Srae Ambel District

Srae Ambel District (Khmer: ស្រុកស្រែអំបិល) is a district of Koh Kong Province, in south-western Cambodia.

Administration

The district comprises 6 communes and 37 villages with a recorded population of 38,435 people in the 1998 census.

Economy

Sre Ambel's economy is traditionally based on fishing, smuggling, piracy, rice farming and, since a few years the river is exploited by the construction industries for dredging sand. Southwest of the little place are the industries also eating up slopes of the mountains, and a sign at the NH48 indicates a concrete factory 14km away in the middle of the green.

Tourism

There is practically no tourism here at all, apart from the mentioned drops of bus loads for a lunch. Nevertheless there are four guesthouses in town; two are old and run-down, two others are brand new, situated along the parallel road of the NH48 which splits off five kilometers east of Sre Ambel. They are probably for Cambodian business travellers. In the past there was a ferry service from Sre Ambel to Koh Kong, but it was ceased years ago. The only reason nowadays for Western tourists to come here is the very unknown Stung Phong Roul Waterfall, roughly 16km northeast of Sre Ambel; hire a boat and guide to explore this magnificent waterfall set in the middle of a dense jungle.

For those who need a break from traveling, this is a good place to relax for a while and drink a beer or two by the river.

Travellers and tourists who come or go from Koh Kong to Phnom Penh or Sihanoukville know Sre Ambel only as an involuntary bus stop, because all the long-distance buses have a stop here at one of their contract restaurants, where the passengers are getting dropped to leave some money.

These restaurants are situated directly along the national road NH48, east of the new Sre Ambel bridge. The actual village of Sre Ambel lies, however, a few hundred meters south of the road, along the river. It's a typical Cambodian place, a smalltown or a big village if you want.

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