Community First: Kompong Khleang Floating Village Tours

Community First: Kompong Khleang Floating Village Tours Community First: Kompong Khleang Floating Village Tours connects tourists to the floating village in

Community First: Kompong Khleang Floating Village Tours is a social enterprise benefitting Bridge of Life School, a non-profit organization operating in Siem Reap and Kompong Thom Province. Our mission is to connect tourists to Kompong Khleang, a floating village on the Tonle Sap, in a responsible and meaningful way by both seeing the sites and learning about the community. Our tours are unique be

cause we are based in the community, run by local residents, and all profits are reinvested in the community based educational programming - hence the name "Community First"

The village we visit is on the Tonle Sap, a fresh water lake the extends throughout Cambodia. It is approixmately 55km outside of Siem Reap city and is home to over 200 families (with more than 5000 living in the area). The economy is dominated by fishing and due to seasonal flooding all homes are on stilts and appear to literally float for part of the year (September - January). Water levels drop several meters beginning in February and a sand bank forms during the later part of the season (April - August). Because our staff comes from the village and our non-profit works in the community we enjoy a particularly close relationship with the villages and their community members. Rather than visiting as outside tourists you are welcomed friends. During the trip (and depending on the season) you will be introduced to locals, visit staff homes, try sticky rice and Khmer donuts, check out at a local market and tour the village's pagoda. Please keep in mind everyday is different and, depending on weather and season, the tour is subject to change.

A breathtaking sunset on the Tonle Sap yesterday. A beautiful way to conclude a tour of Kompong Khleang. Interesting in ...
14/10/2024

A breathtaking sunset on the Tonle Sap yesterday. A beautiful way to conclude a tour of Kompong Khleang.

Interesting in visiting a floating village and the UNESCO Tonle Sap while in Siem Reap? Visit www.kompongkhleang.org to learn more about our community-based tours that feature guides from the village and support education and home-building in the community.

Proud to be a Traveler's Choice Award in 2024. Thank you for all your participation and support! Learn more about our to...
08/07/2024

Proud to be a Traveler's Choice Award in 2024. Thank you for all your participation and support!

Learn more about our tours at www.kompongkhleang.org

We had a lovely day out in Kompong Khleang and on the Tonle Sap lake! Thank you so much to our guests for joining.Are yo...
03/07/2024

We had a lovely day out in Kompong Khleang and on the Tonle Sap lake! Thank you so much to our guests for joining.

Are you in Siem Reap? Consider joining us on a tour. It's a great time to visit as the water is rising and the weather is much cooler than a few weeks ago!

Learn more on our website: www.kompongkhleang.org or message us directly!

Excited to be featured by Anywhere We Roam fon their website of Tonle Sap Tours. https://anywhereweroam.com/tonle-sap-la...
16/05/2024

Excited to be featured by Anywhere We Roam fon their website of Tonle Sap Tours.

https://anywhereweroam.com/tonle-sap-lake/

Interested in visiting the Tonle Sap in a more meaningful way. Send us a message for tour options in Siem Reap.

How to visiting the floating villages of Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia including the best to visit, how to get there and tours from Siem Reap.

We are very excited that our co-founder, Paren, Community First: Kompong Khleang Floating Village Tours, and other amazi...
03/02/2024

We are very excited that our co-founder, Paren, Community First: Kompong Khleang Floating Village Tours, and other amazing NGOs working on the lake were featured in a new documentary by Rivers Are Life. You can watch it here:

Imagine, for a moment, that you live in a floating home on a lake. You rely on the lake for personal and professional needs–water for gardening, drinking, an...

We had a lovely day yesterday visiting Kompong Khleang and seeing the Tonle Sap, the largest lake in Asia. Thank you for...
19/12/2023

We had a lovely day yesterday visiting Kompong Khleang and seeing the Tonle Sap, the largest lake in Asia.

Thank you for joining us and supporting Bridge of Life's initiatives in Outaput Village.

Are you visiting Siem Reap? Consider experiencing the floating villages with us on our join-in group tour. We also have private tour options. You can learn more about Kompong Khleang, the Tonle Sap, and our community-based experiences at www.kompongkhleang.org

One of our favorite and unique tours is our fishing tour. As you may know, the Tonle Sap is home to more than 200 hundre...
22/11/2023

One of our favorite and unique tours is our fishing tour. As you may know, the Tonle Sap is home to more than 200 hundred types of fish (including the largest freshwater fish ever recorded discovered in 2023!). During the trip we learn about and witness different traditional methods used to catch fish. You can even bring what you catch home for a barbecue!

Learn more about different tour options here: www.kompongkhleang.org

Learn more about the largest freshwater fish ever recorded here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/20/largest-freshwater-fish-ever-recorded-caught-in-cambodia

Kompong Khleang is blessed with a magnificent standing Buddha. We call it the glimmering Buddha because of the way the t...
07/10/2023

Kompong Khleang is blessed with a magnificent standing Buddha. We call it the glimmering Buddha because of the way the tiles reflect in the sun. Join us today to learn more about the role of Buddhism and Animism in the community.

Thank you for joining us on a visit of Kompong Khleang! We loved hosting you and sharing first hand experiences of life ...
03/10/2023

Thank you for joining us on a visit of Kompong Khleang! We loved hosting you and sharing first hand experiences of life in the village.

The water is very high so its a great time of year to witness life on the lake. While it has been raining more than usual but it has afforded us some unique sunsets in the covered community tourism boats.

Learn more about www.kompongkhleang.org

31/08/2023

Hello all! We are migrating our website to a new host. So it will be offline for a few days. Please feel free to send us a message on Facebook for now. We hope to have an update soon. Thank you so much!

Experienced a lovely sunset yesterday on the Tonle Sap! Explore the UNESCO Biosphere and its largest community with us. ...
27/07/2023

Experienced a lovely sunset yesterday on the Tonle Sap! Explore the UNESCO Biosphere and its largest community with us. Visit www.KompongKhleang.org for more information.

13/03/2023

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