The Ou Choam village community has 208 families in two villages, Ou Choam Kandal and Ou Choam Kraom. Most villagers work as small scale farmers selling their produce to their local community and to the City of Bamttambang. A small part of their income comes from homestays, camping, forest and village tours and general tourism visits.

Tourism is run on a large scale here, with a team of six employed to manage the community-based tourism project. Together they hire tractors and guides to go on hiking trips. The village also has four families who host guests. Homestays are close to the fruit farm and Ou Choam waterfall as well as the green farm and tree forests of Ou choam.

Ou Choam community was established within the soldier protected forest area and approved by the village chief and  tourism authority in Battambang Province which allows tourists the chance to explore camping, hiking and have a great time. A 2600m pathway loops the entire Ou Choam village location and takes you past small Longan farm, where they also grow dragon fruit, corn and potato. All homestays have green garden that surrounds the house.

Although the staff speak only a little English, they are happy to help. Head straight from Ou Choam tourist office for directions to Ou Choam waterfall you will also see pigs, monkeys and other animals in the forest and its a great place to eat lunch. By visiting this project and booking the Ou Choam village homestay or camping, not only do you have a great experience, but you have provided some support for  future village life and help protect the natural forest and wildlife.

The Ou Choam village provides you with the opportunity to discover life as a local and stay in a wooden house, or go camping, as well as taking a village tour and hiking in the forest.

Ou Choam homestays
Local homestays are in a traditional Khmer house. Each house is elevated on stilts and has wooden stairs to the entrance. Private rooms with a bed, mattress, blankets and mosquito net are available for overnight stays, and some houses have indoor bathrooms, others outside the house.

Camping
A variety of Camping options are offered with private room accommodation and sleep up to 2 people. Each tent has a khmer mattress and pillows and blankets are available for overnight stays. There are 8 bathrooms some khmer style, and some western style.

Rented places for camping
Guests can rent a place for camping and are available for overnight stays. 

The Ou Choam village offer you an opportunity to live like locals and experience and have great time with hiking of Ou Choam Waterfall, What is on offer:

Ou Choam village Homestays
Experience life on the local rural area and support the local community through an overnight stay in homestay at the Ou Choam Kandal and Ou Choam Kraom village. Four local families offer private or share rooms in a Wood house in amongst the buzzing village. From here, explore the village by Tractor guide you to visit style living of villager and taste delicious chef office-cooked meals.

Ou Choam Camping
Experience life on the camping rural forest area and support the local community through an overnight stay in camping safety at the mountain leg lacal Ou Choam office community protected area, Ou Choam member office will offer private camping in the area close to community office. From here, explore the by you have great time to see light of small insect and and sound as song come from in forest and you will cool from the air forest and taste delicious chef office-cooked meals.

Rent a place for camping
you can rent place for Camping by your Experience life on the camping rural forest area and support the local community through an overnight stay in camping safety at the mountain leg local Ou Choam office community protected area. Ou Choam member office will offer private camping in the area close to community office. From here, explore the by you have great time to see light of small insect and and sound as song come from in forest and you will cool from the air forest and taste delicious chef office-cooked meals.

Village tour (2 hours)
The best way to experience the most of village tour can be arranged to visit the local living standard of village and how they do in their living Cambodian village. Tours run for two hour and take you past the green farm and fruit and corn farm. Explore colourful houses, chicken and cow and smiling children waving back at you, especially you can taste delicious chef office-cooked meals.

Forest tour (9am-4pm)
For forest tour, Hiking with tour guide from Ou Choam office community local protected area to Ou Choam waterfall enjoy walking and swimming with type of 5 waterfall and see small and big animal in Ou Choam waterfall and have taste delicious lunch in middle forest by chef office-cooked meals.

Ou Choam village is in Battambang province, Samlout district. The actual place is very close to the meeting point of 3 provinces Battambang, Pursat and Koh Kong. So, if you have your own private transport it can easily be reached from all the provinces.

• The road from Pursat town is mostly a dust road, so you will need a 4×4 to travel on this road comfortably, be aware that in the middle of the rainy season many local cars get stuck and you might be detained due to the blocked road. 
• Coming from Koh Kong town, you will reach the community through a relatively easily accessible road that goes to Osoam – most of the road has been paved by the Chinese company that runs the hydropower plant in the local area. From Osoam the road is mostly a dust road, again often getting very muddy and slippery during the heavy rainy season.

Battambang to Ou Choam village

If you are coming by public transport, your only option is to come via Battambang town. There are several local shared taxis that connect the Ou Choam community to Battambang. They normally leave he village in the morning around 7-9am, depending on number of people leaving and how full the car gets, and coming back from Battambang in the afternoon around 1-2pm. Outside of these times, you will need to hire a private car to take you to the community. If you are travelling across Cambodia, and have a limited time it is good to have these times in mind, so you can schedule your other transport and activities around the arrival and departure to  time from/to Battambang.

It takes approximately 1.5 – 2 hours from Battambang to reach Ou Choam village.

Getting to Ou Choam waterfall office community (camping place)
When you reach the Ou Choam village, you will  see the Ou Choam community sign poster, and both from Ou Choam Kandal and Ou Choam Kraom village it is 5 minutes to the Ou Choam waterfall office. There should be someone there expecting you. 

Online booking platform bookmebus.com offers good customer service and easy access to travel times and routes for your journey.