Does living on water sound mythical to you? Take a tour of the Kampung Phluk Village and prepare to be awed. Seated 10 meters above water, these houses are built on Bamboo stilts catering to the flooding nature of this village. This unique city, that is authentic to the core will definitely leave you awe struck, mesmerised and absolutely fascinated. Plenty of tour packages are available to enable one to have a fulfilled tour of the village. So hurry up book your tour and experience a one of a kind world on water.
Located in Tonle Sap, Kumpung Phluk makes one of three villages of this city. Being the most accessible and tourist friendly of the three, Kumpung Phluk makes the ideal village setting ready to be explored. It is simple, raw and displays the authentic lifestyle of Siem Reap. If you visit this village during the dry season enjoy watching children happily trot away to school or watch the residents dry fish for the wet month, or simply enjoy the villagers go about their daily routines that emanates a tranquillity that is very rare in busy towns. Getting to the village is almost as exciting as the village itself. Enjoy your ride by boat that entertains you with an array of wild life including some rare endemic species like the crab eating macaques. Be engulfed by the thick mangrove forest that completely surrounds this village. As you step down to this humble little town don’t miss the out on the delicious food outlets scattered around the region that offer you a blend of freshly grown herbs cooked in the most authentic traditional style. Sea food is of course the all-time favourite, but Kumpung Phluk also has a range of vegetarian delights from ever so fresh home grown organic vegetables that are a definite treat to the taste buds. Enjoy the company of hospitable villagers and take part in their range of traditional activities and experience Siem Reap like you have never done before.
After a fulfilled day exploring this village, wind down in a comfortable luxury hotel Siem Reap is home to. The district has a range of star class hotels, but of all, the most popular choice is Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor. A one of a kind Siem Reap hotel offers, it provides luxury, class, style and fine cuisines making it any tourists all-time favourite hotel in the city.