This is quaint and interesting border province that has long had a reputation as a 'Wild West' frontier town.
It is located at the southwestern tip of the country near the mouth of the Kah Bpow River in Smach Mean Chey district on the Gulf of Thailand, the city is only 10 kilo-meters from the Thai border. From here now tourists have access to the border of Thailand by a newly-constructed bridge reputed to be the longest in Cambodia. The 1900 meter long Thai-Cambodia border-bridge was completed at a cost of US$ 7.2 million dollars. With the bridge and upgrading of the road to the national highway plus the building of several casinos near the border, the town has developed into a more popular tourist destination. Besides the casinos, there is a zoo and many pristine islands, mountains, jungles, rivers, waterfalls and mangrove forests which offer tourists ton of terms of Eco-tourism.
The Pean Krasop Mangrove are Asia's largest and Koh Kong beaches are reputed to be one of the best beaches in Southeast Asia.
The Mangrove Forest
Mangrove, a woody specialized types of trees of the tropics that live on the edge where rain forests meet oceans, collectively exudes a unique form of natural beauty that puts the observer in awe.
It is reported that there are about more than 4.25 million hectares of the mangrove forests found in Southeast Asia and needless to say, Cambodia has her fair share of these wonders of nature along her coastline as well.
Mangroves are spread along the coast from Kep to Koh Kong, and it covers an area of over 50,000 hectares in Koh Kong.
One of the most biologically diverse forests, mangrove forest is known as the 'rain forests by the sea'. These forests are the breeding ground for shrimps, prawns, crabs, shellfish, snails, and fishes; especially the beautiful Mud skippers that seems to enjoy the surface more than being in water. The mud skipper has made adaptations so it can skim across the mud during low tide when the ground is uncovered in many places, traveling form puddle to puddle.
Mangrove forests are also nesting sites for many shore birds and home to lizards, sea turtles, and many other animal species. For many species of fruit bats, like the dawn bat, mangrove blossoms and fruit make up a large part of their diet.
For the keen Eco-lovers, come to visit the mangrove forest of Koh Kong where you will be rewarded by hours of awesome thrills just by observing these natural wonders and the lives that evolve in their midst.
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