Kampong Chhnang Floating Village — Attraction in Kampong Chhnang

One of the best tourist attractions of Kampong Chhnang must be the floating village. First, you catch a tuk tuk to the tourist port area (about 5 minutes from downtown) and then a local boatperson takes you down to the riverside and helps you get in a small boat. It takes about thirty minutes to get to the actual floating village, passing a mosque and several groups of fishing boats on the way.

The village itself is made up of 100s of clusters of 6 to 8 house boats lashed together and anchored in place. Often there is a communal deck area and a small shop (like a mini mart) attached as well. The house boats range from the very crude such as a tarp over one end of a canoe to the sophisticated, including boats with solar panels and satellite dishes.

The villagers go about their daily lives of cooking, doing laundry, repairing boats, playing with kids and dogs and so on, paying little or no attention to the tourists who are there to observe them.

At $25-30 (depending on your negotiating skills), it is not the cheapest attraction perhaps but it is well worth it...

Decided not to tour around not take photos here, as these are people's homes. Most in the floating village are Vietnamese fisherman that live precariously on what they catch. This floating village does not have the tourist money that the ones near Siem Reap do. A lot of poverty apparent and reminds me of native American reservations that you may...

A true floating village, snaking through the lives of families and fishermen. The small tourist boats leaving from the town riverfront get you there, but the price depends on your...