Phnom Kbal Romeas is a small mountain with an abundance of dramatic caves weaving throughout that has become a popular site for rock climbing (see Climbodia) and also a site inhabited during neolithic times (5000-3000 BC).
En-route through the first natural chamber of the cave entered via a bridge is a small Buddhist shrine.
Then you are met with a large cavernous area and numerous direction options, head for the small set of stairs which takes you to an even larger space. It features remains the curious ancient site, if you find the arrangement of bricks formed into a mini-stupa and then look up, you’ll see a cavernous area to which a brick floor has been added. Difficult to make out but it appears to house some carving on one side. There is also another spot with a man-made floor in place, and probably more!
There are loads to explore here but to go any further contact Climbodia mentioned earlier and they will surely hook you up with a guide or options for climbing and abseiling down into caves!
Update 08/22 – a revisit to the site and some new images – a new bridge and stairs have been added and the Buddha image renewed.
Getting to Phnom Kbal Romeas is easy enough via a sealed road to Toek Chhou and then a dirt road, not good but not horrible, numbered 139 that leads almost directly to the site. From here you can follow the same road north (gets worse) to Phnom Chhngok Cave Temple.
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- Site Name: Phnom Kbal Romeas Khmer Name: ភ្នំក្បាលរមាស
- Reference ID: HA24800 | Last Update: August 26th, 2022
- Tags/Group: pr, rc, T4, T9, Temples
- Location: Kampot Province > Tuek Chhou District > Trâpeang Pring Commune > Meanrith Village
