Chong
Kneas – Tonle Sap – Floating village
Chong
Kneas is one of the closest floating villages of another village in Tonle Sap (Lake).
Tonle Sap is the largest fresh water lake in South East Asia country. Chong Kneas
village is composed of seven villages, which approximately 6000 people are
living in this lake. Most of people are living on this floating lake are
Vietnamese’s families. They live in floating houses that need to be moved with
the level of water which is depending on the seasons. Nearly 100 persons of
these families live with fishing. Boats are the main transportation during the
rainy season. Because, all the area around this village is surround by water.
Chong
Kneas is not a modern village for people to see, daily life of people living there
is very simple.
Every family
has their own boat for fishing, selling and goes to school. We have to rent a
boat in other to visit this floating village.
All Visitors
should stop at the Gecko Centre, an informative exhibition that is located in
the floating village and helps to discover the Tonlé Sap. It has displays on
flora and fauna of the area, as well as information on communities living
around the lake.
It is
very scenic in the warm light of early morning or late afternoon and can be
combined with a view of the sunset from the hilltop temple of Phnom Krom
This floating
village is located about 12 km from center of Siem Reap, before reach there, we
will pass the pretty villages, rice fields and beautiful lotus lake.
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