Beach Koh Kong Cambodia Waterfall

Koh Kong province is a typical so called eco tourism destination, the attraction are the mountains, waterfalls, wild rivers with huge rapids and a real clean environ, sometimes not so clean because many locals just throw anything away after using it, means lots of trash at roadsides and also at the beautiful nature spots.

Beach Koh Kong is quite far away, the next beach is about 10km away from the city (Paklong Beach picture right side) with mainly pine trees and nothing exciting also the water is not  clear at all since its very flat. But the area is very pristine, there are still millions of shells covering the sand and

almost no people around. Only at the east end of the beach is a army post and two huts where fisherman live. The place is the total contra to Jomtien Beach at Pattaya Thailand with thousands of tourist covering the sandThe untouched bamboo and tree jungle is really exciting and many places are only reachable via difficult dirt roads, the ideal vacation destination with the dirt bike, read more.

Dirt bikes can be rented mostly at Phnom Penh, just have a look at the pictures of the dirt bike Cambodia at Sre Ambel plus trekking tour to the Peal Rong Waterfall, about 140km north east of Kho Kong around 10km off the road to Phnom Penh.

Around the peninsular.

The creeks penetrating the peninsular are the waterways where almost all traffic is moving, roads are only in town and to the north and north east. This creeks and rivers give way to a fragile nature which is only little explored. That’s also the border area to Thailand.This waterways cuts somehow blue wound into the deep green jungle of south west Cambodia, there is no much cultural division between east and west of the country but geographically its different since the west has a better development which has also to do with the beaches around Kep, Kampot, Sihanoukville and Koh Kong plus the area in between.

The rivers cutting this wilderness empty into the creeks and they again deliver this green blue water into the South China Sea. These rivers slowly move downwards and sometimes open up spectacles in forms of waterfalls and rapids. Because of the proximity to Thailand the area has a strategic position because there is a continuous quarreling between the two countries over border issues. Actually Thailand is always quarrelling with neighboring country on this issue since they always try to move the border with some tricks for their favor. They do it with Cambodia and with Myanmar (Mae Sot) and elsewhere.

The waterways around Koh Kong are the means to bring any development into the area via mining and sometimes logging, but it seems that they have the logging problem somehow under control. It is a great river cruise to move upstream to see the waterfalls and rapids until now there are no hydroelectric facility under planning and that is probably good so, otherwise one of the last untouched wilderness in South East Asia would be lost. Major changes have taken place south of Phnom Penh and tourism is quickly gaining pace.

Day trip to Sre Ambel. Leaving the main road the tour goes over a wide red hard road without hard surface for about 6 km, after the dirt trail leads over sand and grass, through dry.

Through riverbeds, over bridges made from tree trunks and when the bike cant be used anymore trekking is on the agenda about one hour trek over a continuous ascending trek. The present to be received at the end is a great waterfall in the jungle, the Peal Rong Waterfall at Sre Ambel right in a setting which would please Indiana Jones, read more.

Koh Kong pictures tell much more to understand what's going and appreciate this pure nature, that is a great 360 scenery. Actually it’s a set of falls with five large drops, off the rainy season not very much water is splashing down but it's still is very impressive. The waterfall is easy accessible from the main road at Sre Ambel. This is the tiny village where the bus to Phnom

Koh Kong City Hotel Pictures

Penh stops. There are always several motorbike taxis available, prices ranges up to $ 20,- since this tour is quite a hard one and the bike driver should go with you all the way it’s worth it. Don’t try it on your own you will never find this place alone.Cambodia is slowly becoming one of the best outdoor destinations with a high level of security and a good background if something happen, its not the best but compared to former top places such as Kashmir it’s a big relief when there is no need to think about some fanatics. The country has plenty of scenic parts almost everywhere and also a great cultural heritage. It is possible to go on a culture trip to Angkor and the next day on an outdoor adventure tour in the Cardamon Mountains in Koh Kong or elsewhere, Cambodia’s east also has a pristine and exciting countryside. Day trip to Tatai Waterfall, actually a cluster of rapids but the water is falling. Tatai waterfall or rather Tatai rapids are the the closest to Koh Kong City, its just about 40 minutes with the motorbike. The falls should be on the agenda of every visit in this part to Cambodia, its simple great nature. Just take a motorbike taxi for around $ 10,- and you will have a beautiful morning. Leaving the hotel at 9am it's easy to be back at lunchtime, read more. The province is bordering the sea which means fishing is the main industry beside of agriculture. Since Cambodia tourism is in its infancy in the province there are no much sources of income for the Cambodia people here, but something is growing, the signs are visible. Also the casino at the border bring in quite some revenues. The government should develop the roads around here they are real lousy. To every top sightseeing spot such as beaches, about 10km to 15 km away, and Tatai waterfall plus off Sri Ambel are only dirt roads when leaving the main road. They have a hard surface but only earth which give a real problem once some rain is coming. The limestone cliffs are very attractive, although not as spectacular as the Pai waterfall cum rapids at Pai Waterfall at Phitsanulok in Thailand which is quite similar its a pleasure for the eyes. Koh Poi Waterfall, a cluster of rapids in a gigantic setting is a river ride on the speedboat upstream a wide river into the jungle. Its a setting as written in Joseph Conrad's "Hearth of Darkness". Hopefully they will block the loggers who try their luck with quite some money supplied by shady figures from Thailand, read more. The Cambodians in that area don't have the money to handle this because it needs quite a logistic effort.