Name: Chiphat Village
Address: AH123, áá»á áá¸áá¶á, Cambodia, KH
Telephone: +855 35 675 6444

Chiphat Village is a point of interest, located at AH123, ឃុំ ជីផាត, Cambodia. They can be contacted via phone at +855 35 675 6444, visit their website chi-phat.org for more detailed information.

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29 March 2018

awful place ran by a not tourist friendly company . the treks and day hikes were meh and definitely not worth the prices.
i would skip this place entirely if i knew ahead of time
Hun Seiha

28 February 2018

I like waterfalls and quality of water still good. The homestay or bungalows not so expensive just 15$ per night. Good with bicycle to hire. But sorry with forest become degraded and far from homestay.
Zoe Mcdonald

05 February 2018

Rural Cambodian experience. Yes it's a community based ecotourism village and unfortunately has a few flaws - currently not enough tourists and a little too much rubbish in town. But saying that, it is a good place to meet local people and help stop the logging and poaching. Maybe the jungle isn't pristine due to logging, but it is still full of life including gibbons and elephants. We really enjoyed bird watching, trekking and swimming beneath waterfalls. The guides are great and the cooks make tasty meals and jungle tea. Don't expect too much and you will be pleasantly surprised by the people, places and experiences.
Andre Danforth

21 January 2018

Promoted as a sort of ecovillage. The surrounding countryside is mostly deforested. The CBET organisation which attempts to control all tourist activities did not seem to be a community trust.
Anca Marcu

30 December 2017

Relaxing experienceA first hand contact with authentic Cambodian village lifestyle
Jan Staš

10 December 2017

Lovely place, but the community system seems to be pretty tricky, cause locals have no choice how to make own business. Everything ruled by community center.
José Gil

26 October 2017

A very nice experience. You can live among Cambodian locals and see some very nice natural sites in the surroundings of the village. I lot of activities to do
Eliott Bourassa

04 September 2017

Highly recommended destination for responsible tourists that respect and love the environment. Beautiful treks and kayaking trips and more. I loved our guide. You don't want to miss this if you're passing by Cambodia. Thank you!!!
Si Nam

26 July 2017

This place so beautiful. People who are friendly and helpful. All tourist can hiking to forest as well. Specailly you can swim at waterfall. I really love this place
Egbert Algra

25 July 2017

The jungle trek with overnight stay was a great experience. Expensive though for cambodia standards, both food, activities and services provided. The community center has become complacent. Too much $$ income I guess. Recommend direct booking of accommodation and eat at chiva's restaurant 200 meters up the road for better value and friendlier experience
Sokun Hort

26 June 2017

Decent nature based tourist destination. Villagers are friendly and helpful. Good for low end visitors with small budget. Trekking in the jungle is a unique experience with a guide who is at the same time a cook. Safe!
Fiona Coates

08 February 2017

The CBET is a bit hit and miss with organisation. Without Marnet to do your check in and tour chat I'm not sure it would work. Food a bit mediocre and if you're vegetarian definitely go just down the road to Chiva's or the little local place next door was tasty food too. The tours are quite challenging because of the heat. Also note that most tours end approximately 15km up the dirt village 'highway' so you're either walking this road in or out or on a bike etcask about boat or moped options. Most tourists complained about this walk back as it's so boring. Also if you don't want to do the boat back to the highway when leaving Chit Phat or the dusty bike ride with a big bag, you can get a van from Chiva's just $4 each. I totally agree with review before and the birding tourthey need to have a bird guide, binoculars and more time on the river actually rowing allowing you to look for birds.
Alexandra March

09 January 2017

We recently visited chi phat eco project. While I can't whole heartedly leave a bad review to a great concept of a project, I have to comment on our experience.

The best part of our trip was undoubtedly the inhabitants of Chi Phat. Smiley kids that speak super good English thanks to the influx of foreigners over the years, and really good local people, open, helpful, welcoming. We had to switch places, and really felt welcome by both families. This was our time in travel on Cambodia to feel not like a complete tourist, but to hang out with local kids, and exchange experiences with adults.

The part that completely didn't work for us at least, was the actual eco project. The treks are really long, 26-28km being the shortest. Nothing is marked, so it's difficult to do alternate route yourself. It's possible to do treks by bike, but nobody at the visitor center has any clear info on elevation gain, road type, in fact language level and any helpfulness level are both very low.

One example was we wanted to book our outward journey to Kep. The man at the center had assured me it was arranged, but later our accommodation explained to us that NONE of the buses actually stop there, but at a near-by town. When we finally booked the bus with our helpful family, visitor center coordinator really got in my face about not arranging it through them. (which I tried twice and was told to come back, afraid to not get a seat on the next day bus I went to someone who actually helped).

On a more basic level the chi phat web page booking form has been out of action for a while, and to get a hold of them is really difficult. FB messenger finally worked for me, but that took TWO weeks. So while the organizers get upset about villagers not doing things through them, they are not at all doing their job of supporting their own community by generating business and a real service to the visitors. While this is a social and environmental project, the reality is that people need to feed their families, so it needs to be run more like a business, not an idealogical concept.

Home stays and bungalows are really nice, but guesthouses ( at least one we saw, and I base this also on what other travelers shared) were in my view terrible. Cramped tiled room with a thin mattress, they felt like toilet stalls.

We rented kayaks, and they were poorly kept and full of water. Again, I felt an element of general carelessness, considering we paid 10usd for 1.5 hrs of use.

I understand criticism won't accomplish much, but I really wish that the project finds a way to organize itself, so that while it retains its environmental and social objective, it doesn't forget that this is also a business, and there is a responsibility to both people whom it represents and us as visitors.

I really wish that future visitors experience the positive aspects of this place that have gotten lost somewhere along the way.
Debbie Saunders

04 December 2016

Loved the waterfall a short distance from town, like an Oasis in the heat. Also enjoyed the birdwatching tour since I knew what to look for, but was disappointed that my guide was not a bird guide but rather a boat driver with no English. Also didn't get the peaceful paddling leg of the birding boat trip - he used the motor the whole way except for 50m. But did see some great birds, monkeys and guide was happy to sit and wait whenever I wanted to check out some birds.
Sophea Bo

29 November 2016

I've been guiding my clients to many Eco-villages but this one is my favorite one. The reason are:

- It forms so many job to local people
- Friendly people
- There are more than 15 attracting sites (it's various) water fall, the rapids, cycling track etc

I highly recommend this site to those who lose the nature and get to know local people and culture.
HENG LIM

28 October 2016

Chi phat community based ecotourism, Services include, jungle trekking, waterfalls, coffin 600 years and jar site, bungalows, guesthouse and home stay.