Temples

Wat Tuol Sambo

A contemporary monastery and pagoda that was believed to be constructed upon the location of an ancient temple site. The pagoda we see today may be around 50-60 years old at a guess.

Wat Phnom Da

On the northeastern side of Phnom Da is a small contemporary pagoda and functioning monastery and the lower ancient cave. To the east is a large basin and just south is the monk’s quarters and dining hall/sermon hall. Several shale sandstone remnants of the ancient temple can be seen surrounding the pagoda and cave which … Read more

Angkor Borei Wall

The ancient citadel of Angkor Borei, quite incredibly, features a wall whose remnants can still easily be visited and witnessed. The wall is made of fired brick and then supplanted with earth that was dredged to form a moat on the wall’s outer perimeter. There are several places to see exposed sections of the wall, … Read more

Wat Phsar Dek

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located 1.7km to the northeast of Phnom Oudong.

Wat Arey Kasap 

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located at the southeastern foothill of Phnom Oudong.

Wat Preah Vihear Leu 

Located at the southern foothill of Phnom Oudong, the monastery features a pagoda with a grand staircase leading to the road that circles the area. The site featured a small neak ta shelter containing a collection of ancient sandstone remnants.

Cambodia Buddhist Vipassana Center

Located at the western foothill of Phnom Oudong, the monastery occupies large grounds featuring a grand pagoda, chedi, and grand Buddha statue along with a library, monks’ quarters, and numerous halls, all set among the landscaped grounds. It’s a clean, vibrant yet peaceful place to just wander and admire an active Buddhist monastery along with … Read more

Wat Chaktotis

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the northwest foothill of Oudong Mountain. It retains some sandstone remnants from an older site including a fragment of a large votive stupa/chedi on the southwestern side of the pagoda that may date to the Longvek-Oudong era of the 17th-19th centuries.

Wat Padimakorn

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the northwest foothill of Oudong Mountain. It retains some sandstone remnants from an older site including a leaf-style sema and pedestal of a votive stupa. On the western side of the pagoda is an older bell-style chedi/stupa.

Wat Prok Kdar

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located north of Oudong Mountain in Kandal Province.

Vihear Bak Kor

Located south of ancient Longvek’s outer wall and moat, the site features a contemporary shelter atop a high mound that is surrounded by ancient sema stones. Inside the shelter, is an incredible collection of Buddhist sculptures and several ancient remnants, one assumes, from the 16th-17th century. The kindhearted caretaker at the site states most of … Read more

Tuol Lok Ta Chhnout Krahorm

Remnants of Buddhist Terrace from the 16th-17th century Longvek era. The site was locked on our previous visits to the area in 2021, Aug 2023 and Feb 2024, there is a phone number to call, but we didn’t want to put any to the hassle. The site’s original sema stones can still be seen in … Read more

Vihear

Located in the cluster of shrines located east of Wat Traleang Keng in Longvek, the site features a contemporary shrine under construction that is surrounded by older leaf-style sema. As per other sites in the area, it has its roots in the 16th-17th century.

Wat Kang Meas (Kampong Thom)

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the east bank of the Stoeung Chinit River in Kampong Thom. The area was marked as “147”, on Henri Parmentier’s map from 1935.

Wat Sor Sophon (Kampong Thom)

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the east bank of the Stoeung Chinit River in Kampong Thom. It features a beautiful gate that faces the river and a fragment of an old votive stupa perhaps indicating there was a pagoda that preceded the one we see today.

Wat Pnov (Kampong Thom)

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west bank of the Stoeng Chinit river in Pnov Commune, Kampong Thom. It features some laterite blocks that may be from the ancient temple that once existed in the village, Prasat Pei, along with relics of an older Buddhist Terrace of the late post-Angkorian era (15th-19th c). It … Read more

Wat Banteay Chas

Contemporary monastery and pagoda that features remnants of an older brick stupa of the 20th century on its eastern side. It was marked as “146” on Henri Parmentier’s map from 1935.

Wat Chong Doung

A contemporary monastery and pagoda located west of the RN 6 in Baray District, Kampong Thom. The site is interesting for featuring a large collection of sandstone remnants that one assumes are from the pagoda that preceded the one we see today. Those remnants include some pedestal of Buddha statues, sema, sema pedestals, a fragment … Read more

Wat Tnaot

A contemporary monastery and pagoda, also recorded as Wat Purthivong Hathei, located west of the RN 6 in Baray District Kampong Thom. It features a collection of remains from ancient temples in the area.

Tuol Don Srei (Baray District)

Also recorded as Tuol Yeay Srei Temple Base, it’s located 6km east of the RN 6 in Baray District, and around 1km east of the ruins of Ta Pich. It’s a large moat-surrounded mound accessed by wading through the rice fields and entering from either the east or west side, the traditional entrance would have … Read more

Ta Pich Temple (Baray District)

Also recorded as Tuol Ta Pich Temple Base, Ta Pec, and Tuol Don Srei, it’s the site where an important inscribed stele was discovered. It’s located 6km east of the RN 6 in Baray District, and just south of the road, it’s a large moat-surrounded mound accessed from the east. On visiting in Sep 2023, … Read more

Wat Boeung Tbong

Contemporary monastery and pagoda that features remains from an 8th-century site and some from the post-Angkorian era of the 15th-19th century. The collection is incredibly fascinating, including the lintel that appears to still retain rendering in one of its medallions, if it is, that is something quite incredible. Other remnants include a moonstone, sandstone plinths, … Read more

Kampong Cham Provincial Museum

In central Kampong Cham, on the east side of the river and just south of the night market is the Department of Culture and Fine Arts(Khmer: មន្ទីរ​វប្បធម៌​និង​វិចិត្រសិល្បៈ) where they have a small storeroom packed with ancient remnants and artifacts discovered in the province. Whilst the collection is small, like many of the regional museums, the … Read more

Wat Kdarmhar  

A contemporary monastery and pagoda in Chhuk Khsach Commune of Baray District, Kampong Thom

Wat Amporvanoram (Srei Santhor)

Located near the east bank of the Mekong River in lower Kampong Cham Province, it’s also recorded as Wat Svay Sach Phnom. It is one of the older pagodas in Cambodia and features some wonderful traditional art and decorative features. The pagoda was recently restored and usually is never open, luck would be with us … Read more

Wat Prek Liv (Kampong Cham)

A contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the west bank of the Mekong River in lower Kampong Cham Province. Stored by the sala chan (dining hall) are two ornately carved wooden pediments from an older pagoda or monastery building. Update: after posting on social media we received some feedback from Bhikkhu Chan Kim Heang, who … Read more