Guest Reviews

Great tour of killing fields and museums. Our guide had relatives in the mass killings of the 1970’s so he has a personal touch to his comments. Pictures of the victims along with children are haunting.Royal place was closed for renovations.

Great tour of killing fields and museums. Our guide had relatives in the mass killings of the 1970’s so he has a personal touch to his comments. Pictures of the victims along with children are haunting.Royal place was closed for renovations.

A small group tour. . Very knowledgeable guide patiently explaining the reasons behind the conflict . Confronting, sad, but so worthwhile.We missed the palace and the silver pagoda on this tour as it was still closed. Slightly annoyed as we didn't find out till the tour started. . In hindsight after the genocide museum and the killing fields I think we were all glad to finish early.

A small group tour. . Very knowledgeable guide patiently explaining the reasons behind the conflict . Confronting, sad, but so worthwhile. We missed the palace and the silver pagoda on this tour as it was still closed. Slightly annoyed as we didn't find out till the tour started. . In hindsight after the genocide museum and the killing fields I think we were all glad to finish early.

We debated giving this 3 or 4 stars, but ultimately settled at 4 because we believed seeing the floating village was a truly unique experience and fascinating view into a very different way of living and would recommend it. Seeing the floating homes was a highlight! Our guide Phy was very well meaning and extremely friendly. My wife and I were the only people on the tour and he was eager to show us his culture and the location. That said, we thought the tour had some opportunities to improve. Though Phy was very kind, he struggled a bit to explain certain things and by the end of the 7 hours we felt the language gap meant we missed a lot of interesting information. Second, each part of the tour felt a bit long - we wish we had a better sense of what the itinerary / timeline would be in advance. If we did it again, we’d ask to move things along a bit more. Third, were stopped on four occasions by locals to buy chips or drinks. They also kept asking us to buy ‘books for their children,’ but we were pretty convinced that the children were not benefitting from this and were told on separate tours and other guides that public education is free in Cambodia and not to buy from these sorts of sellers. At one point, while viewing a cool Pagoda in the floating village, one of these sellers interrupted our guide several times and we weren’t able to enjoy it. At the end, we felt fulfilled by the experience, but we were exhausted by the length of it, the heat, language barrier and aggressive vendors and glad to return to our hotel :)

For those interested in exploring this place,here’s a few things I wanted to share: 1. The 1000 lingas are visible only when the waters are shallow. So please check with locals on that. 2.if you are a practising Hindu, you will be amazed to see the beautiful depiction of your dieties-Bramha ,Vishnu, Lakshmi and Shiva on the river bed. 3. The jungle has a very mystique vibe. We loved the trek through the forest and the freshwater spring. 4. You can leave the mountain only after 12pm(one way traffic).so plan your itinerary accordingly.

Everything went smoothly. The museum and killings fields was sobering but we wanted to learn the history. Thea our guide was very knowledgeable.

Everything went smoothly. The museum and killings fields was sobering but we wanted to learn the history. Thea our guide was very knowledgeable.

Great tour thank you Phy. We enjoyed the visit to the village and really appreciated an insight to the local market and village life. The visit to the floating village by boat was interesting and exposure to village culture insightful. We dodged the rain and appreciated Phy's knowledge and views on village life. A very enjoyable tour thank you