Sihanoukville, also known as “Kampong Som”, is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital city of Sihanoukville Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the countrys south-west on the Gulf of Thailand.

The city is flanked by an almost uninterrupted string of beaches along its entire coastline and coastal marshlands bordering the Ream National Park in the east.

The city has one navigatable river, the mangrove lined Ou Trojak Jet running from Otres pagoda to the sea at Otres. A number of thinly inhabited islands – under Sihanoukvilles administration are near the city, where in recent years moderate development has helped to attract a sizable portion of Asias individual travelers, young students and back-packers.

Places to visit Otres beach (one of many), Kbal Chhay Waterfall, Ream National Park and Wat Leu Temple.