Sen Monorom Hotel Guide

Sen Monorom Hotels

Sen Monorom, founded in the 19th century, is the capital of the Province of Mondulkiri, sometimes called Cambodia’s "Wild East". Provincial capitals don't get more remote or inaccessible than Sen Monorom , 420km from Phnom Penh. The town extends for a short way down either side of a low hill, atop which is an airport.

Mondulkiri is the largest province of Cambodia but it has a low population with about 40,000 inhabitants. 80 percent of Mondulkiri's population is made up of ten tribal minorities, with the majority if them being Phnong. The remaining 20 percent are Khmer, Chinese and Muslim Cham.

Most highlanders still rely on traditional farming methods, each family clearing and planting a small forest plot with dozens of varieties of crops before shifting to a new site and letting the forest reclaim the old one. Although this kind of slash-and-burn agriculture is often frowned upon, it has been used wisely and in a sustainable way by the highlanders for hundreds of years.