Stung Treng

Stung Treng is a small town in northeastern Cambodia. Many tourists heading to/from Laos pass through here, though few stay long as Banlung and Kratie offer far more excitement, activities, and remedies. Since the town is so small, there's no point in using anything other than your own two feet to get you anywhere within the town itself. If you decide to see any of the area's limited sights, simply hire one of the few motodops around for no more than a couple of thousand riel.

Stung Treng is the last outpost before the Lao border. The crossing sees few visitors for the time being despite the 87 km of excellent road all the way up to the border. It's on the Lao side that the road gets extremely bumpy. However, work is underway and likely to have changed by the end of 2008. Most people that cross this border do it on a tourist bus covering also onward transport on the Lao side - ask in your guesthouse or at the travel agencies. There is no scheduled means of (public) transport to the border and even if you have a motorbike driver or a fast boat taking you there, you may have to walk on the Lao side to the village of Voeng Kham to find some form of transport.