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Chong Kneas - floating village
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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Kampong Khleang - Tonle Sap - Floating village

Kampong Khleang - Tonle Sap - Floating village
Kampong Khleang, located about 40 km from Siem Reap town, is one of the remote floating villages of Tonlé Sap Lake. In other to reach there, car is recommended, about 45 minutes to 1 hour drive from of Siem Reap by crossing Dom Dek. Kampong Khleang is the largest community on the Tonlé Sap since its population is near 10 times bigger than the one of Kampong Phluk village.
There are a lot of Cambodian’s families live on houses which built on 10 meters high of billow.
The houses were built very high along the big canal to avoid blooding during the rainy season from July to March.
During the monsoon, the village is surrounded by the water and the flooded forest, so each family live base on the fishing activities. Beside of fishing, they sell some foods and simple product on their boat.

Take the opportunity to visit the local markets, witness the daily tasks of locals and admire the natural scenery of the forest and its wildlife.

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Tonlé Sap - Floating village

Tonlé Sap, located about 16 km south of Siem Reap town, is a freshwater lake. Tonlé Sap is one of the biggest lakes in South East Asia in the wet season. The size of this lake cans extent from 2600 km2 to 120100 Km. Since 1997, the Great Lake is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, an area recognized for its terrestrial, maritime and coastal ecosystems. Indeed, Tonlé Sap has a rich and diverse fauna and flora. It hosts more than 100 species of water birds, including several endangered ones, and over 200 species of fish. It is also the natural habitat of turtles, crocodiles, monkeys and otters that live in the mangrove forest.

With its complex eco-systems and its hugeness, Tonlé Sap provides more than half of the fish consumed in Cambodia. It offers a crucial resource to the country and Cambodian people. The lake surrounded by five provinces of Cambodia about third of Cambodia’s populations. There are many floating villages inside this large freshwater lake, Most of People who live in this lake is depend on fishing. Visiting this lake, you can see how people there are living as community, how are their simple live. Tonlé Sap is the best place for your experience in Cambodia.

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Kampong Phluk - Tonle Sap - Floating village
Kampong Phluk - Tonle Sap - Floating village
Kampong Phluk is one of the most popular places for visiting floating village, this fresh water lake is located about 25 km from southeast of Siem Reap. There are more than 3200 Cambodian people live in their silt houses built on the floodplain of the Tonlé Sap Lake. During the dry season, the lake level is low and enables to see the 8-meter stilts of the houses. The highest stilts reach 10 meters high to adapt to the cycle of rising and falling waters. At this time, many of the villagers move out onto the lake to live in temporary houses. In the wet season, the flooded mangrove forest surrounds the area and hosts animals like crab-eating macaques. The streets of the villages are inundated and the inhabitants move back to their permanent houses whose stilts are now hidden by the water.

The economy of the villages is based on fishing, primary on shrimp harvesting.

It is a lovely place to visit if you want to discover the villages and their traditional houses, schools and pergolas as well as get an insight into the way of life of the fishermen.

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