Kep National Park
The forest loop behind town: distance, the climb to Sunset Rock, where to pay, and what to bring.
Kep National Park is the town's best walk and its cheapest day out: a forest hill right behind town, ringed by a single loop track with viewpoints over the coast and the islands. Entry is about $1 per person, collected at a small booth at the main entrance behind Veranda Natural Resort, up the hill above town. About 300 metres in, Led Zep Café sells water, food and a simple hand-drawn trail map (around 2,000 riel) — it is the only food and water on the route, so stock up there before you set off.
Bring water, and don't start late
Kep is hot and humid, and there is no water on the loop once you pass Led Zep Café near the entrance — carry more than you think you need and walk in the early morning or the late afternoon rather than the midday heat. The park is daylight only, with no lighting on the trail and the entrance closing in the late afternoon, so leave enough time to finish before the light goes.