Outdoor sights in Koh Kong Conservation Corridor
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Botum Sakor National Park
Occupying almost the entirety of the 35km-wide peninsula across the Gulf of Kompong Som from Sihanoukville, this 1834-sq-km national park, encircled by mangroves and beaches, is home to a profusion of wildlife, including elephants (about 20 of them, according to recent camera-trap evidence), tigers, deer, leopards and sun bears. The highest point is a 402m hill in the park's almost inaccessible interior.
Although a road is being built down the park's eastern side (it will eventually go all the way round the peninsula's coastline), the best way to see Botum Sakor is by boat. To get to the mangrove forests on the east coast and the almost deserted beaches on the park's sout…
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Southern Cardamoms Protected Forest
In an effort to protect the southern Cardamom Mountains from poaching, logging and encroachment by turning the forest into a source of jobs and income for local people, the Wildlife Alliance is launching an ambitious project to transform the Southern Cardamoms Protected Forest (1443 sq km), whose southern boundary is NH48 between Krong Koh Kong to Andoung Tuek, into a world-class ecotourism destination.
Over the next few years, the Wildlife Alliance - with Dutch government funding - plans to do the following:
Establish two visitors centres - built of natural materials (except wood!) - with displays on the Cardamoms' geography, flora and fauna. They will be situated on the…
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Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary
Home to millions of magnificent mangroves, the sanctuary's numerous alluvial islands - some no larger than a house - are separated by a maze of bays and channels. Anchored by multiple roots in the briny sea, the trees - their foliage just above the high water mark - dissipate wave energy and protect the coast from erosion, especially during storms.
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