5 Fishing Tours in Cambodia to Build a Day Around

1.Tonle Sap Lake – Fishing Village & Flooded Forest

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · from $44Our pick

From Siem Reap, you’ll visit Rolous Market, then cruise to Kampong Phluk’s fishing villages and flooded forest. An English-speaking guide such as Pal Saruon or Sorphorn Tuon explains Cambodian culture, lake ecology, and seasonal life. Hotel pickup, transport, boat fare, water, and a cool towel are included. A rowboat in the forest and meals cost extra.

“Amazing leader Mr Pal and my driver Keao. It was 2nd trip and the team was amazing. Full of new information that I hadn’t heard. Great views of the sunset and the fishing village life. Take this trip! It will be spectacular”

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2.Tonle Sap Lake – Fishing Village & Flooded Forest

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 4 hours · from $45

Travel from Siem Reap to Tonle Sap with an English-speaking guide, then cruise Kampong Phluk’s fishing villages and flooded forest canals. You’ll see stilt houses, aquaculture, seasonal farm work, local snacks, and a Buddhist monastery. Sargon Pal and Chhay are among the guides named in recent bookings. Bring extra cash if you want the optional mangrove rowboat.

“Sargon Pal was very nice, he explained a lot of interesting things. The tour was relaxing”

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3.Fishing in the rice fields, in the villages of Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $68

Leave Siem Reap at 7 a.m. for village markets and rice-field fishing spots 20 to 30 kilometers away. Your guide teaches you to catch snakehead fish with frogs as bait, provides gear, snacks, lunch, water, and a soft drink, and takes no more than four people. Expect mud, heat, wildlife, and a very rural day.

“Had a great day fishing, I was picked up from my hotel and taken to a lake out in the countryside where we used a boat to travel around the lake. We cooked what we caught on a fire beside the lake and continued fishing through into the afternoon in the rice fields. Highly recommended”

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4.Koh Rong Tour: A Snorkeling, Fishing, Sunset, Plankton

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · from $20Best value

Start at Koh Touch or Long Set Pier, then head to Koh Koun for two hours of snorkeling among tropical fish and coral. Finish at five-kilometre Long Beach with a BBQ, fruit, beer, sunset views, and glowing plankton after dark. A guide, equipment, transfers, and life jacket are included.

“Excellent day out. The guide was very friendly, very informative and spoke good English. The day out was great fun and we learned a lot about Cambodia. Thoroughly recommended.”

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5.Half Day Kampong Pluk Fishing Village with Sunset Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $62

Travel by air-conditioned vehicle from Siem Reap to Rolous Market, then take a private boat through Kampong Phluk’s stilted homes, schools, pagodas, rice fields, and flooded forest. English-speaking guides such as Tom or Tann explain village life before a sunset over Tonle Sap Lake.

“Saw a very different part of Siem Reap. In the stilt houses along the estuary you see the daily struggles of people. Just looking at the houses and people (including many kids) around the houses gives you insights into the culture, society anRead more”

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