Caves of Kompong Trach Review, Kep, Cambodia

This post is a Caves of Kompong Trach review.

On our second full day in Kep we decided to hire a motorbike and go check out a few things out in the Cambodian countryside.

The first place we headed to was the Caves of Kompong Trach.

I’ve seen enough caves in my life that I don’t really have a massive interest in them anymore, but I wanted to find the “secret cave” where we could go swimming in it.

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Featured Image: Inside the main cave.

Cost(s): $1usd entry.

Address: Kompong Trach, Cambodia.

Caves of Kompong Trach Review

We found the main caves fairly easily. Once you are anywhere close kids tell you where to go, and also offer to be your guide.

They give you a flashlight and you can walk around on your own. Two boys kind of just followed us around so we ended up giving them a couple of dollars for their “services”. I guess they did help hold the flashlight once in a while and warned us to watch our heads. I think that was the only English they knew.

Some of the older kids spoke pretty good English and probably would had made quite good guides.

We went there on a Saturday. Maybe during the week there are less kids, as they should be as school.

The main cave system was nice. We spent about 30 minutes looking around.

Afterwards we went on to find the underwater cave, which in my opinion was much better. Much less people and no entry fee.

As usual, the scenery through the countryside was the big winner. I think these monks were doing the tourist thing as well, taking pictures of the mountain.

We chilled at this lake for a while. It was so serene.

After checking out the caves we checked out the Trach markets (standard market place), got some food, and headed to the salt fields and beach.

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Getting to the Caves of Kompong Trach

The best/cheapest way is to hire a motorcycle. We got one for $5/day although I think we got lucky with that. Expect to pay $7.

You could get a tuk tuk for the day. Maybe $15 to $20usd.

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