Luxury Travel to Kep
City | Kep City Luxury Travel
and Tours
"Urbane
Nomads offer earthy experiences such as
cutting through lush countryside in an ox
cart to hunt for hidden temples or taking a
helicopter to secret spots. Approaching the
jungle from the air is unforgettable. After
you arrive deep within the folds of
greenery, your guide will set up a luxury
tent while a private chef cooks local
delicacies."~
Poorna Shetty, Sphere, Orient-Express
Magazine.
Overshadowed by
Sihanoukville as a beach destination and as yet
undiscovered by the tourist bus legions, Kep City is
some 2 and a half hours drive from the main city of
Phnom Penh. A quiet seaside town whose charms are
all the more appreciated (and its inefficiencies
easily forgiven), Kep has amongst its attractions
the nearby island of Koh Tonsay, the tragically
beautiful ruins of Bokor and the 6th
century temple-within-a-cave Phnom Chngauk.
The journey from
Phnom Penh reveals quintessentially Southeast Asian
landscapes- desiccated paddy fields, itinerant water
buffalos and languid youths reading on a hammock.
Reaching Kep City, or Kep-Sur-Mer during the French
colonial period, one can understand the appeal this
seaside town had for the French colonizers, the
Cambodian elites post-independence and now, the
tourists who’d fallen in love with the town- enough
to pick up a piece of real estate to convert into a
holiday home or a charming hotel. And these holiday
home owners are not in bad company either, given
that King Norodom Sihanouk still maintains a holiday
bungalow in Kep City(take a motorbike up to the
house and persuade the lady who’s maintaining the
house for the King to give you a private tour of the
property).
Kep's sedate,
exclusive air provides a welcome antidote to the rigours and masses of Angkor Wat.
Camping in the remote
temples of Cambodia-
waking up to virtually
find the whole temple
grounds to yourself.
Ending in ultra-luxury
tents across the Thai
border, this trip is
subject to favourable
political conditions and
can be substituted with
camping on other treks.
