Sovann Phum Hotel

Northwestern Cambodia


A definite step up from most Kompong Chhnang options in cleanliness and style, this is a popular spot for the NGO crowd. It has 30 good-sized rooms with modern bathrooms and plenty of light, plus a decent restaurant. A new wing at the back offers positively boutique-style rooms and a 1st-floor swimming pool. Book ahead.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Northwestern Cambodia attractions

1. Independence Monument

0.19 MILES

This large, dusky-red monument is a replica of the mother ship in Phnom Penh and marks the centre of Kompong Chhnang.

3. Psar Leu

0.42 MILES

Kompong Chhnang's central market has plenty of cheap and cheerful food stalls and is a bustling hub of local life.

4. Phoum Kandal Floating Village

1.55 MILES

The Tonlé Sap River hamlet of Phoum Kandal is an ethnic Vietnamese village of brightly painted wooden houses, all floating on rickety homemade pontoons or…

5. Ondong Rossey

2.74 MILES

The quiet village of Ondong Rossey, where the area’s famous red pottery is made under every stilted house, is a delightful 7km ride west of town through…

6. Chong Kos Floating Village

4.15 MILES

Much less visited than other floating villages near Siem Reap, the Tonlé Sap River hamlet of Chong Kos is a Cambodian village of colourful wooden houses,…

7. Phnom Santuk

4.16 MILES

Phnom Santuk, a rocky hillock behind Wat Santuk, is a few kilometres south of Kompong Chhnang. The boulder-strewn summit affords fine views of the…

8. Kompong Chhnang Airport

7.12 MILES

The Khmer Rouge's never-operational Kompong Chhnang Airport, built between 1977 and 1978 by slave labour, was probably intended to serve as a base for…