Also known as Grand Lac, Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. It provides much of the country's food. The lake's depth reaches 45 ft/13 m during the monsoon season, but during the dry season it recedes, and rice is grown in the lake bed. You can arrange a trip, usually to see floating Cambodian and Vietnamese villages, from either Phnom Penh or Siem Reap. The southern tip of the lake begins about 75 mi/120 km northwest of Phnom Penh.
Near Tonle Sap is a bird sanctuary in the Prek Toal. The area is home to 120 bird species, including ibis, pelicans, cormorants and storks. The best time to visit is during breeding season January-June.
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