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Beach Cambodia
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Beach, beaches, Cambodia,
Sihanoukville, Cambodia beach,
beach accommodation, beach accommodations, beach
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Most of the
easy accessible beaches
in Cambodia are around the coastal town of Sihanoukville,
this Cambodia beaches are either directly accessible by
road -have a little walk- or a little bit further out on the islands,
accessible by boat.
Infrastructure around
Cambodia beaches wont match beaches in neighboring Thailand. Cambodia is just starting to
developed a good beachside infrastructure with hotels of
various comfort level slowly emerge.
Sihanoukville Cambodia is
a sleepy
Cambodian coastal town around 230 km
southwest of Phnom Penh.
Around
Sihanoukville are
4 major Cambodia beaches.
Starting from the North, is Victoria beach,
Independence Beach, Hawaii Beach and Ochiheuteal Beach.
The beaches are quite nice and quiet.
Sihanoukville has no past, it was placed on a cleared
piece of jungle in the 1950ties to build Cambodia's only
deep water port.
A good bus service out of the capital of Cambodia, Phnom
Penh makes it easy to go there quickly and enjoy the
Cambodian beach landscape.
This pretty beaches are "in front" of Sihanoukville.
Only recently has the first
upper market beach resort opened the door for business. The whole
area is in a state of flux since many people try to do
some business on tourism.
The normality is, go there and
have a look, all what you need is there, internet,
restaurants, accommodations from $5 - guesthouse - to
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$250 - Sokha Beach Resort - a interesting nightlife, bars
where one can find a companion and so on.
 
 
Photos by
Don Pirot
Plenty of
sea food is available in countless restaurants and the
beach is only a couple of meters away, so what else one
needs ?
Sihanoukville Cambodia, a Great Place to Visit.
'Beach town', 'port community', 'fledgling resort
destination' - all describe Sihanoukville, Cambodia's
premier beach town. Sihanoukville's white sand beaches
and warm Gulf of Thailand waters combine with a laid
back, beachy atmosphere to provide a great little
tropical getaway. Sihanoukville is a place to unwind by
the beach, enjoy the fresh from-the-ocean seafood, take
in a snorkeling or scuba trip, and generally slow-down,
lay back and chill-out.
Sihanoukville has a different look and feel than most
Cambodian towns. Constructed as a port city in the late
1950s, the town is much newer, more urban and
cosmopolitan than most Cambodian provincial cities.
Nowadays, Sihanoukville is as much a beach town as it is
a port town, catering to beach-going weekenders from
Phnom Penh as well as a steadily increasing number of
foreign visitors. Still, the pace of life in
Sihanoukville is very relaxed. Cows occasionally wander
the main road, outside town foreign faces draw smiles
and curious stares, and most of the beaches offer only
beach umbrellas, thatched roofed eateries, and a growing
number of restaurants, bungalows and hotels.
 
Photos by Don Pirot
Sihanoukville has a more than ample supply of
accommodations, including a 5-star resort complex on
Sokha Beach,
several mid-range places downtown and at
the beaches, a few 'upscale' three-star hotels, and
dozens of great guesthouses, especially on Ochheuteal
Beach. Considering the moderate number of visitors to
Sihanoukville, the town offers a surprising number and
variety of restaurants and bars. Fresh seafood,
especially crab, prawns and ocean fish, has always been
one of the town's biggest draws, but there is also a
wide variety of places offering foreign cuisines -
Australian, French, Indian, German, Sri Lankan, British,
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Italian, pizza places, a couple of western bakeries and
even a espresso coffee shop. And these days
Sihanoukville offers a pretty good night life as well
with a wide variety of bars staying open well into the
wee hours, especially on Weather Station Hill, in the
downtown area, and the beach bars on Ochheuteal,
'Serendipity' and Victory Beaches.While there are no regular flights to Sihanoukville, it
is still pretty easy to get to. Most people travel from
Phnom Penh by bus or taxi (3-4 hours). From the Thai
border crossing at Koh Kong, either ferry (4 hours) or
taxi (6 hours) to Sihanoukville.
So come to this great out of the way holiday town and
have a ball without bruising your wallet.! Author Basil Murdoch |
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