A former French colonial hill station abandoned after the civil war, today half swallowed by the forest
Area
1,581 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1993
Declared in 1993, it protects a mountain plateau where French colonists built the Bokor Hill station in the 1920s, with a casino, a luxury hotel and a church, seeking to escape the tropical heat of the Cambodian coast. The station was abandoned during the Cambodian civil war and intermittently occupied by the Khmer Rouge for decades, leaving behind a group of ruined colonial buildings, today partly swallowed by mist and forest vegetation, which sit alongside the recent partial rebuilding of the area as a tourist destination.
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3 dive sites within 300 km are also shown.
Bokor: 22 documented species
Mammals10Birds3Reptiles6Fish
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Cambodia, where Bokor lies.
Tropical rainforestMarine / coastalWetland
Experiences in this park
Diving and snorkellingBirdwatching
Nearby dive sites
Where can I dive near here?
47 km away
57 km away
87 km away
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Same type of protected area: National Park
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