Boats on the Sangker River. Journey from Battambang to Siemp Reap. The boat ride between Siem Reap and Battambang offer you much
Boats on the Sangker River. Journey from Battambang to Siemp Reap. The boat ride between Siem Reap and Battambang offer you much nicer on the Sangker river and then along the shoreline of Tonle Sap Lake. While the popular tourist choice for water travel in Cambodia is a slow boat and speed boat across Tonle Sap lake between Siem Reap and Battambang, the undisputed best boat journey in terms of scenery and an insight into real life in Cambodia is the boat ride between Siem Reap and Battambang. The journey is packed with the diversity both of scenery and of lifestyles as you encounter this water route crossing the vast expanse of Tonle Sap lake and entering the meandering narrow tracks of the Sangker river. . From a tourism point of view, the lake offers an alternative, more leisurely,route from Siem Reap to Battambang by the slow boat it takes about 7 hours, and by speed boat it take about 4 or 5 hours. One of Ton Le Sap's many floating villages In 1997, the entire Lake was designated as a protected area under UNESCO's ‘Man and Biosphere’ program, There are three ‘core zones’, but the most interesting is the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary, on the way to Battambang not far from Siem reap. The best time to visit is the both dry and wet season, when the water level falls and the birds are concentrated in a comparatively small area. Apart from large numbers of storks, pelicans and ibis, there are many rare species, such as the Painted Stork. With the continuous change of the water level the people who live on the lake have to move their houses away when the water level goes down. Whole villages including schools, shops, churches, fish farms and crocodile farm are getting pulled away to a place where the water is still high enough to float. If you travel with Cambodia boat trip, we can arrange a chartered boat trip for you to visit both Siem reap to or from Battambang, bird sanctuary and the floating villages on the lake.
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