Mondulkiri Province

Mondulkiri is an southern region of Cambodia, which is the most sparsely booming region in the whole nation although being the greatest region in Cambodia. The region is full of natural charm, with heavily wooded hills, highly effective falls and the lavish green moving hills of the european side.

Despite the growing deforestation, especially due to the precious nutrients staying in the strong red, rich floor, Mondulkiri has still one of the greatest successional forests of Cambodia. Except being in Sen Monorom, you'll discover strong genuine forest, with a lot of plants and creatures. You may also discover enormous and wonderful falls, where you can take an strengthening bath, such as the amazing Bou Sraa.

Sen Monorom is the provincial capital and doesn't show up as a common Cambodian city, while it is the only city the region has to talk of. With approximately. 7500 population, 20 guesthouses, 12 dining places, 3 cafes and no postal service it is often in comparison to United states Crazy Western frontier areas. Concerning the tranquility and appeal of Sen Monorom individuals from other areas move here and therefore the area price more than doubled from 2006 to 2007.

The city of Sen Monorom is the best platform camping for tourists who want to discover the nearby areas. A basic but wonderful city situated into the hills; it has a lot of potential to become a center for non-intrusive eco-tourism. At present, it's very pristine, which gives you a feeling of going somewhere off the defeated vacationer pathway. Add to that the areas of mountain group individuals, who are not impacted by mass-tourism, as they are in nearby Thailand, and you have an area that is very eye-catching to the sport visitor.

Also exciting is the wide range of 'languages' being used: Khmer, mountain group 'languages', Vietnamese and Lao. 80 % of the population in Mondulkiri is made up of ten tribe unprivileged, with the majority of them being the Chunchiet from the group of the Phnong. The staying 20 % are Khmer, China and Islamic Cham. Most of the population lifestyles off the area, growing grain, fruits plants and a wide range of vegetables. Others grow, coffee, berries, rubberized and cashew almonds.

More and more homes are built in the common Khmer style. Viewing the mountain areas you still can look for the conventional Phnong homes. In the homes you will discover conventional gongs and big jugs, whereby the last ones are said to be more than a million years old. There are various kinds of gongs used for different events. Jars and gongs are among the most precious belongings in an natural group, whether in conventional, religious or content terms. During the Khmer Vermeil Program those things were laid to rest in invisible places in the forest and in many cases they still wait in the floor.