If you want to maximize your Siem Reap vacation or want an alternative to Temple hopping - because really, this is the main thing you can only do in this place- head up to Phnom Kulen.
Phnom Kulen is a mountain range that is located 30 kms. north of Angkor Wat, about an hour and a half ride from the city; it's as significant as Siem Reap's temples because it is considered as religious, historical, and symbolical by Cambodians due to the many important events that took place in it: 1. Buddhists and Hindus consider it as a 'Holy Mountain' as they come here for pilgrimage. 2. It is considered by Cambodians as the origin of the Khmer Empire when King Jayavarman II announced the country's freedom from Java on the same mountain range. 3. It served as the last fortress of the Khmer Rouge before their fall in 1979.
In here, you will find Phnom Kulen National Park, Preah Ang Thom, and Kbal Spean.
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