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I stayed in Kampot for 3 nights (2 full days). The weather was mostly cloudy, so I didn’t feel like exploring the town center much, but I still joined a full-day tour that included all the main activities.
🚗 Getting Around
* Some roads in Kampot are in poor condition, especially after rain.
* Best to take a tuk-tuk or join a tour if you want to explore the area comfortably.
🏔️ Bokor Mountain Tour – Wouldn’t recommend on cloudy days
I did this tour in the morning. Unfortunately, because of the heavy mist and clouds, we couldn’t see anything clearly. Here’s what it included:
* 🧘♂️ Big Buddha Statue – completely hidden by the fog.
* 🏨 Old Casino turned Hotel – looked abandoned from the outside but apparently costs around $200/night. Interior looked renovated.
* 💧 Waterfall – no water during my visit.
* 🐒 Monkeys – the highlight of the tour; saw some along the road.
* 🕍 Old Catholic Church – interesting but weather ruined the view.
💡 Tip: Avoid Bokor Mountain tour if the weather is bad or visibility is low.
🚜 Countryside Tour (Afternoon)
This tour was much more enjoyable. Here's what we visited:
* 🌶️ Pepper Plantation
* Learned how black pepper is grown and processed.
* Tasted different kinds of pepper.
* Products were available to buy directly from the farm.
* Kampot pepper is exported globally.
* 🕳️ Cave Temple
* This ancient temple inside a cave is said to be older than Angkor Wat.
* Really unique and worth the visit.
* 🧂 Salt Fields
* Unfortunately, due to the weather, we couldn't really see much here.
🌇 Sunset in Kampot
* Despite the bad weather during the day, the sunset was beautiful on my last evening.
* Great views along the riverside.
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Kampot Travel
📅 Travel Itinerary
Day 1: Kampot City, La Plantation, Bo Tree Pepper Farm, Night Market
Day 2: Bokor National Park (Grandma Mao Statue, Mountain Lake, Po Phok Bil Waterfall, Hangang Pagoda, Kep Beach
Day 3: Kampot-Kep Salt Farm, Chingok Cave, Hippocampus Statue, Phnom Chhngok Cave, Brosat Chakkarh Vath
🏨 Accommodation Recommendation: Banyan Hostel
🍴 Restaurant Recommendation: Green House, Preak Romdurl II, Lemongrass
📌 Useful Tips: I highly recommend visiting Bokor San National Park, pepper farm, and salt farm. Durian is in season in May, and it is delicious and cheap. I highly recommend you try it. It would be great to rent a motorcycle and tour. I also recommend having a cup of tea at Starbucks while looking at the riverside. #Kampot #KampotTravel #BokorSanNationalPark
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"Lok Yeay Mao" Monument
#familytrips2024 Bokor National is one of the most popular tourist attractions in kampot, where we can get beautiful Mountain View’s with the ocean, some parts of kampot city, Vietnam islands and gulf of Thailand.lok Yey Mao is one of tourist destinations that stay on the bokor national park. People can go there for do warship and visit views of the ocean and forests on the national park. There are not only the statues with 29 meters high there also a old king 🤴 palace that nearby the lok yey Mao that was built by friends in 1936 for Kigh Father. That call Black palace.