Cambodia is an incredibly diverse and beautiful country so if you get a chance, let explores it. Pailin province makes a great starting point and perhaps is as some would agree the most historical region that shaped modern Cambodian society. This remote city of Pailin in western Cambodia attracts visitors mainly because of the Cardamom Mountains. Many virgin waterfalls, gemstones, historical sites, and agro-tourism activities make Pailin becoming a perfect place for you to escape the noisy and dusty city and reconnects with nature.
Among other things you do in Pailin, 4 different things that you should not miss: 1- Daily tradition work from locals (local people looking for different kind of gem stones in Ba Yakha river), 2- Culture & History (Wat Phnom Yat, and Wat Ratanak Sophoan), 3- Seeing waterfalls, and 4- Orchard walk-plantations and farms (Pepper plantation, durian plantation, coffee, and other seasonal fruit farms).
Pailin Coffee Plantation
Exploring the remote parts of Cambodia is a magical and often life-changing experience. Discover breath-taking natural beauty across mountains and open sky. Pailin has some of the most fertile land not only in Cambodia, but throughout Indochina as well. For centuries the geographic region in and around Pailin has produced much of the crops that Cambodia is famous for.
Pailin used to have a well-known coffee in the world and its plantation was so cute during the French colony but the plantation was cut down to earth in 1996 to replant cassava. This was due to there is no market price of coffee.
Phum Chomkar Cafe is a name of a village or commune that is still exist today which is meant of the coffee plantations area as evidence of once time Pailin was a home of coffees.
Ang Ting Chak Lake
Ang Ting Chak is also a must see place. The area is so beautiful. The lake is full of waterlily. More interestingly, sunrise and sunset over the lake is stunning. Walking around this lake is a well-worthy to do. You must be ready with your camera. This lake was used during the French colony to water the coffee plantations, and today is still uses to water the agriculture activities in the vicinity.
Now Pailin is revitalizing its delegacy. And it still a territory could hold the potential for large-scale of coffee production. A visit to coffee plantation is so beautiful, ripe coffee, smell of blooming coffee flowers, mountains landscape, greenery, mist, and fresh-air with sound of water flow. This plantation is about 30 hectares of land. It is about 17km from the resort of Memoria Palace, and it is a must see place.
Pailin, a place of ecotourism
Let yourself be surrounded by Cambodia’s picturesque and peaceful nature, calming breeze and delightful charm of the secluded area and her delightfully friendly locals of Pailin. There are many sites and locations to explore in Pailin province! Memoria Palace & Resort offers bike rental and tour guide to explore Pailin town and trekking into Cardamom Mountains.
Don’t miss any of the hidden gems, local insights and retreat in nature, plan your holiday now!!!!