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Mekong Discovery Trail, including kayaking with the dolphins. Rents out kayaks (US$10
per day), motorbikes (US$10 per day) and sturdy Trek mountain bikes (US$5 per day).
Getting There & Around
NH7 north to the Lao border is in great shape these days. The same cannot be said for
NH7 south to Kratie.
Express minibuses with guesthouse pickups as early as 4am are the quickest way to Ph-
nom Penh (US$10 to US$13, eight hours). Book through Riverside Guesthouse.
Phnom Penh Sorya
( 092 181805)
has a 6.30am bus to Phnom Penh (40,000r, nine hours)
via Kratie (20,000r, three hours) and Kompong Cham (30,000r, six hours). Sorya's bus
from Laos to Phnom Penh comes through Stung Treng around 11.30am. Additionally, loc-
al minibuses to Kratie depart regularly until 2pm from the market area.
There is a comfortable tourist van to Ban Lung (US$6, two hours, 8am), with additional
morning trips in cramped local minibuses from the market (15,000, three hours). If you
want to leave later in the day make your way to O Pong Moan and hail a more frequent
bus or minibus en route from Kratie.
From the riverfront taxi park, minibuses go to Phnom Penh (50,000r, eight hours) and
Ban Lung (30,000r, four hours).
The new highway west from Thala Boravit to Preah Vihear via Chhep is in great shape.
There's no public transport, but that will no doubt start once the bridge is finished. For
now you'll need to hire a car (US$110) or motorbike (US$40 to US$50) to Preah Vihear.
Riverside Guesthouse does minivan trips when there is demand (US$25 per person).
Riverside Guesthouse rents out motorbikes (from US$8) while Riverside and Ponika's
Place have bicycles for hire (US$1 to US$2).
