Anlung Pring Community Led Ecotourism

  So incredibly privileged to have been the first tourist of the season to see the sarus crane arrive to their feeding grounds.

After being told they hadn’t arrived... read more yet in previous emails, the amazing team at the Anlung Pring emailed with such excitement to say they arrived as we were emailing! So a quick dash out on the motorbike to see the world's tallest flying bird, a dozen other wetland bird species and the beautiful wetlands they all feed in. If you ever get to Kampot, Cambodia get down and check out this amazing community based conservation project. It was so beautiful to see Boona, his wife, the rangers and the entire community so excited to see” their friends” the Sarus cranes return. Check out mekongcrane.com.

The center is incredibly easy to find! It is accurate on google maps, took me 1 hour by scooter, and it well sign posted the entire way. Look out for the signs in the pictures with this review.

I went on my own, and spent a few horus there, however I would recommend booking a full day tour, or even the overnight home stay which can be seen on the website. My day was very spontaneous and based on the cranes literally arriving at the same time I got there.

Check it out and support this amazing local project!

  We were in Anlung Pring just for a daytrip to visit the Wet Lands and the caves nearby. The best time to see a lot of birds and eventuell the... read more cranes is the early morning. So we were at the spot at 7 am (it is a 75 min took-took-ride from Keb). The first birds we saw were thousends of snipes, flyIng over the wet Lands, so that it looks like smoke. Later on the cranes came fly Ing in from their sleeping spot and landed in the wetland, alltogether 46 cranes this morning. This place is definitly one of the best places to see Saruscranes in Kambodia.

  Stunning wetlands located near Kep, managed by the community with support from conservation NGOs. One of few areas remaining to see the endangered Sarus Crane, the tallest flying bird, as... read more well as being an important site for many other bird species.

We visited for the afternoon, but we wish we had spent the entire day there. A delicious looking lunch is served at the tourist center, where you can also buy locally made souvenirs. The tourist center overlooks a beautiful landscape, whilst the ranger station and bird viewing platform overlook the marshland. The road through the village to the site is clean, shady and cuts through an interesting agricultural landscape.

Great to see a well organised community-level project promoting sustainable tourism and wildlife conservation in Cambodia. We'll be back to experience the overnight tours which sound great!

  Just enough infrastructure to help enjoy observing the Sarus cranes and other bird life/fish life without becoming at all touristy or commercialised. Helpful guides who seem to love what... read more they do. We were only there for an afternoon but I would recommend a morning and...More

  We stayed 2 days at Anlung Pring and it was one of our best experience in Cambodia. The place is a bit difficult to find and we advise to come... read more in motorbike because at the end, the road changes into a path but it really...More

  We took a moto from Kampot to Anlung Pring which took us just under two hours. The roads were great and the closer we got to the sanctuary the more... read more beautiful and exciting the adventure became. We visited some caves and drove along some beautiful...More