Song Saa is a private island resort of Cambodia providing
ultra-luxurious villas designed into the jungle over the sea. The food is
fabulous, there’s a soporific spa, and a ravishingly restful atmosphere. Rates
are expensive, but include all meals and most drinks. Worth saving up for.
Location
This teeny-tiny resort, opened in 2012, is dotted across 2
islands within the secluded Koh Rong archipelago. The surroundings is pristine,
with untouched stretches of golden sands circled above by colourful hornbills,
and around by clear calm waters teeming with tropical fish. It’s somewhat of an
odyssey to get here though - you’ll got to take an internal flight from Siem
Reap or a four-hour road trip from Phnom Penh, followed by a 30-minute ride on
the resort’s motorboat from the port city of Sihanoukville.
Style and character
Song Saa combines luxury and a strong conservationist
philosophy without pretensions. Sitting within the middle of a 100-hectare
marine reserve (which Song Saa helped to establish), guests can stroll along
sun-bleached wood walkways to an over-water restaurant, a champagne bar and also
the hilltop Ila spa (stay for more than 5 nights and a pile of wellness
treatments are included in the price). There’s additionally a water-sports
centre, where magical experiences abound, from morning snorkels around coral
reefs in search of seahorses, to afternoon kayaking through shady mangroves
with the resident marine biologist, to night-time dips in bio-luminescent
waters.
