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Traditional Weaving Village: Explore Island Life
4.7
75 Ratings
Phnom Penh
Embark on a Mekong Silk Island Cruise where you can enjoy unlimited beer, soft drinks, and a fresh fruit platter. Explore a traditional weaving village, visit a Silk Farm, and experience the local lifestyle.
Embark on a Mekong Silk Island Cruise where you can enjoy unlimited beer, soft drinks, and a fresh fruit platter. Explore a traditional weaving village, visit a Silk Farm, and experience the local lifestyle.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Silk Island - This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so…
- Silk Island - This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so we can see the mango and banana plantations and the different crops that are grown on the island. You will also visit a Silk Farm, Buddhist monastery and the children in a local school (subject to the school schedule that day).
What's Included
- Unlimited beer and soft drinks
- Fresh fruit platter
- English speaking guide
- One way hotel pick up
- Tuk Tuk trip around the island
- Entrance fee
- Unlimited beer and soft drinks
- Fresh fruit platter
- English speaking guide
- One way hotel pick up
- Tuk Tuk trip around the island
- Entrance fee
What's Not Included
- Hotel drop off is not included
- Hotel drop off is not included
Additional Information
This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so we can see the mango…
This is an enjoyable trip to explore the lifestyle of the people on the island, which is a traditional weaving village. The boat trip to the island will take one hour. On the way, you will see the stilted houses, fishing villages, Mekong and Four Faces Rivers. When we get to the island, we will take a Tuk Tuk around the village, so we can see the mango and banana plantations and the different crops that are grown on the island. You will also visit a Silk Farm, Buddhist monastery and the children in a local school (subject to the school schedule that day).
Location
Memorable Cambodia Cruise
street 90
By the riverside (In front of street 90)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(75 Ratings)
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Joy_n
Aug 9, 2024
Amazing Tour of the Silk Island and the Stupas - The tour guide and the people on the boat were so friendly and helpful as they served us drinks both before and after the island, and served us freshly cut fruit on our return back (which was delicious and a highlight of the trip). The tour allowed us to experience more of the island, including the stupas and religious site nearby and the trees/plants. The tour of the Silk section was the best one I've been to re: the production of silk and weaving. Also had plenty of time to shop for beautiful silk items. This was such a fun tour and I would highly recommend.
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Heather_l
Jul 3, 2024
Impressive tour of Silk Island and Mekong - My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our boat trip on the Mekong River. My favorite part was the visit to Silk Island and seeing the local village life. We met a school of amazing children learning English. Seeing the entire process of creating a hand-made silk scarf from growing the Mulberry plants to weaving the silk into a piece of fabric was impressive. The ladies who expertly weave the silk into stunning patterns are a treasure to the craft, since the skill to do this type of work is being lost in our modern world.
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Allen_s
May 3, 2024
Easy, enjoyable tour - Relaxing tour with a great tour guide. Easy pace, great information and, a chance to interact with some delightful schoolchildren. A great way to spend a few hours away from the hustle and bustle
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Susan_n
Apr 8, 2024
Our personal experience - We were welcomed aboard by Davuth, our tour guide for the day. He was full of knowledge about rhe rivers, country, culture and history. He was very attentive and kept us well hydrated! We visited a elementary school class on the Island. The children were adorable!. You could tell their teacher was very devoted to them. Davuth stopped at local places in the communities to get fried bananas, palm wine and local fruits for us to try. At the Silk farm we were amazed at how labor intensive the silk making process is from start to finish. The colors are beautiful! Our local guide was great. Our experience felt very personal and fulfilling. On the return cruise we all enjoyed the fruits and beverages as well as the beautiful sights. We highly encourage visitors to book this experience.
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Jade_c
Mar 16, 2024
awesome - the whole tour was amazing great tour guide lovely to see how the silk is made and the woman who make the items
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Deborah_w
Mar 16, 2024
Silk island, cruise - Where Pick up was, easy to find
Tour guide very knowledgeable and so friendly
Great value for money
Island people very hard working and friendly
Would recommend this trop
A+++++
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Johnbo1600rl
Mar 6, 2024
Great 4 hour river and land adventure - We went on the afternoon cruise and there were only 4 of us onboard which meant our guide had plenty of time to tell us all about his life and local life. It was fascinating and extremly informative. We cruised round into the Mekong River and went ashore at a small peacful island. Visited the Budist temple and our guide explained so much we didn't know. we briefley vistied a school in the grounds of the temple and the children were so friendly and all smiles. Onwards to the silk village were we saw the silk worms and how the silk was harvested and soun. This was followed by seeing the ladies working thr handlooms to produce the silk cloth. Well worthwhile trip.
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Ajgraydon
Aug 1, 2024
Cruise operators make the trip worthwhile - The people who run the cruise are wonderful and did an amazing service. Showing us around the Island and explaining a few things.
The let down was actually at the change over at the entrance of Silk Island centre. Rushing us through to buy stuff and then asking for a tip (which we would have tipped anyway) is not the polite way to do things.
However, once back in the care of the cruise people we were made happy again.
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Sharynw
Jun 21, 2024
Not the greatest - We were the only 2 people on the boat, the guide tried hard but his english not so good, having done this tour some years ago, I was not impressed with the locations provided, the Temple was a smaller one and the Village was just a drive through, although we did get some delicious sweet potato scallops from a roadside vendor. The weaving village was interesting with a local guide explaining, there were several looms operating with silk weavings available for sale which were quite expensive, We returned to the boat and had some fruit on the way back, arriving 1 hour early, It was an OK tour. certainly not up to our previous standard, the guide was knowlegable and plesant
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Lianne_k
May 22, 2024
boring and long - Did not enjoy. firstly, we were picked up by a rude tuk tuk driver from our hotel who was upset that we were a few mins late, despite being the only ones on the tour.
Tour guide was lovely but in summary, the tour consisted of a 45min boat road to a small island, followed by a boring 20 min talk about temples, then a short tuk tuk ride to a small section of the island where there are several silk looms. A guy walked us around for about 10 minutes showing us the looms but no one to explain how it is done, little explanation made then urged us to by silk scarfs at a much higher price than the markets. then we returned.
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