Bokor, Cambodia: Self-Guided Walking Tour

Bokor is a highland destination in southern Cambodia, located on the forested plateau of Phnom Bokor in Kampot province. With cooler air, misty mountain scenery, and sweeping views toward the Gulf of Thailand, it offers a striking contrast to the tropical lowlands below. If you are planning your trip, Neywo offers a free audio guide for Bokor featuring 1 narrated places.

Why Visit Bokor?

Bokor combines rainforest landscapes, colonial history, religious heritage, and coastal views. For travelers looking for things to do in Bokor or planning a wider journey through Cambodia—including nearby stops like Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Cham, or the coastal town of Kep—the mountain provides an atmospheric setting shaped by shifting clouds, jungle, and historic landmarks.

What to See in Bokor

Bokor Church

Welcome to the Old Catholic Church of Bokor Mountain. You are standing before the second-oldest Roman Catholic church still standing in Cambodia, perched here atop the misty Bokor Hill Station. This church was built back in the 1920s, during the French colonial era, when Bokor was developed as a hill station retreat. For nearly a century, it has watched over this mountaintop, its stone walls weathering monsoon rains and cool mountain winds.

What makes this place remarkable is that it is still here at all. During the Khmer Rouge years, churches and pagodas across Cambodia were systematically destroyed, but this building is one of the very few that survived that terror, standing as a quiet testament to endurance. Today, the church sits in ruins with its roof gone, windows as empty frames, and vegetation creeping through the nave. There is a haunting beauty to it, with light filtering through the open walls and silence broken only by wind and birdsong. A restoration project is now under development, leaving the church in transition as visitors walk through the nave, touch the weathered stone, and imagine the services once held high above the clouds.

Explore Bokor with Neywo

Discover the mountaintop with a Bokor self-guided walking tour using the Neywo Bokor audio guide. Each story plays as you reach the place, at your own pace: no group, no schedule. Narration is available in 11 languages, making it easy to explore the history of Bokor Hill Station independently.