Our Prek Toal Birdwatching trip with SVC was a major highlight in a 2 week trip packed with lots of other amazing activities and sites. The trip was a... read more great break from temple-viewing and the general hubbub around town.

The entire trip was very well-executed. Logistics were smooth, our packed breakfast was delicious, the boat trips were fun, safe, and highly interesting. Best of all, however, was our incredibly dedicated, knowledgeable, and compassionate guide, Hat. Hat demonstrated a true passion for birding and his enthusiasm was contagious and inspiring. I don't think I've ever met anyone who has seemed so excited about his job before. It was a real pleasure to see.

The bird-viewing was excellent. We made many great sightings on the boat ride to/from the hide and the sheer number of birds you can see from the hide is truly impressive. The hide itself was a bit precarious- it's a long climb up a rustic ladder, and when the platform gets crowded, it starts to feel a little claustrophobic, but it's a great viewing spot and a neat experience.

If we go back to Cambodia, we definitely plan to do a longer outing with SVC.

  The expertise of this organisation is incredible. Mardy's enthusiasm for birding is infectious and his knowledge of culture is second to none. Staying in their eco lodge in Prey Veng... read more was great (the food and staff were exceptional) and I would fully recommend to anybody wanting a true Cambodian experience.

  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.

  JAN 17th 2019, we enjoyed an excellent trip to Prek Toal with 49 bird species found and identified. Our guide Somrich Sophear is a very knowledge young man with a... read more strong interest in Cambodian nature. He is good at finding the birds and assist in the identification. Hi is also a very pleasant person to talk to.
Sam Veasna Center provided a high quality scope, which was a great help in watching the birds from a birding platform.

  We went on the trip to see the Saurs Crane and were not disappointed despite the 5.30am start, our guide was Somrich Sophear and is the man, his knowledge of... read more Cambodian bird life is not to be bettered. We found cranes early on and the went onto find some 25 others pieces of bird life, and to top it all we found 3 spiece of owl and all before 12 noon.
The driver we had was very good as well off roading and negotiating some Cambodia’s best roads is like off roading full marks go to him as Well.

  We took the 3 Day Wild Siem Reap in January 2020. This tour took us to Trapeang Thma Lake, Changkran Roi area for camping and the Koh Ker temple... read more site. We made other stops along the way anytime we saw something of interest or good...More