We booked a half day trip to the Angkor Park. I am disabled and when out and about use a scooter or wheelchair, and we don’t get up quickly in... read more the morning! So a dawn trip was out as was the very long day’s trip to Tonlie Sap.
We has a brilliant time walking through the woods just outside the Angkor Wat wall. Unlike the hurly burly of visiting the temple, it was quiet, with no one else around and our guide Sophear, was brilliant at finding and identifying the birds. Thanks also to the driver, who patiently pushed me over some challenging terrain!
It was magical being in the woods walking along the boundary wall. There were various bit of stonework from the temple lying around and a gate house through which we could see Angkor Wat temple.
Highly rec

  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.

  We booked a six-day private tour and it was worth every penny. Our guide Mr. Huon Hat was excellent with a keen eye for birds and other wildlife, next to... read more being a very pleasant and helpful guy. The tour was very well organized, accomodations were...More

  I had a great half day bird watching tour around Siem Reap this afternoon, with my guide Hat. We managed to find 45 species with perhaps the highlight being a... read more number of Oriental Pratincole. Hat was extremely knowledgeable, spoke perfect English and ensured I had a memorable trip. Many thanks, Michael Violette.

  We went on a full day tour with Sophear at Sam Veasna in January (dry season). What an amazing trip. Both my husband and I saw a variety... read more of engendered birds while we were boating down Tonle Sap lake and then we got to the 2-3 story bird watching tower, we saw thousands of birds - nesting and swirling in the sky. We saw painted sporks, pelicans, adjutants (and many, many more). It was like being on a National Geographic TV show. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and he was good at spotting birds. It was one of our highlights on our trip to Cambodia!

  I did the Phnom Penh sunrise tour. There were three other guests (none of us experienced birders), a driver and our guide, Ladong. The van was very comfortable and easy... read more to get in and out of, and the driver drive well (not too fast or aggressive).

Our tour started with coffee at Farm to Table, before driving/taking a ferry to Areyksat. At first I was skeptical because we just pulled over on a road, motos and cars going by regularly while we tried to find birds. However, after about fifteen minutes, we started spotting different birds. Ladong was patient and pointed things out every few seconds, repeating the names, helping us see things through a small telescope and binoculars provided by the tour company. We also had a small roadside breakfast of coffee, bananas and chocolate brownies. 🙂 We probably saw two or three dozen different birds on the side of the road, in around 1-2 hours.

Then we went to a monastery and walked around in a forested area. It was overcast so a bit dark to spot birds, but we succeeded and it was just a petty place to be. Lots of birdsong and Ladong knew them all.

Highly recommend! Guide and driver were kind, professional, and knowledgeable. And brunch after was delicious and filling. Great experience overall!