in Advance to visit Kampong Phluk? Yes, of course, the traveler should book a tour in advance due to once a half-day package tour is on in a limit of people.Booking tour in Advance: Click here

Recommended: If a traveler would be exploring to Kampong Phluk Floating Market please kindly make your new experience by a tour, it is good for your journey due to at their village no one here can speak your language.


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