With its Mekong River location and relatively close proximity to Phnom Penh and Vietnam, Kampong Cham has always been an important trade and transportation hub. The highway from Phnom Penh is in excellent condition-you can get here in just under two hours by road or by the bullet boats that are a main mode of transportation between towns on the Mekong River. Either way it’s a nice fide, with views of the rural countryside or river area, depending on which way you go.

The town itself is quaint and charming with its bustling morning river scene and wide boulevard streets in from the river. There are a few worthwhile attractions nearby and with its location on the way by boat or road to Kratie, Mondulkiri, Rattanakiri and Stung Treng Provinces; it’s a nice jump-off point.

Kampong Cham is a mix of the old and the new, with a new temple being built in and around old ruins and the big ferry boats taking people and goods to the other side of the Mekong, right next to the construction of the first bridge ever built here.

Phnom Pros and Phnom Srei are the name of the two hills built during the Sangkum Reas Niyum regime ruled by King Norodom Sihanouk. The former hill translates as “Male Hill”, while the latter as “Female Hill”. Phnom Bross looks like a small peak hill about 30 meters in height. On the hill there is a pagoda called Wat Sovankiri Rattanak Phnom Pros.The main temple is five peaks, following the style of Banteay Srei Temple in Siem Reap.