18km hike to a Bunung Village in Cambodia

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Eastern Cambodia

Home to diverse landscapes and peoples, eastern Cambodia shatters the illusion that the country is all paddy fields and sugar palms. There are plenty of those in the lowland provinces, but here they yield to the mountains of Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri Provinces, where ecotourism is playing a major role in the effort to save dwindling forests from the twin ravages of illegal logging and land concessions.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Yeak Lom lake, Banlung, Cambodia.

    Boeng Yeak Lom

    Eastern Cambodia

    At the heart of the protected area of Boeng Yeak Lom is a beautiful, emerald-hued crater lake set amid the vivid greens of the towering jungle. It is one…

  • Wat Hanchey, a Buddhist temple near Kampong Cham city, Cambodia.

    Wat Hanchey

    Eastern Cambodia

    This hilltop pagoda was an important centre of worship during the Chenla (pre-Angkorian) period, when, as today, it offered some of the best Mekong views…

  • Virachey National Park.

    Virachey National Park

    Eastern Cambodia

    This park is one of the largest protected areas in Cambodia, stretching for 3325 sq km east to Vietnam, north to Laos and west to Stung Treng Province…

  • Wat Maha Leap

    Wat Maha Leap

    Eastern Cambodia

    More than a century old, sacred Wat Maha Leap is one of the last wooden pagodas left in Cambodia. Located south of town, the beautiful pagoda was only…

  • Chhlong

    Chhlong

    Kratie

    The main attraction in this somnolent riverside town, 31km south of Kratie, is the old governor’s residence, a gorgeous yellow-and-white French colonial…

  • Koh Paen

    Koh Paen

    Eastern Cambodia

    This serene island in the Mekong River just south of town offers a slice of rural local life, with fruit and vegetable farms and traditional wooden houses…

  • Mekong Turtle Conservation Centre

    Mekong Turtle Conservation Centre

    Kratie

    This rundown (but well-meaning) wildlife conservation centre lies within the temple grounds of Wat Sorsor Moi Roi in Sambor, about 35km north of Kratie…

  • Wat Sorsor Moi Roi

    Wat Sorsor Moi Roi

    Kratie

    Wat Sorsor Moi Roi, held up by 108 columns and covered in vibrant murals, was constructed on the site of a 19th-century wooden temple, a few pillars of…

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