South coast visitor route

Seven stops from Phnom Da near Angkor Borei to the coast at Kampot and Kep, then west through Ream National Park and Preah Sihanouk to the mangroves of Peam Krasop and the Cardamom Mountains. Planning a visit? See Travel to Cambodia.

7 stops · Place trail

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Illustration, as an impression, of a tidal estuary on the south coast.

1. 1

   Phnom Da

   A granite hill near Angkor Borei whose sculptures may be the earliest Cambodian stone statues, dated to the sixth or seventh century, though their dates are debated.

2. 2

   Kampot

   The town's streets and riverbanks keep many buildings from the French colonial period; the province around it is known for its pepper.

3. 3

   Kep

   King Norodom Sihanouk built his summer villa here in 1964, the year Sinn Sisamouth wrote the song "Holiday in Kep".

4. 4

   Ream National Park

   Its heart is the estuary of the Prek Toek Sap, ringed by mangroves, with two uninhabited offshore islands, Koh Thmei and Koh Ses.

5. 5

   Preah Sihanouk

   Its capital is also known as Sihanoukville, and many people call the whole province by its older name, Kampong Som.

6. 6

   Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary

   One of 23 protected areas named in a royal decree of 1993, with mangrove forest in its west and evergreen forest in its east.

7. 7

   Cardamom Mountains

   In 2021 the Ministry of Environment called the Cardamoms the last great rainforest in Southeast Asia.