Kratie

Mekong Discovery Trail

Explore River Life in Northeast Cambodia: the Mekong Discovery Trail takes you into the heart of the Mekong where the beauty of the river and the friendliness of the people create unforgettable river life experiences in northeast Cambodia.

The Mekong Discovery Trail is a network of safe, ecotourism journeys through some of the most natural and least populated parts of the Mekong.

The free trail guide provides maps, transport and accommodation options. You can travel on a small part of the trail, or all of it. You can travel alone or with a group. There are many options along the 180 km trail, which runs between Kratie and the Cambodian/Laos border. But remember to allow enough time to go with the flow of river life.

Kratie
·3 min read

Kampi Rapids and Picnic

Picnic places at Kampi Rapids near Kratie in northeastern CambodiaAbout 1 kilometer north of the place where boats to see the dolphins leave, are the Kampi Rapids where you can relax, swim and enjoy the rapids.

There is a huge picnic spot, very popular with the locals: bamboo structures with a straw roof built out over the river. Some are hundreds of meters long and all are lined with hammocks.

Kratie
·1 min read

Koh Trong Paradise Island

Koh Trong is a beautiful quiet island opposite the riverfront of Kratie Town, an almighty sandbar in the middle of the river. No cars, but carts, smiling peasants, craggy fishermen and a rich soil that man turned into an orchard, Koh Trong is a small paradise. It is a short ferry ride between town life and a slice of Cambodia’s rural ways.

Surrounded 8 months a year by white sandy beaches, constantly refreshed by the river’s breeze, the island of Koh Trong is some sort of an ideal Cambodia. The beaches call out to be lazed upon with a picnic after a dip in the Mekong.

Kratie
·2 min read

Introduction to Kratie

Kratie's main attraction: Irrawaddy dolphins, CambodiaKratie (pronounce: Krachèh) is a provincial backwater along the Mekong river, roughly 315 km northeast of Phnom Penh.

Though the town and surroundings are pleasant enough, Kratie's main attraction are the freshwater, or Irrawaddy Dolphins in the Mekong river north of the town.

Kratie
·3 min read