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Getting There and Around in Sihanoukville

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There are excellent highways to Sihanoukville from Phnom Penh and Kampot and travel is altogether pretty straightforward. On National Highway 4, it takes only about three hours from the capital whereas the distance between Kampot and Sihaboukville on National Highway 3 is only 105km. With the completion of a new bridge, buses run daily from Koh Kong to Sihanoukville and the boat services appears to have discontinued.
  

 

 

  

Coach ticket, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

 

Local taxi, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

 

Sihanoukville by truck, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

By Bus

Cambodia’s largest bus company, PP Sorya runs six services a day from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville. Mekong Express, which has toilets on its limousine buses, has 2 trips a day. Other bus companies with services to Sihanoukville include Rith Mony, GST Express, Ho Wah Genting and Paramount Express.

Services are frequent in the morning but tend to peter out in the afternoon. Prices are between US$3.50-US$6 per ticket. The bus depot is in the town center on the main thoroughfare, Ekareach Street. Foreigners are charged higher prices than locals.

From Kampot, PP Sorya has a daily morning service and G’day Mate Guesthouse has a door-to-door minibus service on Monday and Friday with plans to make them daily.
 

By Taxi

Taxis leave at all times of the day from Phnom Penh for Sihanoukville for a fare around US$4.00 each. The entire car can be hired for around US$25.00.The share taxi fare from Kampot is around US$3.50 and US$20 for a private hire.
 

Getting Around

Sihanoukville is not a walking town. Motos are readily available in the town center, the Weather Station Hill and at Ochheuteal Beach. Fares have to be negotiated before hand as the moto drivers in Sihanoukville are reputed to be pretty aggressive. Expect to pay 3000-4000 riel from the town center to the beaches and 1000-2000 riel more at night, and only pay on arrival. It is advisable to travel with a moto driver who is familiar to you.

Tuk-tuk drivers are easier and more honorable to deal with even if they charge double the moto rate.. An alternative form of transport is to rent a motorbike from a guesthouse for the day. Recent regulations however require drivers of motorbikes to have a Cambodian driver’s license which is a long and tedious process. Consider electric bikes which can go up to 80km before needing a charge.

Taxi rates are posted at the bus station and are between US$6-US$7 from the depot to the beaches.

 

 
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2009 23:53