Cambodia

Island reefs and sandy bays inside Cambodia's first marine national park, known for small life like seahorses.

🤿 In the water: Seahorses (small, on shallow sites, we look and never touch), Reef fish and hard corals, Stingrays, Nudibranchs

⛵ From the boat or shore, never in the water: Irrawaddy dolphins (rare, from the boat)

When: Dec-Apr. December to April is the dry season, with calmer sea. The water is warm all year, but visibility is often only a few metres, better on the outer islands.

Shallow seagrass meadows and small islands where seahorses live, and where dugongs are very rarely seen.

🤿 In the water: Seagrass meadows, Seahorses (shallow sites, with a local guide)

⛵ From the boat or shore, never in the water: Irrawaddy dolphins (coastal, rare), Dugongs (very rare, a feeding trail is more likely than the animal)

When: Dec-Apr. The dry months from December to April bring calmer water. Visibility is low in the seagrass, and dugongs are very rarely seen, so we never promise them.

Deep river pools where Irrawaddy dolphins live, watched in silence from small local boats.

⛵ From the boat or shore, never in the water: Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins (from a boat with the engine off)

When: Dec-May. In the dry season, from about December to May, the river is low and the dolphins gather in the deep pools, so they are easier to see. Swimming is not allowed.