Yeak Laom – The volcanic lake in Cambodia

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Yeak Laom – The volcanic lake in Cambodia

Have you been busy all the times? Do you feel like it’s high time to give yourself some times to relax and refresh yourself? As you want to run away from your daily life for a while, why don’t you consider a tropical trip like to Yeak Laom Lake in Ratanakiri, Cambodia? The following is what to do there, which will make you irresistble to visit Yeak Laom Lake.

Yeak Laom Lake looks like a green jade gem of Mother Nature

Yeak Laom Lake looks like a green jade gem of Mother Nature

The most special thing about Yeak Laom Lake is that it was formed by a volcanic eruption about 4,000 years ago with 48m deep (157ft),  0.72 km (0.45mi) diameter. Tours in Cambodia

Sightseeing

Go sightseeing in Yeak Laom Lake is really worthy. Green and clean water makes the lake look like a green jade gem of Mother Nature. Surrounded the lake is natural forest. Up above fly all the clouds on blue sky. Why don’t you satisfy your eyes with that beauty of nature on a hammock?

 Go sightseeing in Yeak Laom Lake is really worthy.

Go sightseeing in Yeak Laom Lake is really worthy.

Swimming

Go swimming is really enjoyable there. Surrounding the lakeside stands numerous small docks where you can jump off into water for a swim. How awesome it is to free yourself jumping through a lake? Do not worry about the water, it is cool and clean. Kindly be noticed that no bikinis allowed as it’s a sacred place, so wear t-shirt and shorts for swimming.

Surrounding the lakeside stands numerous small docks where you can jump off into water for a swim

Surrounding the lakeside stands numerous small docks where you can jump off into water for a swim

Walking

Some may argue that walking can be done wherever on Earth. However, the experience of walking around a volcanic lake is very different from a sidewalk on a crowded street. Should you looking for new ideas, find solutions for personal issues, refresh yourself from a stressful life, walking around Yeak Laom Lake really works. Travel to Cambodia

Walking around a volcanic lake is very different from a sidewalk on a crowded street.

Walking around a volcanic lake is very different from a sidewalk on a crowded street.

Cultural discovery

One thing you cannot miss when visiting Yeak Laom Lake is the weavers at the edge of the car park where you easily get dropped off.  Travelers can watch directly the indigenous women weaving there. Their goods are to be sold so you can buy them as gifts for your friends. Two hundred meters of the track is a quaint wooden building housing tribal handicraft, the Crafts Museum.

Indigenous women weaving in Ratanakiri, Cambodia

Indigenous women weaving in Ratanakiri, Cambodia

Are those interesting enough for you to pack up? For those who are looking for a relaxed and simple vacation, Yeak Laom Lake is a really good option. It’s simple but effective.

The Indochina Voyages team

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