I wish I'd been a bit more thorough with my research before booking this tour, which turned out to be a real disappointment and probably the low-point of our three weeks in SE Asia. Communication with Peter, at the time of booking and prior to the pick-up day was good, and our guide arrived on time to collect us. We then picked up another couple with a 5yr old daughter, and began the road trip element of our tour. Our guide spoke to us for about an hour, giving us some of his views of the political climate in Cambodia at the moment and the inequities of the health and education system. He, himself, had clearly had a very difficult and challenging life, and seemed a bit resentful to be still having to work as a guide (and also a tuk-tuk driver) at the age of 73. It felt a bit uncomfortable, as did his repeated use of the 'f' word, which was probably not understood by the little (German) girl in our group, but all the same, it was inappropriate. After his initial monologue, and a roadside stop for five minutes to learn how sticky rice was made, he remained mostly quiet for the rest of the 5-hour road trip, except to answer questions, when asked. We stopped for a break, bought our own coffees and snacks and then continued on to a second stop, so that the tour guide and driver could have their lunch. This left us tourists wandering around an open market which was selling dried fruits and nuts and we were besieged by children, begging for money, refusing access to the public toilets, unless we paid. There was nowhere for us to sit, since the cafe area was only to be used if you were planning to eat, and we had been told we were 20 minutes away from lunch on the boat. After this stop, we arrived at the boat, disembarked from the van and our guide and the driver then announced that they were returning to Siem reap and wouldn't be coming further with us. (which begs the question why they couldn't wait to eat by themselves, just a bit longer). We were a group of 4 and a half people and the boat we were put on had a capacity for 120 people! Lunch was served within half an hour of embarking on the river cruise and it was good, with chicken and vegetable kebabs, pork ribs, salad and fresh fruit. The rest of the river cruise was relaxing, but consisted of only one stop at a Buddhist temple, but there were no other stops at floating villages, artisan silversmiths or anything, and we arrived after 2 hours on the river in Phnom Penh, where a tuk tuk was arranged to take us to our hotel. For the ticket price, we all felt like we'd been ripped off, and in hindsight, I should've looked at the very wide range of reviews of Tara Boats. Our tour guide on the boat was lamenting the fall in numbers of tourists doing their tours, since Covid...I'm not sure how much Covid has to do with declining numbers. We did other tours in SE Asia with burgeoning numbers. Unless this company addresses what I now realise are a number of repeating complaints, and review the description of the tours to make them more accurate, I can't see how it will recover its numbers...or, better still, improve the tour so that it's actually a reflection of what's promised and genuine value for money! I don't like to be negative, but we paid $139pp for this tour. On a subsequent day, we paid $33pp for an 8hour day tour of the Meekong Delta with a different company, which included 4hours on the road, but the rest of the day was on boats, visiting a number of different islands, including lunch, informative talks and even some entertainment! So I'm afraid that the Taraboats tour did not represent value for money at all.

We did the transfer from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh and also the floating village at sunset tour. In both instances, they were on time, efficient and friendly, providing knowledge as we went. The food was delicious. We couldn’t have asked for better tours. The one way transfer from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh was a definite highlight seeing the countryside compared to waiting at the airport and getting on a plane. Thank you also to Peter who promptly replied to my bookings and queries. Highly recommended.

Views were great, it was good weather for the excursion. Friday was very patient and explained everything to us, including some personal experiences of his, which made our trip special.

Excellent tour. Tino our guide was very good. Only 4 on our lunchtime trip but we'll worth it. Siem Reap is not just the temples - if you have 4 hours this is a must.

We had a 3 hours boat trip to floating village Ching Kneas in Tong Le Sap area arranged by Tara Boat Tour. There are lotus farm, village people, crocodile farm along the road. The most impressing part was to met up with kids in the village. Would recommend to bring some candies / tidbits with you to send to the children. They are quite shy and smiley. Tour guide is Poss Poun( Mr Friday) who is also a teacher in the school, a sincere and kind hearted big boy. I would recommend this trip if you do not have the whole day for it. Do meet the village people, you won’t regret.

Description of the tour is not correct. We booked the one way SR to PP option & spent 4.5hrs in a car from SR to the outskirts of PP. Then we were put on the boat for a couple hour river cruise with lunch & 1 stop to visit a Buddhist temple. We did not 'glide around Tonal Sap Lake' but we did spend hours on a 'long & bumpy road'. Paid AU$550 for 2 people for a tour that ended up being predominantly a car drive. Lovely staff on the boat, but definitely not worth the money & it was not as described.

The village was good however when the driver showed up in a ramork and the guide said that we only had your bookings should not have gone. Two hours there and two hours back most of it on rough dirt tracks my back was shot I am in pain I don’t want to go out for the rest of the day or evening. I had a massage that has helped some Not the fault of the guide. I won’t book another trip with these, I was told they were the best, I cannot give no stars. And the Ramiork had little to no suspensions paid for a car or van get a motorcycle with trailer

Our booking turned into a private tour for two when no one else booked, so it all aboard a tuk tuk with our guide, Tinh, for the trip out to Tonle Sap. Along the way, we stopped at a lotus farm, visited a local market and saw how local women were harvesting water hyacinth stems to weave into beautiful bags and baskets. Chugging through the floating villages and seeing how the lake sustains the villagers was fascinating The final highlight was our lunch stop. The beautiful 1929 ship Queen Tara, which we had all to ourselves while we enjoyed a basic but delicious meal. A great day out!

We enjoyed this trip! The guide was excellent! we want to join this tour again. Thank you so much. 移動中にフルーツのサービスや丁寧なガイド、とても楽しい旅になりました⭐︎

Afternoon tour which turned out to be really interesting and well worth going to .Lovely tour guide Tola …very well informed and helpful..

We learned about this company in the Lonely Planet book, and read the philantropic story about the tara boats on their website. Very nice story about restructuring sunk boats to organize visits based on fair rates. Actually this company is 100 % scam. We booked a tour for 5 persons. 26$ each. We took a boat to a main shop-boat very turistic and had a drink on another boat. The actual tour was 2x15 min. On our way back, we realized that the guide simply paid a ticket in the harbour for a boat for 5 people for 28$ that we could have bought ourselves. See fares displayed in the picture. We would have probably seen much more with this option. Conclusion: we were robbed by paying 5x the price! If you want to visit the floating village, just come to the harbour and buy you ticket there.

Very expensive Sunset Tour, no explanation about the population living in the Floating village, when you try to ask the guide about the politics isssuesbof the people he avoid answering. Tara boat tour promote itself as a sustainable agency and giving help to the people over there but you have no clue of how they help them, no contact with local, at the end you feel like you are in a human zoo. It is a pity because it’s a missed opportunity to give a voice and help this people.

We had a great trip, firstly by boat and then by car. All guides were excellent and we were picked up at our hotel and then dropped off at our hotel. Great lunch on the boat and enough rest stops in the car. Highly recommended

We took the Siem Reap to Phnom Penh trip wit 2 couples, Pete was awesome dealing with a couple of changes on our part. The driver picked us up on time and drove us 4.5 hrs to the boat. Very informative info along the way. Then we got on the boat, it was just us 4 and the crew, The food and drinks came out as we left, then 4+hrs up river on the Tonle sap river. What a amazing trip, so much to see along the way and stopping at Monestry was cool. Sameth our boat guide and the Captian were awesome, Sameth was very informative and great to just hear some of his life stories. We got dropped off and had arranged Tuk tuk to our Hotel. Even took our luggage, No issues at all, From our driver to the boat crew. Was worth the trip

Would highly recommend this tour if you’re interested in learning about Cambodian culture and countrylife. The tour shows you first hand how important the river and Tonle Sap Lake is to the villagers livelihood. Our guide, Vanna, was funny and very knowledgeable, he made the trip an enjoyable experience!