To the island of Koh Rong, it is quite possible that the "Paradise Island" cliché happens is quite suitable. It is possible that Ko Rong is that you were looking for so long - beautiful white beaches, turquoise clean water and almost missing tourist infrastructure. For many years, the island was a pier for desperate divers, and for them on the island built a couple of bungalows. Well, that's all.
At the end of 2010 - early 2011, the case began to go better here and worship: from the mainland, the boats regularly began to ride, at the end of 2012, there were several more remedies and hotels here, and an increasing number of tourists and local residents began to discover the beauty of island life . In general, now there are approximately 20 bungalows and hostels on an island of 78 square kilometers - of course, progress compared to the last five-year one. But still, tourists on the island does not leave the feeling that they are on a uninhabited island. There are almost no bars, no disco, everything subsides with the arrival of darkness. The truth is very quiet here. Not many islands in Southeast Asia boast of similar inlets. Bungalow stand in the area of $ 30 per night, but, if you search, you can land a bit cheaper.
The island is really great, and definitely worth spending two and a half hours on the road (on a boat from the nearest Sihanoukville). On the island of seven bays, and the waters off the coast of the island are sissed by different types of marine life, so the island is still very popular among diving lovers. As for hotels on the island, but the Song Saa Resort set in the north of the island, of course, will offer all the amenities, but it is an expensive place.
You can definitely save your money and get the same pleasure, settling and in other hotels easier.
Even the most active visitor does not bounce here - diving, snorkeling, mountain bike, trekking, kayaks and motorcycle trips, and all this is in such beauty, under the sun and next to the sea. In short, you realized that the place is what you need.
The Government of Cambodia provided Rong to the Cambodian investment group, which has plans for the construction of the airport on the island and the mass attraction of tourists to this "ecological" resort. They want to make from this wild island "Pearl for the rich", in short. But currently everything happens very slowly, or does not happen at all, there are no special signs of development and construction, except for the finished road, which connects some parts of the island, ubiquitous WiFi and a mobile network signal for most of the island. If that, Hello Axiata and MetFone catch the best, in particular, on the beach Koh Touch. . It was started to build a golf course, but it seems like, while still scored on this business.
Rong has 43 kilometers of beaches, but most hotels are located in the south-east, in the village of Koh Touch. In addition, there you will find a store, laundry and restaurants, but there is no ATM or Internet cafe. Tourists in this village, mainly backpackers and divers, emigrants and couples who dream of spending a relaxing holiday on the beach. Other resorts are located in the north-east and south-west of the island - the ideal place, if you want unreal calm and silence.
In general, the island's road grid is pretty poorly, so that for traveling between the beaches it will be necessary to painfully waters on the island or sailing on the boat, which is much nicer and faster. One of the most beautiful beaches of the island, north of Touch, is called Long Set Beach. - in honor of the farmer who lives here and grows cashews, coconuts and mango. Probably, this beach will be the first to build up when the change is baked. To the west of To Touch, there is a bay with a white coral sand beach - this is a 7-kilometer beach (it is called: "7km Beach"), from the village San Juice (Sok San Village) At the end - just as one of the laddies for investors.
But while the group of developers left tourists only bungalows, well, a couple of good hotels, so, here very calm and good. The rooms are very smartly disassembled in a high season, and it is better to book them before going, otherwise you will have to shook from the bungalow to the bungalow in search of the town. By the way, there is no power grid on the island, the resorts have their own generators, which sometimes turn off. Warm water here is a valuable product.
If you do not want to share your room with gecko and pour on the sounds of frogs, to Rong, probably not for you.
Another problem of deserted beaches is that calm wet sands are an ideal place for mosquitoes. These little damn flies bite to itching red spots that can be wanted for several days. Moreover, this is really a problem, and very many tourists complain on the mosquitoes. It is best to prepare and bring a good repellent with you and apply it first in the morning, as well as after sunset, when the mosquitoes begins increased activity.
When you go to admire turquoise waters, do not forget about marine ogs under your feet. Spines are painful, and pull them out of the heel is not so simple. But these creatures are not as dangerous, as they might look, and the rings from the needles will heal in a couple of days. Just in case, bring rubber slippers for the sea.
Being small and, mostly uninhabited island, to Rong cannot offer high-quality medical care. If what happened, you can go to KOH RONG DIVE CENTRE Where you will be the first help, but if a more serious thing happened to you, you will have to return to Sihanoukville or a patterned. And if something is very serious-catastrophic, then it is better to gather in Thailand and Singapore at all. Well, I won't forget with me, Iodine and ploy, I think it was all a long time ago.
From other minor minuses: someone seems to be the palm trees on the coastline are not too thick (not like in the picture), and sometimes on the beach, sometimes the waves makes the sea garbage (wood, algae, can fish duffle). But what are these minuses, it's nonsense! And so - everything is fine! So if you want to relax on the beautiful beaches of Koh Rong, do diving, snorkeling and just sunbathe - you are here!