Guest Reviews

The tour picks people up between 7am-8am so you need to be ready in case your the first pick-up of the day. It’s about an hour drive from Siem Reap and there’s no breakfast provided and our guide (Barang) was sure to ask that everybody ate beforehand. During the drive, Barang talked a little about the culture and history of Cambodia as well as what to expect during the tour. When we arrived at the end of the road, there was a little walk to the boat. If your there during the rainy season make sure you wear boots you done mind getting dirty. By the time we got to the boat everyone’s shoes had thick red clay mud caked on the bottom. We all had to scrap the mud off before trying to walk down the ramp to board the boat. The boat ride is obviously the best part as you’re going through the ‘floating village’. Barang tried to talk about the village as we went but the boat engine is really loud making it impossible to hear anything he was saying. You eventually get the a floating dock where you can do the optional boat ride through the mangrove trees. If you choose to take the ride, about 50 yards into the ride you will turn a corner to find a fleet of other boats selling food and drinks. We hadn’t brought a lot of money and were planning to use what we had to tip the woman padding the boat. However, the sales woman was pretty aggressive so when we initially declined she responded that we should buy something for the woman paddling the boat. When we declined again she told us to ‘think of the children’ and we should buy something for them. If we had brought more money, we would have caved. But the woman padding the boat had her son seating in her lap the entire time (as did a lot of the other women) and we decided we wanted to tip her. Just make sure you have a couple extra dollars if you plan on doing this option since they really do need the money. The rest of the ride through the mangroves was very nice. After the ride through the mangroves, Barang tried talking to everyone but there are constantly boats coming and going which again made it impossible to hear him. After getting back on the our boat, we arrived at the alligator farm which wasn’t much to look at. It was then back on the boat to go back through the floating village to the van and back to Siem Reap. It’s an interesting trip but nothing spectacular.

To be honest, it was quite a disappointing experience. First of all, one of the other tourist was late getting up, which pushed everyone's schedule back and the sky was bright already when we reached Angkor Wat. It was cloudy that day, so maybe the sunrise would've stayed hidden anyway, but I would never know will I? Additionally, I was expecting the tour guide to tell us more about the history on the temples we visited, but that was also not the case. When we were free to roam, I found myself tagging after OTHER tour guides to gleam any information that I could. So yes, it was an overall a very disappointing experience. I strongly suggest that all participants be warned that late shows shall be left behind on the confirmation/receipt whatever. It is unfair for others to suffer and missed out on what they paid for because of one inconsiderate person.

The tour guide was nice, was knowledgeable and spoke an excellent English. The tour was well organised and everything went smooth. The Phnom Kulen Waterfalls are really georgous and really worth the trip (see photo) and we really enjoyed swimming there. That being, we were a little surprised to be (strongly) encouraged to spend money on various things (buying fruits, giving money to children to keep our shoes while visiting the Reclining Buddha, rent of a safe box during the swimm at the Phnom Kulen Waterfalls) during the trip; nothing expensive (maybe 3 or 4 USD in total) but it would be much better to include these small costs in the tour price. Furthermore, it is generaly not recommended to give money to children (instead of adults, see the ChildSafe movement as well as the official guidelines to travelers in Angkor) so we were surprised that the tour did not apply these recommandations. Regarding the tour program we would suggest adding another visit in the area or along the way in the early afternoon, since the current program is only to drive back to Siem Reap after lunch. Overall the price felt a bit expensive (47 USD per person) since it didn't include the park fee (15 USD), the lunch (which was quite expensive compared to usual prices in Siem Reap) nor the above-mentionned strongly recommended small expenses. The tour description made clear that these costs were not included so it was no surprise but the overall cost remains high compared to other «everything included» day trips that we have experienced (in Vietnam for example). All in all, we had a nice day and we would recommend the trip, subject to the above-mentioned small improvements.

Good option in some ways to transfer but the driving was fast and sometimes erratic. And we just wanted to get there with one or as needed bathroom breaks but really did not want to wait around for driver to have 45 min lunch break for which we were not informed and did not wish this time break. We expressly said that we did not want lunch time.

The experience is good, the angokr wat is stunning. But the tour ended a bit earlier. We end at 1500,but it's supposed to end at 1700?

Our tour guide was knowledgeable about this area. It’s hard to imagine living in a village such as this. People work in difficult conditions. It was interesting but is more of a good space filler then a mind blowing activity. It’s worth seeing if you have time but nothing to go out of the way to do.

The tour guide was good however it's much cheaper to book the tour from siam reap.

The tour is operated in a large group basis 40 people with only 1 tour guide, putting us on a big boat. The short canoe ride the pictures upwards costs extra USD 5 per person which is NOT mentioned in important info. If you are not joining, youd need to wait for at least 1 hour. After finishing the small boat tour, we are stacked in a small restaurant for 30 minutes for no purpose, and waiters kept on giving you the menu. Disappointingly it was in a bad weather and no sunset, the tour ended at 7:30pm.

Operated not by Green Era but by other company, which had the mini van maximally packed with 12 of us. Small group tour became relatively large group. Other Downside: Was only offered water twice throughout the day. Plus point: The tour guide was professional and did not hesitated to tell stories regarding the many temples.