Sights, markets & transport
Kampot travel guides: sights, markets and transport
One guide for each sight, market and transport stop in the directory, from Bokor and the caves on Highway 33 to the night market on Street 720, the Old Bridge, and the train on National Road 3. Each one says what the place is, when to go, and which listings sit nearby. Prices are quoted only where a source published them.
Choose a guide for your day
Start with the kind of outing you have in mind. Sights and day trips cover places to visit around Kampot; market guides help you find local shopping and food; transport guides focus on getting into town and moving between stops. Each guide links its subject to a directory listing where one is available.
Check practical details
Read the guide for context, then follow its listing links for the address, map, contact details and published opening hours. Information can change, especially for transport and seasonal attractions, so confirm schedules and access with the operator before making a special trip. Sources are included in individual guides where available.
Build a fuller itinerary
A guide can be one stop or the start of a longer outing. Pair a place to visit with a meal, a café or another nearby listing, and allow time for the journey between them. Self-guided trails; Kampot business directory.
Sights and day trips
- Travel guide · Sights · Bokor roadBokor Mountain: Areas, Bokor Hill Station & PlacesBokor Mountain is a broad landscape above Kampot. Bokor Hill Station is one summit area; other familiar stops and lesser-known places lie across the mountain.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Bokor roadPopokvil Waterfall on Bokor: when to go and what to expectPopokvil is the named waterfall on the Bokor plateau. In the wet season it is more likely to be worth the detour. After a dry spell it can be a trickle.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Bokor roadThe Bokor colonial church: A misty stop on the plateauThe surviving French hill-station church on the Bokor plateau near Kampot. What it is, why it is often in cloud, and where it fits on a mountain day.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Bokor roadThe Black Palace on Bokor: Ruins on the mountain roadThe Black Palace on Bokor, Damnak Sla Khmao, is a ruined royal retreat on the mountain road. Check access on arrival; an interior visit is not guaranteed.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Bokor roadWat Sampov Pram on Bokor: a working pagoda on the plateauWat Sampov Pram is the working pagoda near the edge of the Bokor plateau. Known as the Five Boats Pagoda, it features cliff views and unique stone formations.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Bokor roadLok Yeay Mao statue on the Bokor road: A stop on the way upLok Yeay Mao is the oversized statue on the Bokor climb, well before the plateau resorts. It is a stop on the way up, not the summit.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Wider provincePhnom Chhnork Cave: the cave temple east of KampotPhnom Chhnork, also written Phnom Chhngok, is the cave temple east of town: a short walk through paddies to a limestone cave with a Funan-era brick shrine inside.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Wider provincePhnom Sorsia: caves, a wat and the White Elephant cavePhnom Sorsia is the limestone hill in Tuek Chhou district with karst caves, a hilltop wat, and Rung Damrey Saa (the White Elephant cave).Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Wider provincePhnom Kbal Romeas: The Rhinoceros Head cavePhnom Kbal Romeas, the Rhinoceros Head hill, is a limestone cave stop on the countryside loop east of Kampot. It is not a signed, lit show cave.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Wider provinceSecret Lake (Brateak Krola): history and how to visitSecret Lake is the English nickname for Boeung Tomnop Tek Krolar, an artificial reservoir east of Kampot. It is peaceful now, and it was dug under the Khmer Rouge.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Toward KepKampot salt fields: the Kep road salt flatsThe salt fields are working flats south of town on the way toward Kep. In October, which is wet season, the ponds may be green rather than white.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Teuk ChhouTeuk Chhou Rapids: the riverside swim and picnic spotTeuk Chhou is where Kampot goes to sit by the river. The rapids are about 8 kilometres out, with an island, tubes, and vendors selling fruit and drinks.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Old TownSras Chhuk lotus pond: Kampot's in-town lotus spotOpenStreetMap marks a lotus pond, Sras Chhuk, in the old town. It is the in-town pond people mean when they ask for lotus in Kampot.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Old TownKampot Museum: A small-town stop in the old townOpenStreetMap marks a museum in the old town, south of the market streets. It is a small-town museum, not a full-day sight.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Sights · Old TownKampot Old Bridge: the landmark at the edge of the gridThe old town still calls this crossing the Old Bridge. It is a landmark and a road, not a ticketed sight.Read the guide
Markets
- Travel guide · Market · Old TownKampot Night Market: Street 720 evening stallsThe night market is the evening stall grid in town: snacks, fruit shakes and goods, rather than a restaurant with a menu.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Market · Wider provinceKampong Trach Market: A district market on National Road 33Kampong Trach is its own town in the east of the province, on National Road 33 toward the Vietnamese border hills. The marketplace is a district hub, not a tourist stall.Read the guide
Getting to Kampot
- Travel guide · Transit · Station roadKampot Railway Station: trains to Phnom PenhKampot's railway station is on National Road 3, north of the old town. Check the train for your travel date and direction before arranging the ride to the station.Read the guide
- Travel guide · Transit · Old TownGiant Ibis Kampot: Buses to and from Phnom PenhGiant Ibis is a bus option between Phnom Penh and Kampot when the train schedule does not fit your day. Confirm your fare, departure and boarding point before travelling.Read the guide