Song Saa Private Island is a pair of petite islets — Koh Ouen and Koh Bong — in Cambodia’s Koh Rong Archipelago, joined by a footbridge over water clear enough to spot turtles. “Song Saa” means “the sweethearts” in Khmer, and the resort pioneered conservation-based luxury tourism in the archipelago.
Koh Ouen houses the guest villas and the main dining, while Koh Bong is a protected nature reserve with a rainforest canopy, home to the Saraan Sanctuaries wellbeing salas and a raw bar in the jungle.
THE ISLAND IN MOTION
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Accommodations & Design
Each of the 24 villas features expansive terraces with breathtaking views, infinity pools, sunken bathtubs and open-air showers — and each is attended by a Personal Villa Host. The villas are handbuilt from reclaimed timber and sustainable materials such as driftwood, naturally cooling thatch and upcycled oil drums, in an earthy, innovative aesthetic, biophilic in design.
The Jungle Villas nestle where the shoreline meets the ocean, screened by the lush canopy. The One Bed Jungle Villa, at 135 m², is the island’s most intimate; the Two Bed Jungle Villa, at 300 m², has two king bedrooms and a crescent infinity pool.
The Ocean View Villas stand directly on a private stretch of sand. At 200 m², each has a 26 m² pool, an 87 m² private beach deck with sunbeds, an outdoor dining sala, and indoor and outdoor rain showers.
The Overwater Villas perch on stilts above the crystalline Gulf of Thailand. The One Bed Overwater Villa, at 135 m², has a glass floor for viewing marine life and direct ocean access from its deck; the Two Bed Overwater Villa, at 300 m², has two king bedrooms.
The Royal Villa is the island’s flagship overwater villa, overlooking the Gulf of Thailand and Koh Bong. Its two king bedrooms are joined by an expansive living area with a kitchenette, indoor dining for up to 12, glass portholes in the floor and a 33 m² pool.
Amenities & Inclusions
The guest experience focuses on connection with nature.
Vista Bar & Restaurant is an overwater thatched pavilion serving contemporary Cambodian cuisine, with breakfast served until late. Driftwood, the beach bar, serves pizza, Khmer salads, sushi and cocktails, and dinner is served in a different location every night — a beach hollow, the jungle, poolside, the Chef’s Garden, or in your own villa — and floating breakfasts are served in your pool.
The Saraan Sanctuaries — the wellbeing centre scattered across Koh Bong and quiet corners of Koh Ouen — offer treatments rooted in the Buddhist concept of metta, loving-kindness: open-air treatment salas, a salt room for sound therapy and a Khmer herbal steam.
Days can be spent snorkelling the house reef — home to parrotfish, seahorses, rays and turtles — or diving with the Foundation’s marine biologists, kayaking the mangroves in the Koh Rong Marine National Park, and joining Buddhist ceremonies with local monks and the “Sala Song Saa” village tour to Prek Svay. On a moonless night, a boat trip goes out to see the bioluminescence.
Two rate plans are published. Under the All-Inclusive plan, breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in any operational dining venue, with unlimited house beverages, in-villa dining from the house menus, one 60-minute signature spa treatment per guest per stay, snorkelling gear for the house reef and the Sala Song Saa village tour included. The Villa, Breakfast & Boat plan covers the villa, à la carte breakfast and shared speedboat transfers. Shared return speedboat transfers between Sihanoukville Port and the island are included in both plans, and the All-Inclusive plan also includes the shared car transfer between the airport and the port.
Song Saa Private Island in one document — photos, island facts, and regional background.
How Private Is This Island?
Privacy is at the core of Song Saa’s design. The island is accessible only to resort guests — the only way in is the resort’s own speedboat from its lounge at Sihanoukville Port — and, 45 minutes by boat from the mainland, it remains a tranquil, water-locked sanctuary. The Jungle Villas are screened by the lush canopy, and every villa has its own pool, so days can be spent entirely in private; the restaurants, bars and sanctuaries are shared with the island’s other guests.
For those occasions when privacy is paramount, both islands can be hired exclusively for one party — every villa, both restaurants and the sanctuaries given over to a single group, on a bespoke package.
Getting There
Fly to Sihanoukville International Airport (KOS), and the island’s team takes over from there: a 25-minute drive brings you to the Song Saa Lounge at Sihanoukville Port, and a 45-minute speedboat crosses to the island. The shared speedboat transfers are bundled into both published rate plans, and the All-Inclusive plan includes the shared airport car transfer as well.
Sustainability
The conservation story began before the resort opened: between 2005 and 2007 the founders worked with the local community to establish Cambodia’s first Marine Protected Area, in the waters the footbridge now crosses, and the Song Saa Foundation has gathered that work since 2013. The Foundation later played its part in proclaiming the Koh Rong Marine National Park in 2018, spanning 524 km².
The Foundation’s programmes run under three headings — Water, People and Land — from coral-reef monitoring and a coral nursery to mangrove conservation, the community’s first solid waste management system, medical missions and education. The resort itself is B Corp certified, achieved in 2023, and 95% of its team is Khmer.
PRICE — PUBLISHED RATE
From USD 819per night
One Bedroom Jungle Villa · the island's entry villa
Two Bedroom Overwater Villa from USD 3,266 · Royal Villa from USD 4,301
Published rates · checked Nov 2026
