About the farm
A working rice farm with five bungalows on West Baray Road, Krong Siem Reap. Operating since 2015. Twenty minutes from town. Twenty minutes from Angkor Wat.
The farm
Mr. Chay Chet built five bungalows on his rice farm in 2015 and started welcoming guests. He is also a director at the Cambodia Ministry of Tourism, which means he understands both sides — the farm and the industry.
Five hectares of active rice paddies growing Phka Rumduol jasmine rice. Two buffalo. Cows. Sugar palms. A vegetable garden. Five bungalows in dark Khmer wood with terracotta roofs, each sitting beside or between the paddies.
The activity program runs across four sessions using 12 hands-on traditional Khmer farming activities. Guests have planted, harvested, threshed, walked alongside the buffalo, and eaten with the family for over a decade.
10+
Years operating
5
Bungalows
19
Tools documented
5 ha
Active paddies
20 min
From Angkor Wat
$20
Direct rate, night
Why here
No other farm stay in this price range in Siem Reap combines this: active working paddies, a structured 12-activity program, and a host family with over a decade of experience.
Most properties in this category have decorative crops or adjacent fields. SRAE owns and farms the paddies guests walk through. The rice planted in June is the rice served at dinner in November.
Sothy has farmed this land since 1991. He plants by the Khmer lunar calendar. The 12 farm activities are documented and practiced — not assembled for tourism.
That combination is hard to find and harder to build quickly. It took a decade.
The location
Twenty minutes from Siem Reap town. Twenty minutes from the Angkor Wat entrance. Five minutes' walk to the West Baray reservoir — eight kilometers of water in a perfect rectangle, built by Suryavarman I in the 11th century.
Pickup from town included. Airport transfer available. Arrange when you book.
Contact
WhatsApp is fastest. We reply the same day.