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Mountain Guesthouse
Wooden guesthouse. Very popular with budget travelers. Fan rooms, some with attached bathroom. Free laundry. Restaurant with Cambodian and some western food. Tours and treks. Motorcycles and bicycles. Tel: 011-662007 |
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Ratanak Hotel
Popular with travelers. Good reviews. Slightly older 32-room hotel with fan and air-con rooms, all with attached bathroom. Good restaurant on the ground floor serving Chinese, Cambodian and some Western food. Lots of information, trips, tours, treks.
Tel: 012-958322
E-mail: viraktravel@yahoo.com
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Terres Rouges Lodge
Beautiful wooden building and stylishly decorated rooms and suites in a quiet garden setting on the lakeside in town. In most ways, the finest lodging in Banlung. All rooms are finely appointed with local artifacts. Very nice restaurant serving Cambodian fare. Full bar. Boutique with local handicrafts and Cambodian silks. Tours, treks and expeditions. French and English spoken.
Tel: 075-974051
E-mail: terresrouges2@camnet.com.kh
Web site: www.ratanakiri-lodge.com |
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Tribal Hotel and Guesthouse
Newish hotel with wood floors and tribal décor. Fan and a/c rooms. Cable TV. Unique 2-storey wooden house for $50/night. Internet. Inexpensive restaurant with international menu. Contact Mrs. Kim for tour and travel information.
Tel: 075-974074
E-mail: tribalhotel@camintel.com
Web site: www.geocities/tribal_hotel/Cambodia_hotel.html |
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Yaklom Hill Lodge
Price includes breakfast. 12 bungalows in a beautiful jungle setting just outside Banlung City. Wooden bungalows with fan, some décor and furniture, and attached bathroom, all immaculately clean. Good restaurant serving Thai, Cambodian and Lao food. Lots of maps, information, tours, treks. Yaklom Hill Lodge was recently certified by Green Globe 21 (www.greenglobe21.com) as a Benchmarked Accommodation after having been in Affiliate status for 1 year (2004) and consequently a benchmarking period for 12 months (2005). We are very proud that our place is the first and the only one in Cambodia to be recognized by this global travel and ecotourism certification program.
Tel: 011-725881
E-mail: yaklom@camintel.com
Web site: www.yaklom.com |
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Air from Phnom Penh: PTM Air has flights to Banlung two or three times per week. Airport departure tax is $6 in Phnom Penh and $4 in Banlung. Motorcycle taxi from the Banlung Airport to your hotel is about 1000 riel for the 5-minute ride.
Overland from Phnom Penh: There are two main legs to the trip, Phnom Penh to Stung Treng and then Stung Treng to Banlung. The first leg usually requires a ferry ride for part of the way in order to bypass the extremely bad road between Kratie and Stung Treng. Either: 1) Take a taxi (2 hours, 8000 riel) or ferry (15,000 riel) to Kampong Cham, and then take a ferry from Kampong Cham to Stung Treng (9 hours, $15), or; 2) Take a taxi (5 hours, 13000 riel) or ferry (5 hours, 30,000 riel) to Kratie, and then take a ferry from Kratie to Stung Treng (5 hours, $7). Once in Stung Treng take a shared taxi or truck from Stung Treng to Banlung (25,000 riel, 3.5 hours in the dry season. 5-10 hours in the wet season.
Getting Around
Motorcycle taxi (motodup), rental motorcycle and bicycle are the primary ways of getting around town and the immediate area. Motodups run 500 - 1500 riel almost anywhere in town and $7-$10 for the whole day (limited to the area around Banlung.) Good English speakers that also act as guides may charge more. A motodup from the airport to town is about 1000 riel.
For motorcycle or bicycle rental, it is easiest to ask at your guesthouse or hotel. 100cc motorcycles are $5/day. There are very few 250cc bikes to rent in town but your hotel can probably find one for you. Bicycle rental is $1/day. There is also a bicycle rental shop near the monument in the center of town. Rental prices of trucks and 4WDs begin around $30-$40/day.
The repair shop just west of the central monument is the only place in town that can service big bikes. |
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