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Bakong
Bakong is the largest and most interesting of the Roluos Group of temples. Built and dedicated to Shiva by Indravarman I, it’s a representation of Mt Meru, and it served as the city’s central temple. The east-facing complex consists of a five-tier central pyramid of sandstone, 60m
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Santuk Silk Farm
Santuk Silk Farm is one of the few places in Cambodia where you can see the entire process of silk production, starting with the seven-week life-cycle of the silkworm. The farm employs 18 locals, mostly women, as artisan weavers; you can watch them weave scarves (US$20 to US$45) an
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French Embassy
Located at the northern end of Monivong Blvd, the French embassy played a significant role in the dramas that unfolded after the fall of Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975. About 800 foreigners and 600 Cambodians took refuge in the embassy. Within 48 hours, the Khmer Rouge informed the Fr
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Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity
Conveniently located near the base of the trail to Kbal Spean is the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity, committed to rescuing, rehabilitating and reintroducing threatened wildlife to the Cambodian forests. Tours of the centre are available daily at 9am and 1pm, taking
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Pre Rup
Pre Rup, built by Rajendravarman II, is about 1km south of the Eastern Mebon and is a popular spot for sunset. The temple consists of a pyramid-shaped temple-mountain with the uppermost of the three tiers carrying five lotus towers. Pre Rup means ‘Turning the Body’ and refers to a
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Phnom Sorsia
Phnom Sorsia is home to several natural caves. From the parking area, a stairway leads up the hillside to a gaudy modern temple . From there, steps lead left up to Rung Damrey Saa (White Elephant Cave). A slippery, sloping staircase where one false step will send you into the abyss
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Churning of the Ocean of Milk
The southern section of the east gallery is decorated by the most famous of the bas-relief scenes at Angkor Wat, the Churning of the Ocean of Milk. This brilliantly executed carving depicts 88 asuras on the left, and 92 devas, with crested helmets, churning up the sea to extract fr
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Kirirom National Park
You can really get away from it all at this lush, elevated park a two-hour drive southwest of Phnom Penh. Winding trails lead through pine forests to cascading wet-season waterfalls and cliffs with amazing views of the Cardamom Mountains, and there’s some great mountain-biking to b
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Vann Nath Gallery
The late Cambodian artist Vann Nath is famous the world over for his depictions of Khmer Rouge torture scenes at Phnom Penh’s notorious S-21 Security Prison, where he was one of only seven survivors.Many of Vann Naths later works can be viewed here at his family’s Kith Eng Restaura
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Baphuon
Some have called Baphuon worlds largest jigsaw puzzle. Before the civil war the Baphuon was painstakingly taken apart piece-by-piece by a team of archaeologists, but their meticulous records were destroyed during the Khmer Rouge regime, leaving experts with 300,000 stones to put ba
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Kompong Pluk
The village of Kompong Pluk is a friendly, other-worldly place where houses are built on soaring stilts about 6m high. Nearby is a flooded forest, inundated every year when the lake rises to take the Mekong’s overflow. As the lake drops, the petrified trees are revealed. Exploring
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Ream National Park
Just 15km east of Sihanoukville, this large park offers trekking opportunities in primary forest, invigorating boat trips through coastal mangroves and long stretches of unspoilt beach. This is an easy escape for those looking to flee the crowds of Sihanoukville.The park is home to
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Royal Enclosure & Phimeanakas
Phimeanakas stands close to the centre of a walled area that once housed the royal palace. There’s very little left of the palace today except for two sandstone pools near the northern wall. Once the site of royal ablutions, these are now used as swimming holes by local children. P
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Bokor National Park
Bokors moist evergreen forests – with dry dipterocarp and mixed deciduous forests in the north – shelter a wide variety of rare and threatened animals, including the Indian elephant, leopard, Asiatic black bear, Malayan sun bear, pileated gibbon, pig-tailed macaque, slow loris, red
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Wat Ounalom
This wat is the headquarters of Cambodian Buddhism. It was founded in 1443 and comprises 44 structures. It received a battering during the Pol Pot era, but today the wat has come back to life – the head of the country’s Buddhist brotherhood lives here, along with a large number of
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Koh Tonsay (Rabbit Island)
If you like the rustic beachcomber lifestyle, Koh Tonsays 250m-long main beach is for you, but come now as the island is tagged for development. The beach is one of the nicest of any of the Kep-area islands but don’t expect sparkling white sand. This one has shorefront flotsam, chi
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Phnom Bok
One of three temple-mountains built by Yasovarman I in the late 9th or early 10th century, this peaceful but remote location sees few visitors. The small temple is in reasonable shape, but it is the views of Phnom Kulen to the north and the plains of Angkor to the south from this 2
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Phnom Santuk
Its forest surrounded summit adorned with Buddha images and a series of pagodas, Phnom Santuk is the most important holy mountain (207m) in Kompong Thom region and a popular site of Buddhist pilgrimage. Reached by huffing up 809 stairs, with the upper staircase home to troupes of l
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The Army of Suryavarman II
The remarkable western section of the south gallery depicts a triumphal battle march of Suryavarman II’s army. In the southwestern corner about 2m from the floor is Suryavarman II on an elephant, wearing the royal tiara and armed with a battleaxe; he is shaded by 15 parasols and fa
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Phnom Chisor
A temple from the Angkorian era, Phnom Chisor is set upon a solitary hill in Takeo Province, offering superb views of the countryside. Try to get to Phnom Chisor early in the morning or late in the afternoon, as it is an uncomfortable climb in the heat of the midday sun. Phnom Chis
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