Bunong Forest Craft · Wild Rainforest Honey
Mondulkiri Wild Honey
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Mondulkiri wild honey is one of only a handful of products ever granted official Geographical Indication protection in Cambodia — a status it shares with Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar.
Teams of Bunong honey hunters climb into Mondulkiri's rainforest canopy to harvest giant honeybee nests by hand, using a sustainable 'head only' method that leaves most of the comb intact for the colony to regrow. The honey comes in gold, reddish-brown, and pale yellow depending on the forest flowers nearby, sold by market vendors and roadside stands across the province.
Why it's made this way: Harvested for generations by the indigenous Bunong people of Mondulkiri, the honey earned official Protected Geographical Indication status from Cambodia's government in 2020, recognizing it as a distinct product of the region's forests.
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