Stung Treng

Bus

From Phnom Penh, there's a daily Phnom Penh Sorya (T: (023) 210 359, (023) 210 859) bus that leaves at 07:00 from its station in Central Market and costs $10. Several bus companies make daily trips on this route, some of which continue on to either Ban Lung or the Lao border.

If you're travelling from Siem Reap, you will have to first take a bus to Kompong Cham, then transfer there to Stung Treng. It's possible to buy a through ticket, but cheaper and faster if you pick up a minibus at the Mekong Express bus stop in Kompong Cham (bargaining with the driver there). Since all the big buses from Phnom Penh headed to the northeast pass through Kompong Cham earlier in the morning, minibus will probably be your only option, unless you return to Phnom Penh from Siem Reap, overnight there and then make the journey to Stung Treng the next morning.

From the 4,000 Islands in Laos, a through ticket to Stung Treng costs $8.

Bus tickets from Ban Lung to Stung Treng can be booked at most guesthouses and cost $6.

If you're headed to Phnom Penh from Stung Treng, several daily buses pass through town, transferring passengers on the Laos-to-Phnom Penh journey, and you can get a ride on any number of them. The minibuses on this route tend to be more overpacked than even the typically overpacked Cambodian minibus, so we recommend trying to find a seat on one of the big buses, which head south usually until about 16:00. Tickets should cost $9 and can be booked at Riverside guesthouse, where most of the buses stop to transfer passengers.

If you're hoping to make it from Stung Treng to Siem Reap in one day, buy a ticket to Kompong Cham, $7, then find an evening share taxi to drive you the remainder of the route (about US$40 for the whole car).

Boat

There's no regular boat service in Stung Treng, but private journeys can sometimes be arranged at Riverside Guesthouse.