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MONDULKIRI - NATURAL RESOURCES
This province is
chock full of natural beauty, with thickly forested mountains, powerful
waterfalls and the lush green rolling hills of the western side. Add to
that the communities of hill tribe people who are not affected by
mass-tourism, as they are in neighboring Thailand, and you have an area
that is very attractive to the adventure traveler. The town of Sen Monorom
is the best base camp for travelers who want to explore the surrounding
areas.
A quiet but
beautiful town nestled into the hills; it has a lot of potential to
develop into a center for non-intrusive eco-tourism. At present, it’s very
undeveloped, which gives you a feeling of going somewhere off the beaten
tourist trail. Also interesting is the variety of languages being used:
Khmer, hill tribe languages, Vietnamese and Laos.
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Tourist sites:
Boo Sra Waterfall:
Locates at Pich Chinda
District in 43 kilometer distance from the provincial town by red soil
road. Boo Sra is the most beautiful waterfall in Modulkiri and shared
into three stages:
-First stage: The waterfall has 15-meter
diameter and 15-meter to 20-meter height in rainy season, and 20-meter
diameter and 18-meter to 25-meter height in dry season. The second
stage of waterfall has 150-meter distance from the first stage. |
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-Second stage: The waterfall has 23-meter
diameter and 15-meter to 20-meter height in rainy season, and 20-meter
diameter and 18-meter to 25-meter height in dry season. The second stage
of waterfall has 150-meter distance from the first stage.
-Third stage: The waterfall has stronger
speed than the second stage. This stage can not be reached because it
locates in the thick forest, lacks of transporting mean and is dangerous
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Sen Monorum
Waterfall:
Locates at Sen Monorum District
in five-kilometer distance from the provincial town by red soil trail,
Along either sides of the trail, there are industrial plantations like
rubber, coffee and cashew as well. The local people usually meet each
other at Sen Monorum waterfall during the holidays and national festivals
because it closed to the provincial town.
Sen Monorum waterfall has three stages:
-First stage: The waterfall has slow speed, one-meter height and 2-4 meter
diameter.
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-Second stage: During the rainy season, the waterfall has strong speed,
6-7 meter height and 8-meter diameter. During the dry season, the
waterfall has 7-9 meter height and 4-5 meter diameter. At the waterfall,
there is a large space of resting and enjoying.
-Third stage: Locates at one- kilometer distance from the second stage.
The waterfall has 1.5-meter height only.
Rum Near
Waterfall:
Locates at Sen Monorum District in 10.5 kilometer distance from the
provincial town. The waterfall has good location, which is closed to
the industrial plantations like rubber, coffee, cashew, mango, Avocado
and Pres as well. During the rainy season, the waterfall has
five-meter height and 10-meter diameter, and during the dry season.
The waterfall has six-meter and eight-meter diameter only. At the
waterfall, there are many big trees projecting the cool shadow to the
area.
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Chrey Thom
Waterfall:
Locates at Sen Monorum District in 43-kilometer distance from the
provincial town. During the dry season, the waterfall has 15-meter height
and 2-meter diameter, and during the rainy season, the waterfall has
11-meter height and 8-meter diameter. The waterfall surrounded by the
plantation of Sro Lou and there is a big and brandy tree of Chrey. The
Provicail Tourist office in cooperation with the territorial authority has
arranged this waterfall spot as the tourist site instead of Boo Sra
waterfall that unable to be accessible during the rainy season. |
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Riverside:
Locates at Koh Nhek District in
150-kilometer distance from the provincial town. The riverside has red and
golden colored sand, and stretches along the Sre Pork River mixing with
many small islands. The riverside is the leisure place for the local
people of Koh Nhek District.
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Plantation of
Pinetrees:
Located at Sen Monorum District in six-kilometer distance from the
provincial town by the National Road No 14. The plantation of pine
trees located on the highland, which there are many pine trees remain
since 1970 and growing on line, these pine trees have the same height.
The ground covered by a lot of lollen leaves. It look like the golden
colored carpet. Tourists can enjoy and rest on it without matting. The
history said that, these pine trees were planted before the Sang Kum
Reas Ni Yum time. |
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