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MONDULKIRI
This province is chock
full of natural beauty, with thickly forested
mountains, powerful waterfalls and the lush green
rolling hills of the western side. Add to that the
communities of hill tribe people who are not affected
by mass-tourism, as they are in neighboring Thailand,
and you have an area that is very attractive to the
adventure traveler. The town of Sen Monorom is the
best base camp for travelers who want to explore the
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A quiet but beautiful town nestled into the hills; it has
a lot of potential to develop into a center for
non-intrusive eco-tourism. At present, it’s very
undeveloped, which gives you a feeling of going somewhere
off the beaten tourist trail. Also interesting is the
variety of languages being used: Khmer, hill tribe
languages, Vietnamese and Laos.
Tourist sites:
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Boo
Sra Waterfall:
Locates
at Pich Chinda District in 43 kilometer distance from
the provincial town by red soil road. Boo Sra is the
most beautiful waterfall in Modulkiri and shared into
three stages:
-First
stage: The waterfall has 15-meter diameter and
15-meter to 20-meter height in rainy season, and
20-meter diameter and 18-meter to 25-meter height in
dry season. The second stage of waterfall has
150-meter distance from the first stage. |
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-Second
stage: The waterfall has 23-meter diameter and 15-meter to
20-meter height in rainy season, and 20-meter diameter and
18-meter to 25-meter height in dry season. The second
stage of waterfall has 150-meter distance from the first
stage.
-Third stage:
The waterfall has stronger speed than the second stage.
This stage can not be reached because it locates in the
thick forest, lacks of transporting mean and is dangerous
due to having fierce-wild animals.
Sen
Monorum Waterfall:
Locates at Sen Monorum District in five-kilometer distance
from the provincial town by red soil trail, Along either
sides of the trail, there are industrial plantations like
rubber, coffee and cashew as well. The local people
usually meet each other at Sen Monorum waterfall during
the holidays and national festivals because it closed to
the provincial town.
Sen Monorum
waterfall has three stages:
-First stage: The waterfall has slow speed, one-meter
height and 2-4 meter diameter.
-Second stage: During the rainy season, the waterfall has
strong speed, 6-7 meter height and 8-meter diameter.
During the dry season, the waterfall has 7-9 meter height
and 4-5 meter diameter. At the waterfall, there is a large
space of resting and enjoying.
-Third stage: Locates at one- kilometer distance from the
second stage. The waterfall has 1.5-meter height only.
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Rum
Near Waterfall:
Locates at Sen Monorum District in 10.5 kilometer
distance from the provincial town. The waterfall has
good location, which is closed to the industrial
plantations like rubber, coffee, cashew, mango,
Avocado and Pres as well. During the rainy season, the
waterfall has five-meter height and 10-meter diameter,
and during the dry season. The waterfall has six-meter
and eight-meter diameter only. At the waterfall, there
are many big trees projecting the cool shadow to the
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Chrey Thom
Waterfall:
Locates at Sen Monorum District in 43-kilometer distance
from the provincial town. During the dry season, the
waterfall has 15-meter height and 2-meter diameter, and
during the rainy season, the waterfall has 11-meter height
and 8-meter diameter. The waterfall surrounded by the
plantation of Sro Lou and there is a big and brandy tree
of Chrey. The Provicail Tourist office in cooperation with
the territorial authority has arranged this waterfall spot
as the tourist site instead of Boo Sra waterfall that
unable to be accessible during the rainy season.
Riverside:
Locates at Koh Nhek District in 150-kilometer distance
from the provincial town. The riverside has red and golden
colored sand, and stretches along the Sre Pork River
mixing with many small islands. The riverside is the
leisure place for the local people of Koh Nhek District.
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Plantation of Pinetrees:
Located at Sen Monorum District in six-kilometer
distance from the provincial town by the National Road
No 14. The plantation of pine trees located on the
highland, which there are many pine trees remain since
1970 and growing on line, these pine trees have the
same height. The ground covered by a lot of lollen
leaves. It look like the golden colored carpet.
Tourists can enjoy and rest on it without matting. The
history said that, these pine trees were planted
before the Sang Kum Reas Ni Yum time. |
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