A MUST DO tour when you visit Siem Reap. And an excellent, responsible, tour company.  - This is a Must Do trip. We did it this week with TaraRiverBoat tour company. They picked us up at our hotel in an air conditioned minivan exactly at the... read more time they'd said. Included a great driver, Da, and a tour guide Sapor. Both did an in excellent job all day. Stopped twice on trip to Tonle Sap lake, once at traditional fish market and once to see sweet "bamboo rice" being made. Sapor gave great overview during trip to lake, at the stops and after we reached Kompong Khleang. Glad we chose that further, to ess visited village, not touristy at all.
And the boat cruise from the village out onto the lake was great!
Highly recommend seeing this village and that you utilize Tara Boat. Everything Tara Boat says about themselves on their website was completely born out, a high quality outfit.

Excellent guide service at Angkor Wat!  - Di Soy was our guide for three days of exploring the temples of Angkor Wat. We felt that the temples of Angkor were a highlight of our trip and... read more deserved expert explanations and Di accomplished that. He had a route that avoided most of the crowds, guiding us through several temples including at sunrise and sunset. He included a stop at a land mine clearing museum, a mountaintop Buddha, and a dip in the waterfalls.
His English was very good and explained the history of the temples well and patiently answered all our many questions. He always had cold water and cold washcloths waiting for us each time we returned to the car-a blessing!
We had special requests-our family has a 75-year old “rubbing” from Angkor Wat and he knew just where to find the exact scene in the temple. Our group consisted of two 75-year-old parents, and a young family with a toddler and 4-year-old. He and his young driver accommodated us all expertly, including helping us with the baby buggy up and down the steps. When we added an extra visit at the end of our tour, he and his young driver changed their schedule to take us back to Angkor Wat and waited to drive us home. Excellent service!
We felt that the temples of Angkor Wat deserved a good guide to fully experience them and Di accomplished this. We would highly recommend this service.

Siem Reap to Phnom Pen  - We wanted to get from Siem Reap to phnom Pen but didn’t want to drive all the way. The Tara riverboat gave us the opportunity to cruise some of the... read more journey. Through email correspondence we booked our place on the trip. We were picked up from our hotel in the morning by Var our driver. He spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable giving us interesting facts about Cambodia along the way. It took approximately 4hrs with a stop for refreshments.
When we reached the port side to meet the boat, the transfer was seamless.
The happy crew were waiting to take us and our luggage onboard. The boat was lovely and clean with sunny and shaded seating areas.
Sameth our host prepared us some delicious food and beverages on request. He’s such a friendly man, very attentive and kind. He too spoke excellent English and again we chatted about the history of Cambodia and Khmer. The river trip also took around 4hrs. We felt the whole experience was very straightforward and enjoyable.

A unique, special way to travel from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh!  - When faced with the challenge of getting from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, we decided to do something different. Booking directly through the website was extremely easy - Peter was... read more able to confirm our booking the same day. Our driver Dara was at our hotel early, and throughout the 4.5 hour car ride to the riverboat, he also made a couple of fun stops for us and filled us in on the local happenings. Travelling via private car was very comfortable and made for some good views of rural life. We then arrived to the Tomle Sap River and boat section of the trip right on time, where we were transferred into the hospitable care of Samath. With the whole crew keeping us safe and fed (lunch was delicious!), Samath in particular was really helpful in answering the many questions we had about life in Cambodia and keeping us entertained for the remaining 4.5 hour trip. We also made a really special stop to a temple en route to PP. All in all, we loved our time on the Tara River Boat. We would definitely recommend this trip to all in SR or PP!