Guided Floating Village Boat Tour in Siem Reap

Siem Reap, Cambodia

3 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Visit a floating village at the edge of Tonle Sap Lake on a tour from Siem Reap, and explore a landscape of rice paddies, mangrove forests, and aquaculture. You’ll travel across the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, where homes are built on slender stilts at the edge of the water, then see the floating village with an experienced guide. This Tonle Sap Lake tour includes round-trip transport in a climate-controlled vehicle, the boat cruise, and all entrance fees.

Tonle Sap Lake tour from Siem Riep
Boat cruise to a floating village
See a UNESCO-listed landscape
Includes all entrance fees
Pickup and drop-off at Siem Riep hotels

What's Included

English-speaking guide
All fees
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Food and drinks
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

please wait for our Tara Riverboat lake guide in your hotel or Guesthouses foyer/reception area

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Itinerary

Meet a driver at your hotel in Siem Riep to the 9-mile (14-km) drive to Tonle Sap Lake. During the drive to the lake, you’ll see a scenic landscape of lotus farms, communities, and rice paddies, with traditional farmers tending the crops.

Upon arrival at the lake, transfer into a sightseeing boat, then continue along the shoreline, which fluctuates dramatically from the dry season to the rainy season. With a thriving population of fish and wildlife, Tonle Sap Lake is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that’s fascinating to explore.

The highlight of the trip is a traditional floating village, where you’ll see the distinctive architecture of Tonle Sap Lake, and learn about daily life and culture in the Cambodian countryside.

Following the boat tour, meet back up with the driver for the return trip to Siem Riep. This tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel.

Tonle Sap Lake

1 hour 20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tara River Boat Tours

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Stroller accessible

Service animals allowed
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

3.6

based on 14 reviews

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Mr Friday was a great...

Claire_B, Feb 2026

Mr Friday was a great guide, who provided a fun filled, informative tour of so many incredible sights. The local fish market was a true gem and very enlightening. Followed by a tour of a lotus flower farm and on to a boat tour of a floating village. Words cannot describe how kind the people are and how lucky we are to get a glimpse of life in Siem Reap.

Response from Host, Feb 2026

Thank you Claire so much for this beautiful review! We’re delighted you had such a memorable day with Mr Friday — he’ll be thrilled to hear your kind words. The fish market, lotus farm, and floating village really do offer a special glimpse into local life, and we’re so happy you enjoyed the experience. Thank you for traveling with us, and we hope to welcome you back to Siem Reap one day 😊hanks

This was an excellent...

Vanessa_H, Oct 2025

This was an excellent experience. It turned out that we were the only people on the trip and we saw lots out of our motorbike tuk-tuk. Visited the lotus farm and the floating village that was by dry land at the time as it was the rainy season. We also went out on the boat to the floating village further out, paused to look at some crocodiles in captivity, one of which was a big old beast and then on to a wonderful old boat that was nearly one hundred years old to stop for a drink. Our guide, I am so sorry I have forgotten his name, was wonderful. We learned so much about life as we went along on the boat and in the tuk-tuk. We also had a great chat whilst on the old boat. This was a fantastic, low key way of finding out more about life in Cambodia while having a great time just chilling. We did not feel like we were intruding on the floating village and yet saw lots and learned a lot.

Response from Host, Oct 2025

Thank you so much for your really great review, and your guide on the day was Mony, a really nice family guy who has been a head guide for the Tara Boat tours for going on 15 years, your participation on this tour will directly help the students of the free school on the lake as all our profits go towards the school and also the cleaning up of the lake and rivers, i will pass on your fantastic review to Mony and the team, we all wish you a very safe and happy travels and hope to see you again one day. Miss Sreymom

Lovely experience

francescahoyle, Nov 2022

Really enjoyed this tour. We were taken by Tim tum to the floating village so saw some beautiful countryside. Spent time on a boat and relaxed In hammocks. The floating village itself was very interesting. Guide s d driver were excellent.

Response from Host, Nov 2022

thank you so much for your really nice review, the guys and girls will be pleased when i share this with them have safe travels always

Tonie Sap Lake and Floating Village

Ferdinand_V, Jul 2019

We were able to see how the people live here, the tour guide speaks English well and had shown us how people here gets a murky water clear to be ready for boiling and drinking. Also included was visit to Lotus Garden

Response from Host, Jul 2019

Thank you for your review of our floating villages tour, its a different world out on the lake and i also love to visit the Lotus Farms, we are very fortunate to have great guides for our tours, some have been with us for 12 years plus and also most have come from the same villages we visit. Thanks again