Professional Bird Guide in Cambodia - CHEN Sophal (Naran)

Naran (Sophal Chen) is a senior guide and co-founder of CBGA. He was born and grew up in Siem Reap province and started working as a bird guide in 2012. Being part of CBGA from the beginning has given him the chance to mould his own career in wildlife conservation. Naran believes that bird watching is a serious pursuit, which can be both fun and enjoyable as well.

More recently, Naran has been working more with bird photographers. He has grown more interested in this area and has developed his own photo album of birds in Cambodia.

Naran still lives in Siem Reap, with his wife and their son. In addition to guiding, he sometimes acts as a driver for CBGA’s tours to Phnom Krom.