Kampot and Kep Day Trip: Salt Fields and Crab Market

Step into fishing villages and bustling crab markets before unwinding on Kep’s quiet shorelines

A day trip from Sihanoukville to Kampot and Kep with an English-speaking guide, shared vehicle, hotel or cruise port pickup and drop-off. The tour covers Kampot's French colonial streets, a traditional salt field and pepper farm, then moves to Kep's Crab Market and beach, returning to Sihanoukville by afternoon. Seven hours total. Cold water included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Kampot and Kep towns

• Pick up from Sihanoukville cruise point
• Drive 2 hours to Kampot
• Explore Kampot town and French buildings
• Visit fishing village near Kampot
• See traditional salt field
• Tour pepper farm and learn cultivation
• Drive to Kep town passing villages
• Visit Kep Crab Market
• Return to Sihanoukville cruise port

The experience

How much of Cambodia's coast can you see in a single day from a cruise port? This tour answers that by moving between two French colonial towns separated by 25 kilometers of rice paddies and small villages. You start with a 2.5-hour drive from Sihanoukville to Kampot, where the Praek Tuek Chhu River cuts through town and the Elephant Mountains frame the skyline. The colorful French-style buildings and red tile-roofed shop houses still stand from the colonial era, and your guide walks you through the streets to point out the architecture and daily life around a fishing village on the water's edge.

The tour then stops at a traditional salt field near the coast, where you watch salt being made by hand during the dry season: one of Kampot's most important products. From there, a pepper farm shows you how export-quality peppers are grown, harvested, dried and ground, with different varieties ranging from black, green, red and white. The drive to Kep takes another 30 minutes through villages and rice paddies. Kep is another colonial town, its old French villas slowly deteriorating after decades of abandonment during wartime, and the Crab Market is where the day's busiest moment happens: locals bring in their fresh catch and the market fills with activity. After the market, you have time to relax on Kep's tropical beach before the return drive to Sihanoukville, where a cruise shuttle bus meets you at the port.

What’s included

• Cold bottled water.
• shared air-conditioned vehicle.
• hotel or cruise port pickup and drop-off.
• English-speaking guide.
• visits to a fishing village, traditional salt field, pepper farm, Kampot town, Kep's Crab Market and beach.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 07:30, 08:00 and 08:30

Book up to8h before

AgesAdult (12 and older) · Under 12: can't be included in the booking

GroupUp to 15

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Moderate physical level

Operated by Green Era Travel

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English, so you follow the commentary comfortably if that is your language. The small group size keeps the pace relaxed enough for moderate fitness levels, and the fixed schedule fits inside a cruise port day or a hotel-based morning without needing to arrange your own transport.

Top questions

How long does the drive from Sihanoukville to Kampot take?

The drive to Kampot takes about 2.5 hours by car from Sihanoukville.

What is the salt field visit like?

You watch salt being made the traditional way at a salt field near the coastline. The fields only operate during the dry season, so this stop depends on the time of year.

What happens at the Crab Market in Kep?

The Crab Market is where locals bring in their fresh catch and the activity is at its busiest. You see the market in action before heading to the beach.

Does the tour include food and drinks?

Cold bottled water is provided on the tour. Meals and other drinks are not included.

What time does pickup happen and where?

Pickup is from your hotel or the Sihanoukville cruise port meeting point in the morning, with drop-off at the same location by late afternoon after the seven-hour tour.