Kamping Poy is today the site of a recreational lake but it was built by the Khmer Rouge, one of their grander schemes, it is a massive slave-built dam stretches for about 8km between two hills. Local...
Supposedly resembling a boat Phnom Sampeu – Boat Mountain – lies 15km southwest of Battambang. A long staircase winds up the hill (bear right for Wind Cave and its shrines) to Chinese and ...
Hilltop Wat Banan was built in the middle of the 11th century and is the best preserved temple of the Battambang area. Located some 20km from town Phnom Banam - Banam Hill - rises 400m out of the...
Wat Ek Phnom was built in the 11th century during the reign of Soriyavaraman I (1002 – 1050) but now sits within the grounds of a modern pagoda. The temple is surrounded by 18 bodhi trees. The a...
Prek Toal is the name of both a floating village and a bird sanctuary and makes for a worthwhile excursion from Siem Reap or Battambang. Prek Toal has been called the single most important breeding gr...
