Based on the geography of Steung Areng is very far from each other, so Steung Areng community-based Ecotourism organize 4 visitor center for tourist, 1 Head visitor center (Chomnoap village) in Chomnoap commune, 2 sub-centers (1 in Toap kley village and 1 in Chomnar village) in Brolay commune, and 1 more sub-center in Koh village, Thmar Dounpov commune. Every Visitor Center is comprised CBET restaurant and CBET office. Along with lots of tables and chairs for taking a break. It often serves as a meeting place for both visitors and local alike.
Our Visitor Center is built with traditional material as bamboo tree and recycle plastic bottle with modern style. Both speakers as Khmer speaker staff and English speaker staff are ready to answer your questions from 7a.m. to 7p.m.

The main community restaurant in every Visitor Centers. Run by Steung Areng community and joining by 34 women in every village. All meals are made from locally sourced ingredients and are freshly prepared using traditional cooking method. CBET restaurant. 

OMMUNITY RESTAURANTS: Meal prices on request

• Fresh, locally-sourced ingredients

• Traditional Khmer cooking techniques

• Vegetarian options available with advance notice

• Open 7:00 AM -- 7:00 PM

Homestays offer a unique insight into everyday village life and give visitors a chance to connect with local people. Most families farm smallholdings, growing rice and vegetables while also raising a few buffalos, chickens, and pigs.As with most rural homes in Cambodia, our homestays have no electricity but just have only solar panel for use. Fresh water is available for washing, beds complete with mosquito nets, pillows, blankets, mattress, long pillow, towels, fan use the solar panel, flip-flops in each room. All of CBET homestay has all of above. Guests might want to bring their own flashlight, toiletries.

HOMESTAYS: $8 per room per night

• Accommodation with local families

• Solar panel electricity

• Filtered drinking water

• Mosquito nets and towels provided

• Shared bathroom facilities

There are many ways, you can help us to get the sustainable development in the future of community on three bottom lines as Economic, Social, and Environment protection and conservation.
The best way is to directly visit us and see yourself, how Steung Areng is working to protect and preserve the forest.
The community has many services and can give you the warm welcome and good hospitality and unforgettable experience during you take trip here. Specially, you offer us much, by giving the alternative jobs for local people and you are a green tourist who much care on environment and make our work more meaningful. 
 

If you have much time and you are keen on getting involved in big change, please consider volunteering in Steung Areng. We need volunteer who has skills and flexible to live in many places to help community and volunteer may be surprise when they know much of community.
CBET has not budget for those volunteers on their work, but in our area is very cheap that volunteer much easier to live and get an unforgettable experience.
We need volunteer who can help us with the following:
•    Waste management advisor
•    Local entrepreneur advisor 
•    Accounting trainer
•    Craft brewing for local beer and fruit wines
•    Forest products advisor
•    Marketing to  promote local product
•    English teachers
•    Cooking and catering management skill
•    Communication skills
•    Saving group management advisor
•    Handicraft promoter 
•    Add many more...
If you are interested, please contact us.

We are not need only the volunteers but we really need relevant stakeholders joining with us too. Especially, Department of Tourism or Ministry of Tourism provide us more trainings such as:
•    Guiding skill
•    Food safety and security
•    Hospitality training on food and beverage services
•    Add many more…

The entire of people in three communes are hunters and illegal loggers. These illegal forest activities are famous in Steung Areng valley. Wildlife Alliance chose to directly address the underlying causes of forest destruction and reduce poverty via CBET program. Community-Based Ecotourism program generate income and equal benefit sharing to local community as CBET service members. It is a good way to reduce forest criminal and illegal forest activities in Steung Areng. People now realize they have a stake in the area continued protection.
Our project of becoming more sustainable village and protect the forest is guided and supported by Wildlife Alliance. Therefore, you can also help through the opportunities they offer, like making a gift, sponsoring an animal, planting the tree and much more.

Steung Areng community-Based Ecotourism is located in the Middle Cardamom Mountains in south-west Cambodia, Koh Kong province. Visitor can go to Areng by:

BUS
From Phnom Penh: take a bus to Koh Kong town that leave at 07:00 am from Mao Tse Tung Blvd, near Domkor market. Get off the bus at Veal Pi junction at 01:00 pm. From Koh Kong: the bus leaves from central bus station to Phnom Penh at 08:00 am you will arrive Veal Pi junction at 10:00 am. When you are arriving Veal Pi junction, you can arrange motor taxi to Steung Areng by your own.
If we know when you are coming, we can arrange for local moto taxi to bring you that remaining around 55 km to Steung Areng.
 

You can book the ticket back from Steung Areng to Phnom Penh in our community. The buses will pick you up from Veal Pi junction leave in the morning, so you will not have time for activities on your last day. Please book your return tickets before your last day, as we need to organize for motorbikes one night before you leave.
Moto taxis leaves Steung Areng every morning and driver will guide you to the bus stop in Veal Pi junction. You can reach Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Kep, Kampot, Koh Kong, Trat, and Bangkok on the same day. Other destinations will require an overnight in Phnom Penh or taking night bus from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap or Battambang. If you are travelling on to Koh Kong or Thailand, you can use moto taxi at 01:00 to make you connection. If you are travelling to other destinations, you will leave by moto taxi at 07:00.
If you have any questions or need some help with your plan just send us an email (chhayarengbooking@gmail.com)

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You can trek or mountain bike to explore the village or the deep forest. Early starters can bird-watch from a traditional rowing boat on the misty river. Search for wildlife signs at dawn, noon and dusk at seasonal waterholes. Halloween fans can venture into bat caves and ancient burial sites. Or patrol with our forest rangers, going far off the beaten track as only our most intrepid trekkers do.

More of a relax traveller? You can stay close to the village swimming at waterfalls, fish for lobsters at night, and learn to cook traditional Khmer food. And for all to enjoy, make a life-long souvenir gift of your visit by planting a tree at the Million Tree Nursery.

As every other service from our community, the guides rotate turns to take visitors for adventures. Some guides speak basic English, some very little. Some guides from the village have turned from poachers into guides, so they know the forest better than anybody. Guides taking you to the forest will carry everything needed for cooking meals, usually there's a cook coming along aswell to the forest trips.

We provide medium size rucksacks for trekking and mountain biking, which can carry all you need. You will also have a hammock with mosquito net and blanket if you spend a night in the forest. You do not need to bring a tent or sleeping bag.

We provide all food while on the trail, and jungle cooks to prepare meals, so you will not need cooking equipment. The jungle cooks also boil water for drinking while on the trail, so a personal water filter or purifying tables are optional. For kayaking and boats we provide life vests.

If you take a bird watching tour, we lend you binoculars (no charge), but you may prefer your own. Other tours do not provide binoculars.

What to Bring

[ ] Sturdy hiking shoes or boots (trails can be muddy)

[ ] Long-sleeved shirts and long pants (leech and insect protection)

[ ] Rain jacket (especially June-October) [ ] Insect repellent (DEET-based recommended)

[ ] Headlamp or flashlight (for night walks and cave exploration)

[ ] Sunscreen and hat

[ ] Reusable water bottle (filtered water available at visitor centers)

[ ] Small backpack for day trips

[ ] Swimwear (for waterfall swimming)

[ ] Camera (waterproof bag recommended)

[ ] Cash in Cambodian Riel (no ATMs in the valley)

OPTIONAL ADDITIONS:

[ ] Leech socks (wet season: June-October)

[ ] Binoculars (for bird watching)

[ ] Notebook (for nature journaling)

Check out these maps to get a better idea on what the village and forest can offer you. Our village map shows close-to-home tours, and the trail map shows routes to the forest.
 

You can arrive to Chi Phat by boat through the scenic Piphot river or by motorbike or own vehicle through unsealed road as marked in the map.

Areng Valley

43, Khum Pralay,Cambodia

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