Kratie

Kratie is located northeast of Phnom Penh. Distance between the provincial and Phnom Penh is 315km. It is the only Cambodian province along the Mekong River, in the highly endangered freshwater dolphins, the Irrawaddy dolphins still live. They are the pride of Cambodia. Certain species of fish live in Kratie Mekong. The fish are of very high quality and good for export. Visitors who come to Kratie, not only the people, the city and beautiful pagodas want to see, but also watch the dolphins. Riding a boat from Kompong Cham to Kratie is an adventure, but hardly anyone makes this ride more. The province can also be reached by road. Kratie is one of the thin besideltsten provinces of Cambodia, but has valuable natural resources such as gold and other resources. The Kratie province is also home to 7 ethnicities as Phnong, Stieng, Kouy, Khaung, Mil, Freestyle and Thnon. The Kampi pool is home for a group of rare freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins. Therefore, these dolphins are the main tourist attraction of the province and the city. In the Mekong River in the city there are beautiful sand banks and on the west bank of the Mekong is a large island of Koh Trung / Koh Trong what tourists should not be out of the program. In the city are still buildings from the French colonial era and a very old pagoda Watt Rokar Kandal ... to visit.
The attractions in Kratie:

•     the Kapi Pool (Irrawaddy dolphin watching), 14km north of the city,
•     Koh Trung / Koh Trong,
•     the Phnom Sambok, a mountain 9km from the city on the way to dolphins
•     the Watt Sarsar 100 (the pagoda with 100 columns), 16th century., 36km from the town,
•     the Watt Vihear Lao (Laot. pagoda in the area of ​​Watt Sarsar100), 36km from the city
•     the Watt Rokar Kandal, 2km south of the city, etc.