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Cambodia attractions
About Angkor
The story of finding Angkor is a long sequence. With a retinue of bearers, eccentric French naturalist Henri Mouhot hacked his way through the Cambodian jungle in January 1860, in search of beetles and butterflies. Though his interest lay more in insects than antiquities, he spent three weeks exploring the ruins of Angkor.
Battambang
Battambang_elephantSituated about 292km from Phnom Penh Battambang is Cambodia?s second largest city an elegant riverside town, with a population of perhaps 80,000. Quiet and serene, it was founded on the bank of the Stung Sangker river in the 11th century.
Northwest Cambodia to Thailand
Sisophon is a quick transit stop between Thailand and the temples of Angkor complex near Siem Reap Province. However, a number of travelers do find themselves having to spend the night here, particularly in the wet season.
East Cambodia to Vietnam
Locates at Pich Chinda District in 43-Kilometer distance from the provincial town by red soil road.
Kampong Cham
Kompong-LuongPhnom Pros & Phnom Srei: the name of the two hills translates as Male hill and Female hill respectively. Local legend has it that two teams, one of men and the other of women, toiled by night to be the first to construct a stupa on their summit by day-break.
Central Cambodia
Is the natural and cultural resort locating at Tang Tonle Village and Ampe Phnom Village, So Por Tep Commune and Svay Kra Van Commune, Chbar Mon District in 48-Kilometer distance from Phnom Penh, then turning left more two kilometers.
Kampong Thom
Located 162km, north of Phnom Penh Capital on the way of RN6 to Siem Reap Angkor. Kompong Thom is one of the five provinces surrounding Tonle Sap Lake.
Provinces around Tonlesap
In June and November the Tonle Sap River changes direction. In June, with monsoon rains swelling the Mekong, excess water is pushed into the Tonle Sap that then drains back upstream into the lake, flooding the surrounding low plains.
Kep City
The background of Kep City: Kep is the seaside-tourist city locating at Southwest of Phnom Penh; the city can be accessible by the National Road No 3 from Phnom Penh via Kampot province in 173-kilometer distance or by the National Road No 2 from Phnom Penh via Takeo province.
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh does have an eccentric charm. Seen from the river, palm trees and the pagoda-like spires of Khmer royal buildings rise over French-era shophouses and villas. In the 1950s and 1960s this was one of the finest cities in Southeast Asia.
Ratanakiri
Bordering Vietnam central Highlands and Laos are the remote provinces of Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri, both with thickly forested hilly terrain, hilltribe people, and abundant wildlife. Commercial enterprises in the region include logging gem mining and rubber plantations.
Northeast Cambodia to Laos
Treng is the capital of the province of the same name. The town lies 485 km north of Phnom Penh and 210 km south of Pakse in Laos, it's only 40 km from the Lao border. The town is perched on the banks of the Sekong river, not far from Mekong river. Sights around the town are few a couple of rapids and waterfalls.
Siem Reap
Siem reap is the small gateway town to ruins of Angkor, located 250 northwest of Phnom Penh and 15 km north of Tonle Sap. Running through the centre of town is the polluted Siem Reap river. Traces of French presence have survived in a small quarter of colonial buildings to the southwest side the rest of Siem Reap was badly damaged by bombing and civil war.
Sihanoukville
Because the Mekong was long Cambodia's major thoroughfare, the coastal region never developed as a trade center. With the Vietnam War, however, Cambodia was forced to look for alternate routes. A sleepy fishing village and almost forgotten container port on Cambodia's short coastline, Sihanoukville became of enormous interest to the government in Phnom Penh in the sixties, when the usual trade rou ...
South coastline
Kampot is a small town on the Tuk Chhou River, 5km inland from the sea. Fishing and farming are the main activities; durians and melons grow in abundance. To the south end of town is a large dusty traffic circle with three hotels arrayed around it: Phnom Kieu, Phnom Kamchay and Tuk Chhou. Each has its own restaurants; Tuk Chhou offers a seedy nightclub.