Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Local minbuses (departing from the taxi park) are the way forward to Kratie (30,000r,
four hours), with at least one early-morning departure and two or three departures around
12.30pm. It's wise to reserve the morning van in advance.
To get to Ratanakiri by public transport, you must backtrack to Snuol or Kratie and pick
up transportation there. The new road to Ratanakiri via Koh Nhek (estimated completion
date: 2015) will cut many kilometres off this trip and may be served by public transport.
Getting Around
English-speaking
moto
drivers cost about US$15 to US$20 per day. Sample round-trip
moto
prices for destinations around Sen Monorom are US$12 to Bou Sraa, US$10 to Dak
Dam Waterfall, US$5 to Samot Cheur and US$3 for Monorom Falls.
Mony
( 088 593
5588;
www.mondulkiritourguide.com
)
is a
moto
driver who can take you deep into the bush for
wildlife-spotting, either on a day trip out of Sen Monorom or on overnights en route to
Mimong or Ratanakiri.
Most guesthouses rent out motorbikes for US$6 to US$8 and a few have bicycles for
US$2. Adventurer Asia has well-maintained 250cc dirt bikes (US$25) for rent. Pick-up
trucks and 4WDs can be chartered for the day. It costs about US$50 around Sen Monorom
in the dry season, and more again in the wet season.
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Around Sen Monorom
In addition to the waterfalls listed here, look out for a newly accessible
Kbal Phei waterfall
,
in the jungle some 20km northwest of town. Follow the signs to Angkor Forest Guest-
house and keep going on the new road (which had not quite yet been completed at the
time of writing).
Bou Sraa Waterfall
Plunging into the dense Cambodian jungle below, this is one of the country's most im-
pressive
falls
(admission 5000r)
. Famous throughout the country, this double-drop waterfall
has an upper tier of some 10m and a spectacular lower tier with a thundering 25m drop.
To get to the bottom of the lower falls, cross the bridge over the river and follow a path to
a precipitous staircase that continues to the bottom; it takes about 15 minutes to get down.
