Destination Cambodia

Location and Geography

Cambodia is located in Southeast Asia, on the Indochinese peninsula. It is bordered in the north-west by Thailand, in the southeast by Vietnam and in the north by Laos. The coastline of about 450 km in the south borders the gulf of Thailand. The terrain is mostly low and flat plains with mountains in the southwest and north, partly being natural borders to Thailand and Laos.

With a total landmass of about 180,000 square kilometers Cambodia’s size can be compared to the size of Switzerland being one of the smaller countries in Southeast Asia with a population of around 14 million. The Mekong River, one of the largest rivers in the world is flowing all the way from the Himalaya through Cambodia and Vietnam into the South Chinese Sea.

Lake Tonle Sap located almost in the middle of the country is the largest freshwater floodplain lake in the world, increasing and decreasing in size annually from 3000 square km in the dry season to 12,000 square km in the wet season, creating a very productive environment for both wildlife and people.