Cruising Through the Heart of Phnom Penh

Cruising Through the Heart of Phnom Penh

It is really thrilling to go sightseeing on tour boat at Chaktomuk river of Phnom Penh capital city, which assembles together the Cambodia’s four main rivers running just from entire the nation, i.e. Tonle Sap, Tonle Basak, Upper-Mekong, and Lower-Mekong River.

With its newly built tourist boat terminal near Wat Phnom controlled by the people-run boat tour association to ensure safety and comfort to guests, today 64 boats are operated and owned mostly by the locals. The boats welcome on average 400-500 passengers daily.

These micro-tourist cruise businesses are catering similar waterway tour itineraries and sightseeing programs to local and inbound guests who intend to view the unforgettable landscapes of Phnom Penh and the nearby sites along the river, the Royal Palace, the skyscrapers, National Museum, monasteries, the public parks, the French-legacy buildings, and many other stunning architectures and sceneries located in just both sides of the river, day and night.

With the warm welcomed smile greeting by the Cambodian crews, plus the gentle breath air along the river, really brighten up the trip, making it an amazing journey for the on-board guests.

Watching sunset at Mekong River, Phnom Penh

Besides, tourists, via this cruise trips, can also visit the fishing and silk- making villages at Koh Dach) the remaining traditional silk making community so as many other tourist destination communities along the rivers that are adjudicated to the capital.

Tourists can either buy the tickets to visit the sites based on individual tour boat programs or book the whole boat base on your group, and preferences.

The high season for boat trips in Phnom Penh starts from late September to April, usually the time when the water declined, whereas the low season usually kicks off from May to early September, the time water keeps rising. The highest season for boat tours is November, the occasion that millions local and international tourists storm to the city wishing to watch the wonderful landscapes along the riversides, especially during the Kingdom’s Traditional Water Festival.

Enjoy moving picnic along the river

Boat tours along Phnom Penh’s rivers are one of the most popular attractions which absorb large number of tourists every year. These micro businesses have improved vastly the living condition of the people living depends on the boats so as the people living at the sites who happily and warmly provide services to tourists.

Cambodia’s intra expeditions through these main rivers are quieter than other countries, due to slow development. But thanks to this slow pace, that tourists are still able to feel such natural and calm landscapes, before it will be transformed upon the modernization. Cambodian waters are also clean, and bright.

Crossing the rivers of Lower Mekong, Upper-Mekong, Basak, Tonle Sap, River Sap Lake, along with the coastal expeditions, have built astonished and exciting cruise navigation map connecting Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Kompong Cham, Kompong Chnang, Tonle Sap Lake of in-land travel to Southern Vietnam, while sea cruise tourism already leads the sector.

Via these cruise systems, cruise-loving travelers can also visit Siem Reap, Kompong Cham, Tonle Sap Lake, and many other sites that are closed to the bodies of water easily to feel the views of Cambodia’s nature though the waterway transports. Importantly, Tourists can depart from Phnom Penh to Vietnam by boats too.