Exploring Tonle Sap Lake
"The Ecotourism Potential"
Pavilion/MAADS Report for OXFAM/CAPFISH
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Explored Areas: Tonle Sap Basin Reserve, Zones 2 & 3 | April 2022-October 2023
Video Footage: Valentina Mimiyeva (Tina Jungle Guide) and @Caesars Show
Editing: Cleo Bunas / MAADS Studio
Soundtrack: Take A Boat Ride on the River ជិះទូកលេងតាមគង្គា ច្រៀងដោយ ប៊ុនធឿន និង ស៊ីវន (Chis touk leng tam kong kea) sung by Bun Thoeun and Sivan
© 2023 MAADS Hospitality Cambodia
Includes Road Access Points in Rainy and Dry Season (from Siem Reap, RAPRS) and 8 RTPS in TSBR area.
RAPRS Road Access Points from Siem Reap, 7 Oct 2022
Highest water level in Tonle Sap Lake. End of rainy season, October 7 2022. Detailed Road Access Map. 6 Access points identified
RTPN1 Prey Chas
ព្រៃចាស់ Area (Serei Sophorn River, Battambang Province), including Bakprea village
RTPN3 Preak Toal village (Sreng River, Battambang Province)
including Tchwang district, Kampong Prahok village.
RTPN4 Moat Kla មាត់ខ្លា Village
including Nature and Wildlife Area
RTPN8 Chong Kneas
including Chong Kneas village, Prey Ksat flooded forest and Boeung Chhmar area.
CTD_B01 Wat Ek
A magnificent Khmer temple built a few decades before Angkor Wat. The adjacent modern pagoda is known for its giant Buddha statue. Also known as Ek Phnom. Wat…
CTD_B2 Wat Chheu Khmao
Wat Chheu Khmau
RTPN8 Phnom Krom Area: Phum Chma
13°15'18.6N 103°51'53.1E Phum Chma
CTP_SR04-1 Wat Otumpor Sattharam (Wat Lvea)
វត្តឧទុម្ពរសត្ថារាម (វត្តល្វា)
CTD_B2 Wat Chheu Khmao
Wat Chheu Khmau
GPS: 13.3139, 103.40264.
Population: 50,000
Route from Battambang: 30 min by car (27 km), 5 hours by boat.
Route from Siem Reap: 30 min by car (30 km), 5 hours by boat.
Best cultural attractions are: Prey Chas village (500 families), Kampong Prahok (30 families), Bak Prea village (1000 families) and Wat Chheu Khmau (CTD_B2) at Chiveang village.
- Phumi Chheu Khmau ភូមិឈើខ្ | GPS
- Accessibility: DS by dirt road only MS by dirt road only WS
- Activities:
- Ecotourism Interest of Destination:
- Phum Peam Seima ភូមិ ពាមសីមា | GPS
- Accessibility: DS by dirt road or by boat ? | MS by dirt road or by boat | WS TK
- Activities:
- Ecotourism Interest of Destination:
- Phum Bak Roteh ភូមិ បាក់រទេះ | GPS
- Accessibility: DS | MS | RS TK
- Activities: Kayak, Canoe
RTPN8 Phnom Krom Area: Phum Chma
13°15'18.6N 103°51'53.1E Phum Chma
- MeyChrey មេជ្រៃ Floating Village | GPS
- Accessibility: DS by dirt road or by boat ? | MS by dirt road or by boat | WS TK
- Activities:
- Ecotourism Interest of Destination:
- Kampong Phluk កំពង់ភ្លុក | GPS
- Accessibility: DS by dirt road or by boat ? | MS by dirt road or by boat | WS TK
- Activities:
- Ecotourism Interest of Destination:
CTP_SR04-1 Wat Otumpor Sattharam (Wat Lvea)
វត្តឧទុម្ពរសត្ថារាម (វត្តល្វា)
- Kampong Khleang កំពង់ឃ្លាំង | GPS
- Accessibility: DS by dirt road or by boat | MS by dirt road or by boat | WS TK
- Activities:
- Ecotourism Interest of Destination:
Based on MAADS earlier R&D projects of floating structures (Mekong Floating Bungalows (2015), Floatation (from 2019), Floating Jungloos (from 2017), ecotourism solution for potential land-water projects around Lake Tonle Sap.
Reflexion Prototype
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Floating EcoTourism Solutions
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Reflexion Moodboard
This IA-based Midjourney simulation reflects some of the floating hospitality solutions our team is working on.
