Activities in Kep, Cambodia
Not a lot to do in Kep. That’s the way we like it. Hang out at the beach, eat seafood, bicycle around, visit the caves, take a boat ride, visit an island, go to the National Park.
Sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t.
* Spend the afternoon at the Kep Crab Market, eating fresh seafood and drinking.
* Kampot Pepper Farm Tours – You see, Kep was part of Kampot a few years ago. World renown Pepper, only grown in the Kampot / Kep Provinces.
* Phnom Kampong Trach Caves – a half day trip out near Vietnam for some limestone caves and a Buddhist Temple.
* Bamboo Train / Gardens / Horse Riding and more at Phnom Vor Natural Paradise
* Get a Traditional Tattoo at Cambodia Tattoo
* Boat trips around Kep’s shore and to the many island from Kep Adventures
* Boat trips to Kaoh Po Paradise Island from the Yacht Club Kep
*Zip Line Cafe – Rope bridges and zipline at the beach.
* Gambling – in a Vietnamese casino (on the Cambodian side of the border) at Ha Tien Vegas Casino.
* Explore around the other resorts in Kep – Some great food and drink, scenery and gardens, and a few other activities that we haven’t told you about.
* Rent a sailboat at The Sailing Club for an afternoon on the Bay of Thailand.
* Ever been to a butterfly farm? The Kep Butterfly Farm can help fix that oversight.
* Massage at Lida Khmer. Traditional Khmer Massage
* You can also take a walking tour of the Kep National Park (best done in the daylight hours) or Sunset Rock (best done in the evening)
* Swim at the Kep Beach and visit the shopping center across the street.
* Kep Beach East – 90% of Kep’s beaches aren’t at the “Beach”. Along the coast towards Vietnam (from “The Beach), there are hundreds of beach restaurants and bars, and dozens of hotels. Not great swimming beaches, but just fine for relaxation and seafood.
* Wat Samathi – Buddhist Wat on the hill, overlooking Kep and Vietnam.
* or Wat Num Bone – up from Chhne Angkoul Beach. The Wat with the most Buddha statues.
* Kep Fishing Port – a long stretch of beach (but not a swimming beach) with fishing boats moored in the daytime. A seafood restaurant on the Fishing Pier, Mangrove Trees, Wat Num Bone (above) and not much else, quiet and picturesque.
* Outside of Kep, towards Kampot are the Phnom Sosir Caves, atop 3 small “Mountains”. If you’re passing by, it’s worth a couple hour stop.
* You can also take a boat trip to Rabbit Island (Koh Tonsay), off the coast of Kep. About $25 for a round trip ( a maximum of 8 people for the boat). No McDonald’s on the island, just a few food vendors, a dozen or so basic huts with mattresses and mosquito nets for $5 – $15 (all day or overnight), and lots of sand and trees. The trip takes about half an hour; and the best swimming and snorkeling beaches in Kep are found here. The boat leaves from the pier just across from the island.
* It takes about 2 hours by motorcycle, many more by bicycle to ride the road around the town of Kep. Half of this is along the ocean. It takes a few weeks to drive all the roads in Kep by bicycle.
