Our local tour guide took us here as he promised that we would love the trip. And of course it exceed my exceptions. We saw hundred birds which we have... read more never seen in Europe before. Very natural and conservative place to see!

  I used a bird guide to tour the temples.

I'm a keen birder so it made sense but I'd recommend for anyone as he also knew the temples well... read more and, because of the birding aspect you get to see a different side - for example coming in to Angkor Wat from the rear to go through a nice forest patch.

I got 49 species in 2 days, my guide was really nice as well as professional and knowledgeable and I would very much recommend this.

I will go back for more birds and not as intense on temples.

All in all very worth while.

  Spent a full day with our guide Reth Sarom. He was excellent. Saw approximately 50 species of birds, as well as some of the less visited temples. ... read more In fact, at most of the places we stopped, we were the only people on the site. The equipment provided by SVC (we rented binoculars and Reth brought scope) was of very good quality, which also made for a good outing. The car and driver provided were also top notch. All in all, a great day.

  We have just returned from Cambodia and used guides from this centre to visit remote eco lodges. These trips were superb and the expertise of both the Sam Veasna guides... read more and local guides from the communities were second to none. I have never seen people spot birds so well and set up scopes so quickly to enable us to see the birds. They saw birds where I could see nothing to begin with. We saw several Great Ibis, White shouldered Ibis, two white rumped falcons and about 85 beside these!!

Mr. Hat Huon gave a master class in birding!!

  We took the Koh Ker, Beng Mealea Forest Temples tour, which more than met our objective of seeing more of the local habitat and countryside beyond the most visited Angkor... read more temple circuit. The added advantage was birding, which included close-ups of in our case 67...More

  We joined a small group for the Prek Toal birding tour today. From start to finish the whole thing went off as planned. The boat trip through, and the stops... read more in the floating village of Prek Toal were just fascinating. But the bird viewing in the wetlands after the village was astonishing. We spent several hours boating through various channels and stopping periodically including an extended stay at a viewing platform. We saw thousands of birds. It was just beautiful to see. Spotted Pelicans, lesser and greater adjuants, eagles, anhingas and many others. The guide spoke English clearly, knew his birds and made efforts to include everyone regardless of birding experience. We had a great lunch too at a restaurant in Prek Toal. Sure there are cheaper things to do in Siem Reap but this is a way to experience beautiful Cambodian nature as well as to see a way of life different from anything that exists in Europe, Canada or the USA. And to top it off, the SamVaesna organization is a non-profit working to preserve the wildlife and wetlands and to help the very poor local population.