Kampot Province

Located in the south-west of the country Kampot Province is most famous for its coastline. Stretching some 80 kilometers this once undeveloped and sleepy laid-back region is attracting the eyes of many international developers. The area features numerous natural attractions and scenic landscapes.

Popular natural attractions here include Bokor Hill, Teuk Chhou Rapids, Teuk Chhou Wildlife Education Park, Prek Thnout, Kampong Trach, Phnom K’Chnor, Phnom Seda Orn.

Other attractions include Kampot Museum, Kampot Pepper Plantations, and Kampot Salt Pans.

*Important: Some archaeological sites are approximated to the district level only. For sites outside the cleared tourist areas, you should seek a guide from the local area. Read more

Wat Kompong Nung

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the border of Kampot and Kep.

Wat Kirisophea

Located to the southeast of Phnom Chhngok in Kampot Province, Wat Kirisophea is a contemporary monastery and pagoda featuring a stupa that is centuries old. The pagoda is quite old too, surrounded by a moat and featuring ornate pediments, one of which curiously features a Yin Yang symbol in a lotus medallion.

Brosat Chakkarh Vath

Located past Phnom Kbal Romeas and on the northern side of Phnom Chhngok in Kampot Province, Brosat Chakkarh Vath (as it’s named on Google Maps) is a sacred site featuring a series of shrines and a man-made path that leads into a scenic water cave.

Wat Angsdok 

Located near to Phnom Kbal Romeas in Kampot Province, Angsdok Pagoda is currently under restoration at the time of visiting in 08/22.

Wat Kbal Romeas 

Located around 7km east of Kampot city and a little south of Phnom Kbal Romeas, Kbal Romeas Pagoda features a bell-shaped stupa that may be quite old, plus curious pieces of sandstone that one may imagine are from an ancient temple. The balan of the pagoda appears to feature something interesting set into the balan … Read more

Wat Traeuy Kaoh

A beautiful contemporary monastery and pagoda located in central Kampot offering beautiful views across the water to the mountain range of Phnom Bokor. It also features several shrines and contemporary stupa in Angkorian style. At the time of visit, 08/22, the pagoda was under restoration.

Wat Champu Voan

Contemporary monastery and pagoda in the central lowlands of Kampot Province.

Buddha Kiri – Wat Puth Kiri

Located atop a low-rise mountain, and surrounded by beautiful mountain ranges, Buddha Kiri is a monumental statue of the Buddha flanked by thousands of smaller statues. Also known as Wat Putkiri, the site was founded in 2017 by four monks and is an absolutely stunning destination taking advantage of the beautiful natural landscape. The site … Read more

Wat Sampov Pram

Located atop Bokor Mountain, Wat Sampov Pram is a charismatic pagoda with an extraordinary location and part of what was an old French colonial resort area from the 1920s, Bokor Hill Station.

Phnom Bokor & Bokor Hill Station

Located atop the hill of the same name you can find numerous attractions along with spectacular views across the hillsides and out over the ocean. Located about 37 km west up a beautiful winding road, Bokor Hill Station was an old French colonial resort area from the 1920s also nearby is Preah Monivong National Park. … Read more

Phnom Kbal Romeas of Kampot

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 … Read more

Wat Prasat Temple

Located on contemporary monastery grounds and preceding the beautiful pagoda on its western side are the remains of an ancient temple. A tall and rectangular laterite structure, it opens to the east with remnants of door round columns that formed from laterite. The walls are entirely plain bar the base molding and emphasized eaves. Historical … Read more

Wat Ang Sdok

Contemporary monastery that may have been built on an ancient site.

Wat Ang Thom

Contemporary monastery whose pagoda was built on an ancient site with hillock surrounded by a moat. No vestige apparent.

Phum Kess

Location of an ancient site with only a mound surrounded by a moat with pieces of brick and some fragments remaining

Phum O Popul

Location of an ancient site with only a mound of bricks and stone slabs remaining.

Ang Chrei

Location of an ancient site, remaining is a knoll surrounded by a moat. No vestige apparent.

Phnom Thma Pouk Temple

A partially standing ancient brick temple located atop a small mountain, at the foot of which is the pagoda and monastery. From the pagoda, there is a staircase that leads up to the top of the mountain passing by a small contemporary shrine before reaching a crumbling but charismatic vihara (hall or pagoda if you … Read more

Ang Ta Prohm (Kampot Province)

An ancient site where only a mound remains. For the famous site of the same name located in Siem Reap Province, see Ta Prohm (Angkor)

Ang Prasat

Mound of bricks on which we can see some blocks of laterite and sandstone fragments.

Ang Slaeng

Location of an ancient site without remains

Ang Srangam

Location of an ancient site with only a knoll surrounded by a moat remaining.

Ang Chheu Teal

Contemporary pagoda surrounded by a moat built on a mound.