Kratie a pretty province spanning the Mekong much of kratie’s population make its living from the mother river ‘s water .beyond the river it’s a remote and wild land that sees few out siders. most visitors are drawn to rare fresh water Irrawaddy dolphins found 15km north of provincial town. The town Kratie is a little charmer and make a good base from which to explore the countryside. This one was first of area to fall to Khmer rouge control in the civil war although several years it was also one in fact the Vietnamese communality who were running to show . it was also first provincial town fall in to liberating . Kratie is thriving travel hub and the natural place to break journey when traveling overland between Phnom Penh and Champasak in southern Laos. it is the Province on the mekong river .Mekong sunset in Cambodia . there is a rich legacy of French - era architectures as it was spared the war – time bombing that destroyed so many other Provincial center. Kratie has comprises area over 11.094sqkm it has 210.856 of the populations . it almost 25pax per sqkm