Koh Rong Sanloem

The second Island was Koh Rong Sanloem, located 4km south from Koh Rong 🏝️

This island is (so far) much less touristic than its big brother Koh Rong and has beautiful white beaches, clear turquoise ocean waters, and a tropical jungle wilderness.
We stayed on the most isolated part of the island located on the west side: Sunset Beach.
We had a 40min walk/hike to reach our bungalow for the next 4 nights. The trail- partially in an open space, partially through the tropical forest, is well marked but at times also pretty rough.
It was definitely worth the effort and the many liters of sweat 😅 as we landed on a little piece of paradise 😍

Since there are only five options for accommodations on Sunset Beach, this area is extremely chilled and perfect for those who are looking for a slower pace of life. There is also no cellular reception or WIFI available, so we could do a small internet detox for a couple of days. Our hotel was right at the beach - it was mostly made out of bamboo and our little hut even had a tree in the bathroom. It was surrounded by nature, which was beautiful but also meant a lot of visitors 🕷️🐛

We went diving on the second day, first time for Vanessa who really liked it and I did a refresher course 🐠 We had a great time with the dive instructor and some other divers from Norway.

On our third day we were a bit unlucky with the weather as it was raining the whole afternoon, so we spent time reading and playing games.

For the rest of our stay we enjoyed our days swimming, sunbathing, eating and drinking cocktails 🍹🤗 We also joined a free meditation and yoga class which our hotel Sunboo was offering 🧘

Just before leaving, we had a nice chat with one of the hotel’s managers and unfortunately learnt that the beach was lately sold to a group of investors. This little paradise has another 3 years and then will have to move. This part of the island will change drastically 😕

Our time here was beautiful and so relaxing - we could have easily stayed a few more nights ☀️⛱️Baca lagi