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Siem Reap Birdwatching Tours: Our Top 4

4 tours  ·  from $70 a head

This is the shortlist you would send a birding friend: 4 siem reap birdwatching tours worth the early alarm, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.

Prek Toal Birds Sanctuary and floating Village Private Day Tour - Seeing the Prek Toal floating village
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Prek Toal Birds Sanctuary and floating Village Private Day Tour

1.Prek Toal Birds Sanctuary and floating Village Private Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · from $170Our pick

You’ll spend 7 to 9 hours traveling privately from Siem Reap to Tonle Sap and Prek Toal. Expect a guide, hotel transfers, boat rides through floating communities, and a sanctuary visit focused on pelicans, ibises, storks, and other wetland birds. Seasonal water levels affect the route, especially the flooded forest section.

“An amazing day seeing the life of the floating village and hundreds of multiple species of birds in the sanctuary. The sanctuary was so peaceful and finally we got to see a part of Cambodia that wasn’t littered with plastic!”

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Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary Day Trip from Siem Reap

2.Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary Day Trip from Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 4 reviews · from $206

Set out at 6:00 am from Siem Reap for a full-day Tonle Sap cruise to Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary. Your local guide leads you through flooded forests and bird habitat, while lunch, drinks, and snacks are served aboard the Queen Tara Riverboat. Expect floating villages, stilt houses, conservation work, and more than 150 possible bird species.

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Bird Watching at Tonle Sap Forest and Lotus Farm Siem Reap - Pearaing Biodiversity Conservation Center by boat
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Bird Watching at Tonle Sap Forest and Lotus Farm Siem Reap

3.Bird Watching at Tonle Sap Forest and Lotus Farm Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $70Cheapest here

Start with hotel pickup in Siem Reap and travel to Pearaing Biodiversity Conservation Center, where a private boat ride brings you close to Tonle Sap’s wetland birds, reptiles, and fish. Finish at Samatoa Lotus Silk Farm with snacks, drinks, and a look at Cambodian farming and lotus-silk production. Guides may include Seki or Phanit.

“The sunrise on Tonle Sap.lake was a great experience. Seeing how the birds rise up and sing and fly was amasing. We had the xhance of having a passionate wild nature lady guide, Seki, and we thankmher for her energy and knowledge sharing.”

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Private Tour Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary Off Beaten Track - The boat ride through Machrey and Prek Toal villages
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Private Tour Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary Off Beaten Track

4.Private Tour Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary Off Beaten Track

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews

Leave Siem Reap at 7:00 am for Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary. Guide Panha may lead the day, with a private boat ride through floating villages, bird viewing, lunch at a floating restaurant, and a visit to local schools, a church, and a pagoda. The $399 rate covers up to four people.

“I had a great trip. I saw many different birds I had not seen before, including a pelican and maybe 1000 Asian Openbills. Panha, the guide, was really friendly.”

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