Kampong Channang

Situated close to the mouth of the Tonle River, Kampong Channang is the main center for fishing and trading in the vast wetlands that surround the great Tonle Sap lake.

The town was an important French provincial capital and the main administrative center with fine French villas and public buildings a couple of kilometers inland. Crocodile farming is a local business activity along with the by now ubiquitous fish farms, mainly in the hands of Vietnamese settlers. The river port is one of the busiest on the Mekong with several thousand vessels rafted up to make a complex river city. Enjoy a stroll up the river bank and see the amazing stilted houses - some 10 meters off the ground.

Also of great interest is a boat trip into the wetlands where depending on the season awesome fish traps can be visited - some of these over 100 meters long. These traps catch the escaping fish as the lake waters recede each year after the monsoon.