The Remote Stung Treng & Kayaking through Mekong Flooded Forests

Day 1: Siem Reap to Preah Rumkel. (-/L/D)

We pick you up from your Siem Reap hotel at 7.30 AM and hit the road to the greater Mekong region. Having arrived to Preah Rumkel in the afternoon, you will be welcomed by leader of Preah Rumkel Community Base Ecotourism and have a short break. In the late afternoon, we survey Sopheakmet Waterfall; that thwarted the grand designs of French imperialists (and which now mark the Lao border). Sunset here is some of the most beautiful sunsets across the Mekong River. Tonight, you will stay in a traditional Cambodian home under mosquito net at one of the local family who live on the bank of the Mekong River; experience bucket shower like Khmer people. 
+ O/N: Hotel in Stung Treng

Day 2: Kayaking Through Mekong Flooded Forests. (B/L/-)

Enjoy a short boat trip down to O’Svay where we will start our paddling tours to explore the Ramsar Wetlands area. It stretches south along the Mekong River from the border with Laos to Stung Treng. Only accessible by boat, it is a haven for critically endangered mammals, birds and fish and a unique riverine flooded forest system that is a photographer’s dream. With only birdcalls announcing our presence. 
+ O/N: Hotel in Stung Treng

Day 3: Stung Treng to Siem Reap. (B/-/-)

Before leaving behind the remote Stung Treng, we visit Stung Treng Women’s Development Center (open Monday to Friday). STWC or Mekong Blue is where the project focuses on developing life skills that assist in breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy for vulnerable people, especially women in their region. You will learn about Cambodian silk weaving and their production, which allows not only preservation but also cultivation of the hundred-year old tradition of silk-weaving. At the end you can shop for souvenirs. Then, it’s time to hit the road back to Siem Reap. Have lunch on the road, returning to your Phnom Penh hotel between 3 and 5pm, depending on weather and traffic.