Kep Getting there & around

Getting around

Kep has almost no street lighting – the town only got mains electricity in early 2007, when it was linked to the Vietnamese grid – so a flashlight/torch helps if you’ll be walking around at night.

Kep’s moto drivers are a cooperative bunch: they all know each other and many have long-standing ties to this or that guesthouse. A ride from the Crab Market to Kep Beach costs 2000r. Hiring a moto for the day costs about US$10 (more to Kompong Trach).

So Van Sarkor (Sovann Sakor; 012 608345; 6am-late year-round), 50m west of the roundabout above Kep Beach, rents out 100cc motorbikes (US$5 for a 12-hour day) and bicycles (US$2.50 a day). A 250cc bike may be available for US$15 a day.

Botanica Guesthouse rents bicycles/mountain bikes to nonguests for 3500r/8000r.

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