There are a few options to get to our Island From Siem Reap, depending on your budget and time available. Please plan good time to travel, and if you want us to arrange a private car for you. let us know good time in advance.
The budget friendly way:
Take a regular bus to Phnom Penh, there are many bus companies operating the route Siem Reap-Phnom Penh, so find the one that suits you best.
From Phnom Penh It is now super easy to get to us with Virak Buntham Express, you can even book your tickets online.
The ticket cost $11.50 pr person. you get your own designated seat in a VIP 11 seater van. the trip takes about 5 hours with a food stop
Departue point from Phnom Penh is the Virak Buntham station by Wat Phnom (Japan hospital branch)
There are 2 departures every day 8.00 and 14.00
We higly recommend the early bus at 8.00. you will arrive in good time before dark. With the afternoon bus you will arrive after dark, and then getting a boat across to the island is tricky.
The comfortable way:
Private car all the way from your hotel in Siem Reap to the mainland opposite our Island Koh Sdach. from $180. Change of car and or driver in Phnom Penh
(Holidays, requesting a larger van and gas prices may change the price)
The taxi will pick you up from your hotel or airport
The speedy way:
Take a plane to Phnom Penh and from there go for the Virak Buntham bus or we can arrange with a private car to pick you up at the airport.
Koh Totang is one of our local dive sites, the closest of our neighbouring islands and is also one of the only inhabited Islands in the Koh Sdach Archipelago. We have a few main sites around the island that we visit frequently. These sites are good for beginners and people wishing to refresh their dive skills as well as those interested in macro, flower and muck dives. Around the island there are a range of different sites some are great for those interested in macro photography due to the abundance of Nudibranchs, Octopuses hiding in shells, strange poisonous Flower Urchins, lots of juveniles hiding out and the possibility of encountering a Seahorse or two.
On the east tip there is a little wooden wreck where huge schools of fish, big Groupers and Trevally’s have found their home. A small shallow reef runs along the island and the bottom is scattered with Shrimp Gobies, with a good chance of seeing a Blue Spotted Sting Ray, Cuttlefish and Lionfish hiding in the shallows. There is a lovely area around the island with an abundance of brightly colored Sea fans and if you’re lucky the chance to see a Reef Cat Shark.
Koh Chan is one of our local dive sites and is an uninhabited island approximately. We have three key sites around the island, the ‘North East Corner’, ‘Koh Chan North’ and the ‘South West Corner’ of Koh Chan. The Island generally consists of boulders and sloping reefs down to a sandy bottom at an approximate depth of 14-16m. Each site provides a significantly different dive. There are a large variety of corals around the island including Soft and Hard corals, Bubble corals, Harp corals, and Fan corals, as well as an ever growing patch of Staghorn coral which provides a habitat for an abundance of reef fish. There are a number of Anemone patches, and large Barrels Sponges as well as fields of Whip corals that create an otherworldly feel.
Turtle Island is one of our local dive sites and is a small uninhabited island shaped like a turtle, hence its name. It has sloping reefs made up of soft and hard corals and large boulders going down to approximately 14 m-16 m. We generally dive around the entire Island and choose the best site depending on the diving conditions. We have four key dive sites the ‘Turtle Head’; which is made up of large sloping boulders, ‘Turtle Bum’ which is a large reef the extent of which is still unknown and the ‘Northern’ and ‘Southern’ sides of the island which consists of shallow reefs sloping down to a sandy bottom.
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We have a small and “secret”pier on the mainland, only a short boat trip away. At first glance, this looks just like any other lonely pier reaching out in the ocean from the sandy shore. But put your head under water, this is critter paradice no.1. If we are really lucky we might see elephants walking along the shore.
almost every pole. Colorful and yet unidentified nudibranchs and flatworms crawl around. Carry crabs wandering around with planks, leafs and other fancy decorations. Juvenile batfish and sweetlips are wobbling around in between debris.
forth, maintaining perfect buoyancy control, peeking around and under things and being amazed at what suddenly pops up. At the right time of year this is THE cuttle fish mating area. If you are lucky you can see cuttle fish doing their mating dance, laying their eggs and just hanging out.
