Category Cambodia

Cambodia: Wildlife on the Mekong River

Nara on island in Mekong

One of the wonderful short trips offered by Cambodia’s Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation is an early morning outing on the Mekong River, with some very special river denizens: the Irrawaddy Dolphin and the Mekong Wagtail, among other specialties.…

Cambodia’s Vulture Restaurant

Veal Krous Feature

Bird conservation in Cambodia takes a new and unusual twist with their Vulture Restaurant at the village of Veal Krous. Old World vultures are in crisis because they are being poisoned by Dicloflenac, a chemical used in Asian cattle dips,…

Tmatboey: Cambodia’s Showcase for Conservation

Any traveler focusing on wild nature in Cambodia must visit Tmatboey in the Northern Plains, the country’s showcase for conservation of rare species. In Tmatboey, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its Cambodian partner, Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation…

Exploring Cambodia’s Wild Destinations

Angkor Wat Cambodia.Feature

Thousands of visitors pour into Cambodia each year, mainly to see the astonishing ruins of Angkor Wat. Most don’t realize that Cambodia has other treasures, wild treasures, which can be discovered by venturing into the back country. Now birders are…