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Silk Island Koh Dach Full Day Tour from Phnom Penh

3.02 reviewsSilk Island (Koh Dach)

  • 8 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

A short tuk-tuk ride and a ferry crossing over the Mekong River bring you to Koh Dach, known to travellers as Silk Island, a world away from the pace of Phnom Penh. Cycle along quiet, unpaved roads bordered by rice paddies, vegetable farms and fruit orchards, stopping at handicraft workshops where weavers, potters and wood carvers still practise skills passed down through generations. Watching silk being spun and dyed, or pottery shaped by hand, offers a direct look at crafts rarely seen elsewhere in Cambodia. Enjoy a local lunch at one of the island's restaurants, then cycle back toward the ferry with a stop at a fruit plantation to sample the season's harvest, before crossing back to the mainland for the return to Phnom Penh. An easy-paced day of cycling, craft and countryside just across the river from the capital.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Local transportation and Ferry tickets from and to Koh Dach.
  • Fruit tasting at a plantation and lunch at a local restaurant (food only)
  • Local transportation on the island
  • A full-day tour with a professional English-speaking guide.
  • All entrance and donation fees for visits as mentioned in the description.

What's not

  • Tours, inclusions of any kind and other services that are not outlined in the tour description
  • Personal expenses such as meals, drinks, tips and gratuities, shopping, portage fees
  • Transfers from any airport or resorts located outside the general pick-up and drop-off locations
  • Travel insurance coverage for customers (highly recommendable)

Itinerary

  1. A professional guide and its tuk tuk companion will wait for you at around 8 am in the hotel lobby. We depart by tuk tuk from your hotel and travel around 15 kilometres in northern direction towards the Mekong River and to this secret hideaway with ample couleure locale. Arrival at the main ferry pier and we cross over from the mainland to this 30 square kilometres’ large island, part of the southern tip of the Tonle Sap Lake. Once you are off the ferry, hop on your bike and cycle in a calm and relaxing way through the island on dusty and unpaved road for exploring the island which is bounded by views of rice paddies, vegetable farms and fruit orchards.

    3 hAdmission included

  2. Part of touring around the island is to get up and close with the handicraft centres of Koh Dach, stopping in to see the carvers, potters and weavers will be the highlight of the tour. Using traditional means, carried over from generation to generation, many of these items can be found at the various markets in the country. Although negotiations for pricing may be tough, prices are excellent as one cut out the middle man. You will enjoy a local lunch on the island at one of the better restaurants. While cycling back to the boat ferry, and still possess an appetite, your guide will make some recommended stops at local fruit plantations. You get a sample of the fruits of the season, straight from the farm. Crossing the ferry back to the mainland and we head back by tuk tuk to your hotel in Phnom Penh where we will arrive at around 3 pm.

    4 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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Know before you go

Pickup
Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
Asian Trails LTD
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour is operated on full private basis with English-speaking guide. Other languages are on request / subject to availability and supplementary charges may apply.
  • Return transfers for this excursion apply only / are inclusive for customers staying in and inside Phnom Penh. Transfers outside these areas, including any accommodation outside this area such as Koh Dach, Tonle Bati, Oudong, any of the river and cruise ferry terminals and Phnom Penh International Airport are excluded. Supplements apply for customers who want to join this excursion outside one of these regions.
  • We will do all possible to comply with any dietary requirements during this excursion; it may not always be possible to confirm your wishes in advance based on the choice of local restaurant.
  • To avoid any issues pertaining obtaining an arrival visa at the airport, please ensure that your passport contains at least two empty pages. Failure to do so may result in not gaining entrance into the Kingdom of Cambodia.
  • We regret to inform you that this excursion is not suitable for wheelchair users. Guests are advised that some walking is required during this excursion; we always ensure that we take the most comfortable ways from the entrance of the sight to the sight itself.
  • We always will make efforts to confirm the exact pick-up time upon reservation. For any operational issues in which are not able to confirm the exact pick-up time in advance, we reserve the right to inform you the day before the departure of the tour.
  • Please note pickup and drop-off services may not be confirmed for customers staying at private residences, apartment complexes, or other non-registered tourism accommodations. Customers may be asked to meet at a nearby hotel for pick-up and drop off.

How it compares in Phnom Penh

  • Its from-price is 52% above the median of the 573 experiences we list in Phnom Penh.
  • It is longer than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 304 of 573.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is Cambodia's riverside capital, where a gilded royal palace, French-era boulevards and markets sit beside memorials to the Khmer Rouge years.

The Royal Palace, with its tall pointed spires, and the neighbouring Silver Pagoda, whose floor is laid with silver tiles, stand close to the riverfront promenade where the Mekong and Tonlé Sap meet. Wat Phnom, a small hill temple, gave the city its name, and the National Museum, in a red Khmer-style building, holds a major collection of Angkorian sculpture. Art Deco Central Market and the busy Russian Market are good places to wander.

Top-ranked sights in Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21), Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (Choeung Ek Killing Fields), Royal Palace.

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