Mekong Island Tuk Tuk Tour: Explore Local Village Lifestyle and Silk Weaving
4.8
38 Ratings
Phnom Penh
Immerse yourself in the local village lifestyle and discover the art of silk weaving on this Mekong Island Tuk Tuk Tour. Explore the bustling local market, visit a bean curt production business, and witness the vibrant farmland. End the tour with a visit to a silk weaving workshop and a Buddha temple to learn about Cambodian religion.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mekong Island - Koh Dach - Embark on a journey across two of Mekong Island’s locales via Tuk Tuk, accompanied by an expert local guide familiar with the inhabitants’ way of life, agricultural practices, traditional weaving operations, and several Buddhist temples that symbolize the nation’s religious heritage.

At the outset, your guide will lead you through the community settlements on the island, stopping at a local enterprise that specializes in the production of bean curd for commerce. A visit to the neighborhood market will offer insights into the daily routines of the residents. There will also be an opportunity to sample some of the regional cuisine and desserts.

Subsequently, we’ll travel by Tuk Tuk across the agricultural lands, observing the cultivation of ginger, corn, cucumbers, and other vegetables, as well as mango and banana plantations. Our journey continues to Silk Island, where we’ll discover a communal silk factory dedicated to preserving their ancestral weaving techniques.

Ultimately, we’ll visit a Buddhist temple and delve into the religious practices prevalent in Cambodia.

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off service
  • Ferry crossing fee over the Mekong River included
  • Tour the city in local style via Tuk Tuk
  • Guidance from an English-speaking expert
  • Traditional Cambodian meal for lunch or dinner
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Additional Information

Our journey takes us to the rustic villages on Mekong Island, where we get a glimpse into their way of life and their primary occupations - silk weaving, farming, and fishing.

On this Tuk Tuk tour, we make stops at the local market and visit local businesses that specialize in the production of bean curd. We also tour the lush farmlands where farmers grow an array of produce like ginners, cucumbers, eggplants, lemongrass, corn, bananas, papayas, and mangoes, among others.

In the final segment of our tour, we take a tour of a silk weaving workshop to see the creative process. We also visit a Buddha temple and gain further insight into Cambodian religion.

  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Availability for shows cannot be checked without making a booking. Credit cards will only be charged upon confirmation of show availability
  • Dress code is formal
Location
Mekong Island - Koh Dach
Koh Dach
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sopheak
May 15, 2024
Pretty much everything to see and a lot of fun..🤩 - It’s a very good place to visit especially for silk production and you can there to see crop, plant and vegetables by the villages.
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Dijana_m
Apr 14, 2024
A wonderful afternoon with locals - We booked this tour on a last minute, but it turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip. The tour takes you to see non touristy part of Phnom Penh, from the ferry used by commuters through ride through small villages and through fields and visit of local temple. Our guide and tuk tuk driver were both very friendly. Guide was very knowledgable and willing to share information about Cambodia, which showed his love of his country. Dinner at the local restaurant overlooking the river, was very peaceful and tasteful. It was a perfect tour to get closer to real Cambodia. Tura je bila res čudovita in naš vodič tudi. Nisva bili njegovi prvi stranki iz Slovenije, tako da je vedel približno iz, kjer prihajamo. Tura nas je peljala po lokalnih cestah, na sadje k domačinom, kjer smo prejeli tudi mango sadeže v darilo. Ob ogledu družinske mini predilnice svile, je bila lastnica izjemno prijazna, odgovarjala na vprašanja pokazala, kaj delajo. Niti v predilnici niti na drugih točkah nisva nikoli bili izpostavljeni pritisku, da bi kaj kupovali. Bilo je bolj, kot da smo na obisku pri domačinih. Vsekakor zelo prijetna izkušnja, ki se je zaključila s prijetno večerjo v preprosti lokalni družinski restavraciji s pogledom na reko v zelo mirnem okolju. Tudi prehajanje z enega otočka na drugi z majhimi lokalnimi trajekti je bila čudovita izkušnja, kjer sva bili edini turistki. Vodič je turo pripravljen prilagoditi, tako odhod kot vsebino, ter tudi iz tega razloga to turo resnično priporočam.
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Brett_l
Apr 12, 2024
Silk Island and countryside tour by Tuk Tuk with Thong Chea of Vana Adventure Travel - An incredible day with Thong Chea our tour guide and founder of Vana Adventure Travel and Yat our tuk tuk driver. After a short and picturesque view of Phonm Penh crossing of the Mekong River, we arrived at one of the islands on the trip. Throughout the day, Thong took us through the countryside, stopping at rice, water-lily and ginger fields explaining how the families own the fields, how they sow, grow and rotate crops throughout the year. we even got to smell fresh ginger leaves. We stopped off at one to the silk makers homes and had some fruit snacks before given a tour and watched silk scarves being made and how the process from silkworm to product is done. We drove through many small villages on the tuk tuk, sampling life on the islands. And walked around a lovely pagoda temple on one of the islands. Thong took us to a place by the river, owned by a family and we had lunch on a floating dining area on the river. The food was amazing and we had our first taste of Krud beer, which was light and very tasty. We drove some more around the wonderful countryside and crossing islands. It was a hot day, but cooler than the city, but there was plenty of cold water to drink onboard the tuk tuk. It was a delightful, informative and fun day out of the city. Highly recommend booking this trip. Thong was a fantastic guide and we asked about him and his family and he had a fascinating story to tell. A highlight of out holiday in Cambodia.
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Melissa_j
Mar 26, 2024
Awesome tuk tuk tour of the country side- silk Island seeing farms, silk making process and soya bean business. - This was a fantastic tour of the country side of silk island in Phnom Penh. We were picked up by our tour guide and owner Mr Thong Chea, and driven safely by our Tuk tuk driver. We got to catch a ferry across to Silk Island seeing the area around the river. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and shared a lot with us about the area, farms and Cambodia history. We visited a family run silk farm where we had fresh fruits and steamed cake. We were shown the process of how silk is made and weaved, we even got to have a try at weaving. We saw many farms along the way of bananas, taro, ginger and rice. We found the family owned soya bean curd business and saw the process of making the curd, and getting to taste some also. Finally we enjoyed a lunch on a relaxing floating restaurant. A great way to finish off an excellent tour. Highly recommend this tour to see the countryside.
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Sina_p
Feb 16, 2024
The “simple” life of silk - I had no idea the process involved in producing a silk scarves or sarongs. It’s so complicated and takes so much patience. It makes me appreciate the product more knowing now that so much work is put into producing it.
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Suzanne_w
Nov 29, 2023
Uniquely Rewarding Experience of Country Life - We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Silk Island with our interesting and well spoken guide and careful tuk tuk driver. Our visit to the small family run silk ‘farm’ and weavers was low key and educational and there was no pressure to buy if you didn’t want to. But the examples of lovely scarves and table runners was impossible to resist. We also were impressed by the family run soya bean curd business. We enjoyed our journey around the islands and on the ferries and had a wonderful dinner on a floating restaurant - again, very low key but perfect for the peace and quiet and quality of food. Highly recommend this tour to see another side of Cambodian life that tourists rarely experience - so near to the big city but feels so far away.
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Allison_h
Nov 5, 2023
Terrific experience - Tida was such an enthsiastic and knowledgeable ambassador for her country. She is passionate about local food and local enterprise. The tuk tuk was clean and well maintained.
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Lauren_b
Oct 20, 2023
Silk Island & More! - Throng is a wonderful guide! Great experience exploring the island with a authentic (and delicious) Khmer dinner. Tour included a visit to silk farm, bean curd producer, buddhist temple and passing through farms of the island. Tour could be condensed since we didn’t stop at any of the farms just passed through. Overall, great experience and would recommend.
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Koh_t
Sep 6, 2023
Great Tour - Great tour! Highly recommend this tour for anyone that wants to see life outside of the urban areas of Phnom Penh. Mr. Chea Thong was very knowledgable, friendly, accommodating and prepared!
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Mihail_d
Jan 22, 2024
Terrible experience! Avoid it! - Terrible experience! To start with the ‘guide’—not knowledgeable and professional at all. He was more interested in our country than sharing any knowledge about Cambodia. The silk farm was not a farm at all! Two or three ladies pretended they were working and producing silk when they saw us coming, selling as if it were locally produced, but actually storing packets of ready-made scarfs. Dinner was awful. How can you take tourists to such a dirty, disgusting place? They brought crockery with ants, and the guide and the driver, who were sharing the dinner with us, couldn’t manage to clear the cutlery and plates. Not a word to the waitress! Then the food—awful, with ants and wasps inside! Avoid the company by all means!
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