Broken seats, we couldn’t lean back for 2 and a half hours unless we wanted to crush the people sitting behind us. No air con and the road is BAD. Also the driving - not super safe. Hold tight!
We were in 4 different busses. The departure was on time but the arrival was 3 hours delayed. Then we got dropped off at the wrong station and no help to get.
The driver didn’t speak a word of English. The journey was estimated to be 3/4 hours so me and my gf expected a stop or 2 on the way. When we needed a break I requested to the driver but not responding then we went past 3 toilets so I needed to get google translate out then he laughs and had to wait another 30 mins to get to a toilet. Only to realise he stopped at a place he could get a free meal from and couldn’t stop for the passengers who needed a break out of the van or go to the toilet.
Champa Tours is such a not serious company, I would definitely recommend to AVOID THEM! We had a booking at 8:30am to go to Sihanoukville from Kampot. Turned out that we were the only customers. The manager didn't want to bother to send a bus. So when we arrived at 8:am, he told us to wait until 10:30am for the next bus, pretending that it was "being repaired".
He should have sent a text the day before to ask, or cancelled and paid back, or found a solution with another bus company.
First, it is bad management of their fleet, second, I don't like being lied to.
Also we had a ferry booking to the islands and couldn't wait that much.
Anyways, please avoid this company.
PS: the meeting point on 12go and on the pdf that you receive are not up to date. That even, they can't do properly.
The trip takes around 3 hours longer than advertised. The (sleeper) bus we were in for the majority of the journey was comfortable though and we stopped for dinner. Gets you from A to B but it’s not the best.
Champa Tourist Bus ran a great service but the road between Sihanoukville and Kampot is disgraceful. The local government ought to be ashamed of themselves for leaving it in that condition. There is no proper surface so you bounce along on deep, rocky potholes for about 2 and a half hours. The driver did his best with the conditions and left on time. I feel sorry for locals who have to use this road.
Do not expect to travel with one bus the whole trip. We had to change the van/bus four times. Everything worked out but we arrived three hours late. We went 2 1/2 hours on the bumpy route to kampot and crossed the border in Prek Chak.
(From: Sihanoukville To: Ho Chi Minh)