About Cambodia Travel & Tours present about tourists destination around Cambodia that known as the kingdom of wonder !

Koh Rong Island

Koh Rong Island is a Cambodian Island in the Gulf of Thailand, at about 40km off the coast of Sihanoukville. Actually, the island is deserted, undeveloped and untouched. It's a secret island. But it will be soon one of the famous touristic destination of Cambodia. The island is certainly the most beautiful island of the Kompong Som Region. A snowdrift bay, covered by a crystal clear and turquoise water, stretches on several kilometers. At the center, a jungle with thousands of coconut palms and waterfalls invade the island. Paradise found on Koh Rong.

Koh Rong Cambodia Island Khmer: also romanized as Kaôh Rōng or Kos Rong), is the second largest island of Cambodia. Located in Koh Kong Province about 25 kilometers off the Sihanoukville’s coast in the Gulf of Thailand, the island has an area of approximately 78 km2 and 43 km of beaches. Currently, there are four small villages and also home to more than a dozen guesthouses and bungalows, many of them foreign-owned.Koh Rong has had a land concession granted by the Cambodian government. The Royal Group has been granted a 99-year lease and has plans to build “Asia’s first environmentally planned resort island”. The Survivor season 31 and 32 of the American reality game was filmed in Koh Rong as also years ago the French “Survivor” television program Koh Lanta.

f you go now in Koh Rong, you are lucky, because you can enjoy the half desert island, with few people, live with people of villages, so have really relax time; nojust some raw roads and no cars, no traffic!!! At the moment there are only few accomodation with bungalows or rooms, but the future will not be the same like now! So take the time to come here now!!! (the speedboat from sihanoukville takes 45 minutes).

When you’ll wake up in the morning you’ll feel to live in paradise, with white sand, long beach, many fishes and coral, and all inside the island, the real jungle!!!In the island there isn’t electricity, but only current generator that give current more and less from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. So than you can see a real starry sky, and feel the peace! Also in the water every night you can see the lights plankton!!!Read the artcile on how to see plankton in Koh Rong

There are no roads, but only beaten tracks, you can walk into the amazing jungle or reach the beach you prefer, so only by foot or by boat!!! So we think there are many reasons to come here!!!

Koh Rong is a new few tourist, backpackers island, undeveloped for years. You find paradise beaches, bungalows and good places for snorkeling. In late 2010 and early 2011, a number of new operations opened up, as well as regular boats to the island. Since late 2012, more accommodation has been built and an increasing number of visitors have been discovering the beauty of island life here. But with still only 18 sets of bungalows on the island at the time of writing in early 2013, it still has a near-deserted feel to it with just enough going on to make it comfortable. There are seven bays on the island, you can do snorkelling and diving. The most cool Song Saa Resort is to the north of the island, but you can find cheap accommodation. You also can do trekking, diving, snorkeling and relax!!!

On the island you can find small shop, laundry services and a good small restautants, but there isn’t ATM ! Most tourists near to the village are mostly backpackers and divers.Inside the island is reallyundeveloped andif you wanna go from a beach to an other you need to walk or go by boat. Amazing beach is called Long Beach, you must try, or by trekking or by boat and try the 7 km long white beach!!!

We suggest to book your rooms before departing, look on koh rong accommodation  book soon bungalows or resorts . Remember that is a half desert island so is not for all kind of tourist, is an adventure style island!!!But it will be an amazing experience. On desert beaches like koh rong you can find sand flies. They can bite you , and leave marks that can irritate for days. You can use a strong repellent, by the way i never bitted!! Being an hal desert island there are not medical care.