Kampong Phluk is the largest stilted village on Tonle Sap Lake — a community of about 800 Khmer families who live in wooden houses raised on 6-8 metre stilts along the lake's northern edge, which adapt to the dramatic annual flooding that can raise the water level by over 10 metres during the monsoon season (June-November). The village is about 35 kilometres southeast of Siem Reap and is typically visited by small boat from the floating market at Roluos.
Unlike the more touristy Chong Kneas village, Kampong Phluk feels authentic — the residents are ethnic Khmer (not Vietnamese fishermen like at Chong Kneas), and the economy is genuine fishing, fish-sauce production, and rice cultivation rather than staged for visitors. The dry season (January-April) reveals the full towering height of the stilts; the wet season shows the flooded streets with boats as the only transport.
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Kampong Phluk has about 800 Khmer families
Stilts are 6-8 metres tall to handle 10+ metre flooding
The village is 35 kilometres southeast of Siem Reap
The wet season runs June to November
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Kampong Phluk, Tonle Sap
