Preah Monivong National Park

Preah Monivong National Park known as Bokor National Park was established by Royal decree in 1993 and is one of only two Cambodian ASEAN Heritage Parks. The park covers an area of 1,400 km2 Bokor Mountain is part of the Elephant Mountain range. "Bokor" in Khmer means the hump of an ox, this is due to the shape of Bokor Mountain does resemble the hump of an ox! The resort was built with completion of school, post office, church services and entertainment complex called "Le Bokor Palace". "Le Bokor Palace" was a casino hotel built for French social elites who were very wealthy travelled often for leisure. Bokor Mountain was regarded as high end and top destination to reach and was very famous for its well-known "freezing" weather in Cambodia ranging from 15°C to 25°C and sometime drop down to 10°C. To enjoy the leisure, in the 1950s and 1960s, King Norodom Sihanouk and Cambodian elites also chose this locale as a summer retreat. You can enjoy whole year round of greenery and peacefulness at Bokor Mountain. The best time to visit Bokor is between November to February. You may experience "wet and cold" if you visit Bokor between June to September. Thansur Bokor is the latest inclusive hospitality division of the largest hotel operator chain Sokha Hotels & Resort under mother company Sokimex and the largest mountain top resort in Cambodia which 70% of its employees are from Kampot. In 1950s, there was a Tea Farm set up by Japanese. It is located at the east side of Thansur Bokor Highland Resort and takes about 5 minutes to reach the place. Read more...