CAMBODIA WILDLIFE TOUR
Duration
1 day
Pricing
From $180 (2 pax)
Tour Type
Wildlife
Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary is the largest waterbird colony in South-East Asia, a Ramsar site inside the UNESCO Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve.
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Tour highlights
- UNESCO Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve and the Prek Toal core area.
- Rowing boats into the single most important breeding ground in Southeast Asia for globally threatened large waterbirds.
- Machrey and Prek Toal floating villages with their schools, churches and pagodas.
- A crocodile farm home to around 300 crocodiles.
Prices & options
Package price, minimum 2 persons
$180 (2 pax)
Tour includes
- Return transfer from and to the hotel (tuk tuk, A/C car 4 seats and/or mini van)
- Boat transfers and sightseeing
- Excursions
- Cold bottled drinking water
Tour excludes
- English-speaking tour guide (US$50)
- Breakfast
- Lunch
Itinerary
- 05:00am — Drive to Prek Toal harbour
Leave the hotel early for the local harbour of Prek Toal, a one-hour drive from Siem Reap. Along the way, observe local countryside activities: duck and fish farms, ox carts at work, lush rice fields and villages.
Departure should be around 5am, as this is the best time to see the sunrise from the boat on the Tonle Sap lake.
- Morning — Bird sanctuary by rowing boat
On arrival we take our first boat trip to Machrey floating village and Prek Toal village. From here we embark in rowing boats to the bird sanctuary in the Prek Toal core area of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve.
The Biosphere covers 31,282 hectares at the north-west tip of the Tonle Sap Lake and hosts Greater and Lesser Adjutants, Black-headed Ibis, Painted Stork, Milky Stork, Spot-billed Pelican, Grey-headed Fish Eagle and many more species.
- Afternoon — Village cruise & crocodile farm
After bird watching, enjoy a local lunch at Prek Toal village. On the way back to the mainland the boat cruises around the floating village with its schools, churches and pagodas.
The final stop is a crocodile farm, home to about 300 crocodiles of various sizes. You can see the nests that at first sight look much like a pile of dirt; after the 75th day of incubation the ready-to-hatch eggs are moved to a shaded area where the little ones snap their teeth for the very first time.
Return to your hotel.
Good to know
Angkor park passes
Angkor archaeological park — 1 day
US$37 p.p
Angkor archaeological park — 2 or 3 days
US$62 p.p
Angkor archaeological park — 1 week
US$72 p.p
Tour guide fees
English-speaking guide
$40 / day
French-speaking guide
$55 / day
German-speaking guide
$65 / day
Spanish-speaking guide
$65 / day
Chinese-speaking guide
$55 / day
Japanese-speaking guide
$50 / day
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Apsara Dancing & Bokator Dinner Show
An evening of traditional Cambodian dance with a set menu at Kanell, open every night from 07:00pm to 09:30pm. Asian Fusion Set US$29 p.p, Asian Fusion Deluxe US$36 p.p. We can book it in advance for you.
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Siem Reap’s most unique, top-rated evening entertainment (TripAdvisor & Lonely Planet), 8:00pm to 9:00pm. Seat A: US$38 adult / US$18 child (5–11). Seat B: US$28 / US$15. Seat C: US$18 / US$10. Infants 4 and younger free with no allocated seat.
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