Follow the Tide to Kampong Phluk
Channel: Cambodianess
Date: 2024-02-04

Siem Reap — Kampong Phluk is a village sitting on the floodplain of the Tonle Sap lake, and one of Siem Reap’s well-known tourism destinations.

With local restaurants, smoked fish, mangroves, endless flat rice fields and houses built on high stilts to avoid the annual flood, this fishing village gives visitors a sense of how people live and adapt to the lake’s changing water levels. 

During the dry season, tourists can rent large or small boats to go across, and zig-zag through the village before reaching the gateway to the Tonle Sap lake. 

During the rainy season, as the water level goes up, navigation becomes easier. Tourists can better see the village houses that are just above the waterline. 

Located about 30 kilometers from downtown Siem Reap city, Kampong Phluk is a short distance from the famed temples of the Roluos group: the Bakong, Lolei and Preah Ko.

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