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sembling groups for Bokor National Park trips. Also doles out free advice and can arrange
transport to area attractions like caves, falls and Kompong Trach.
Getting There & Away
Kampot, on NH3, is 148km southwest of Phnom Penh, 105km east of Sihanoukville and
25km northwest of Kep.
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sell tickets from offices opposite the Total petrol station near the Four Na-
gas Round-about. All have two or three daily trips to Phnom Penh (US$4 to US$5, four
hours), the last of which depart at 1pm; some go via Kep (US$2, 45 minutes). Across the
street you can catch share taxis (US$6), packed-to-the-gills minibuses (16,000r) and
private taxis (US$40) to Phnom Penh. Sorya also has daily trips to Siem Reap and Bat-
tambang.
There are a couple of smarter bus services for those wanting a faster, more comfortable
departing at 8.30am and 2.45pm daily in a modern Korean bus.
Kampot Express
Phnom Penh (US$10) at 8am and 1pm daily, plus 4.30pm at weekends.
Share taxis to Sihanoukville cost US$5 and a private taxi from the taxi lot is US$30.
Daily Kampot Tours & Travel and Virak Buntham minibuses go west to Sihanoukville
(US$6, 1½ hours) and Koh Kong (US$13, four to five hours with a bus transfer); and east
to Ha Tien, Vietnam (US$10, 2½ hours). Guesthouses can arrange tickets and pick-ups.
A
moto
/
remork
/taxi to Kep should run about US$8/12/20.
Getting Around
A
moto
ride in town costs 2000r (4000r in the evening);
remorks
cost about US$1 to
US$2. To get to the nearest riverside guesthouses on the edge of town it should cost about
10,000/6000r for a
moto
/
remork
, more to those located further afield.
Bicycles are offered to guests for free by many guesthouses, which can also arrange
motorbike hire. Try the following for motorbike or car hire:
Kampot Car Rental
( 088 510 2702;
www.kampotcarrental.com
; per day from US$20)
Self-drive
budget car hire available through this new company. Tiny cars for big foreigners but the
freedom to explore at a bargain price. Check the small print.
