During dry season the lake is brown but the boat ride was an experience - We did this with a private tour guide. There are so many boats there you didn’t need to make a reservation. Just show up and find a boat to take you out. The boats have a long propeller that sits just under the water so they can navigate shallow waters. If you get stuck they use an oar to push you back into deeper waters or even jump out of the boat and push. You pass many stilt houses along the way to the open lake. It was fun watching daily life going on as we passed. Once you get to the lake you go fast out to one of the floating restaurants. That was a bit underwhelming. Our tour description said that we would see an actual floating village but our guide said this was not possible anymore. So back on he boat to retrace your steps. We liked it as it was a u inquest experience