Tonle Sap – The Great Lake & Floating Villages

Tonle Sap or Great Lake is the most important lake in Cambodia as well as the most extensive freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, supplies fishes to half of the country’s population. Officially listed in 1997 as World UNESCO biosphere reserve, this ecological site is the significant home for many species including rare endangered waterbirds, its inhabitants whose lives rely on aquatic resources and the wetland swamps plus. Tonle Sap annually attracts millions of tourists to see its impressive floating villages of Kampong Phluk, Kompong Khleang, Chong Kneas & Mechrey whose local lives are animated by fishing activities, trading on rowing boats and its unique way to make a living on the water.