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Community First: Kompong Khleang Floating Village Tours

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Michael M

Auckland Central, New Zealand9 contributions

Wonderful tour!

Aug 2023 • Couples

This tour was great as we got to see real life in a Cambodian village, and learn about it's people. It was a genuine experience, not at all touristy. The guide, Paren, was great and he is doing some fantastic work for his community. The proceeds from this tour go towards educating local children and improving living conditions. Please support this tour, you won't regret it!

Written 21 August 2023

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Kenneth T

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Lovely Tour with an amazing local guide - 10/10 Experience

Jul 2023 • Couples

We were looking for a floating village tour on the internet and came across their website. Luckily for us we decided to take this tour even if it was a little more expensive than other tours, for instance on Get Your Guide, because it was simply amazing.

We were picked up at our hotel and together with a total of 7 people we started driving towards the floating village. On the way our great guide Paren introduced hinself and already told us a lot of interesting stuff about the village, its people and the cambodian culture in general. We stopped at a sticky rice shop and a local bakery where we were able to try a lot of local food of which most was delicious.

In the village itself we were guided through the school that is supported by Paren‘s oganization. Thereafter we did a boat tour from the village to the lake where we were able to see some wild buffalos and more real „floating“ houses.

But in the end the best thing about this tour is that Paren grew up in Kampong Kleang and a big part of his family still lives there. For this reason he‘s not only able to provide „real“ insights but he also has a great connection to the people there so you rather feel very much welcomed instead of getting treated like annoying tourists.

After 6 hours precisely we were brought back to our hotel.

All in all just absolutely worth every penny! :-)

Written 31 July 2023

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Victoria

New South Wales, Australia6 contributions

A must do in Siem Reap

Jul 2023 • Family

I can not recommend this tour highly enough - if you do one thing when in Siem Reap, do this!

Our guide , Paren gave our little tour group an insight into the life in the fishing villages , having grown up here himself . The tour feels very personalised and not at all ‘touristy’ , it is truly an amazing experience and in many ways humbling .

Written 31 July 2023

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Katie K

5 contributions

Excellent tour!

Jun 2023 • Couples

Absolutely excellent tour - really interesting and informative. Our guide, Paren, was brilliant! He is from the area so he gave us an honest insight into life on Kompong Khleang and the challenges the people face there, but he also made the tour fun and light-hearted too. This tour brings you to a local village to visit the school that the tour helps to fund, and then it brings you on the river to see the floating houses. This is an eye-opening experience and I would really recommend for anyone visiting Siem Reap to do this tour with Paren as it was an unforgettable experience. We also stopped for traditional Cambodian foods along the way (donuts and sticky rice) which was a lovely touch.
We have done a lot of tours since getting to Cambodia a week ago but this has been my favourite so far, a must do.

Written 30 July 2023

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Oli S

Dubai, United Arab Emirates25 contributions

An eye opening experience with great views whilst supporting a great course

Jul 2023 • Family

What a way to see the floating village by supporting the local community for such a great course. Highly recommend this for all ages it’s very interesting and stunning views on the lake.

Paren was an excellent guide, thankyou for sharing your amazing community and culture with us!

Written 12 July 2023

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Malte K

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Excellent and authentic village tour

Jul 2023 • Friends

It was just an amazing experience for us to get to know the real floating village life! We learned a lot about the hard life at the village, but also enjoyed the open-hearded community :) Paren was a very friendly and attentive guide, who could answer all our questions. We would definetly recommend this tour!!! Furthermore you support the local school programme initiated by the NGO, who Paren is a part of.

Written 11 July 2023

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dolally

London, UK108 contributions

This is a must. Top thing to do and a must with this company.

Apr 2023 • Couples

Saro thank you so much. This was by far the best day in Siem reap. Seeing it in the dry season with the children running around was wonderful knowing that in the wet season they are floating high in the water caught in houses or floating boats. I will come back to compare. Saro showed us his family home Took us round the preschool and then onto the boat onto tonie sap lake to see more floating houses. Whole experience humbling. Knowing our money goes back into the project for children’s schooling, sewing classes and computer knowledge is amazing but you can see they need more help. More tours. So please use this company x

Written 9 April 2023

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ChristopherC898

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia14 contributions

Community First tours should be the first tour to check out.

Mar 2023 • Friends

I really wanted the money I paid to tour a floating village to go to support the local people and that is just what this company does. We had an absolutely wonderful day and Paren, our guide, was brilliant. We learned so much about the community of Kompong Khleang and even visited the village school.

Written 13 March 2023

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Steerys

10 contributions

Totally different experience of Cambodian life

Jan 2023 • Family

Our family of 4 was hosted by Saro today. He was a great ambassador for his community and Cambodia. It was great to see a totally different side to Cambodian life. We feel glad we are able to support, in a small way, the work the organisation is doing with the school and other community projects.

Written 5 January 2023

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asams18

Brooklyn, NY12 contributions

One of a kind visit to a hidden floating village

Dec 2022 • Couples

We had an incredible, authentic, and fun day visiting this floating village that is off the beaten path and removed from all the other tourists is Siem Reap. Our guide Saro, who is from the floating village, was very kind, knowledgeable, professional, accommodating, and a safe driver. We visited the community nonprofit school that the Bridge of Life organization founded, walked through part of the village that’s on land, and took a boat around the park of the floating village that is on water. We were the only tourists, which made this extra special. It was clear that Saro is passionate about helping his community and that the funds from the tour support the local people. They’ve funded housing projects, built water wells, etc. We also stopped for local snacks (bamboo sticky rice, mini donuts, and dried jackfruit) along the way which were delicious! Would highly recommend this to anyone who’s looking for a memorable and unique experience!

Written 18 December 2022

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