Preah Monivong "Bokor" National Park - Biodiversity amongst the mist and ruins

140,000 hectares and spans 3 southern provinces: Kampot, Kampong Spue and Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia.

The Park is well known for its refreshing climate, views and waterfalls; catchment area for Touk Chhou, a major river flowing to Kampot; hilly in the north and east with a plateau and escarpment in the west and southwest.

Virgin lowland forest, dry dipterocarp , mixed deciduous, moist tropical evergreen and  small montane forests on  highest points; mangrove in the south; dwarf montane forest on top of a mountainous plateau.

Burretiodendron hsienmu, a valuable flowering plant; ferns and bogs; Insectivorous sundew plants; dipterocarp trees.

Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus); eastern porcupine; Kalij pheasant; green peafowl; chestnut-headed partridge; bear; civet; elephant; tiger; leopard; gaur; sun bears;  binturong; and hornbills.

The abandoned French Hill Station and the grand Bokor Palace Hotel as the centerpiece of the small community;  Elephant Mountains, of which Bokor NP is a part;  Mt. Bokor, the Park’s highest point; the mountainous plateau at 1,079 masl provides a spectacular view of the Cambodian coast; local communities in the park.