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A few attractions in Cambodia

Located within the Royal Palace compound in Phnom Penh, the Silver Pagoda houses many national treasures such as gold and jeweled Buddha statues. Most notable is a small 17th century baccarat crystal Buddha (the Emerald Buddha of Cambodia) and a life-sized gold Maitreya Buddha decorated with 9584 diamonds. The internal wall of the Silver Pagoda courtyard is decorated with a richly colored and detailed mural of the Ramayana myth, painted in 190304 by 40 Khmer artists.

National Museum of Cambodia

The National Museum is home to the worlds greatest collection of Khmer artifacts and is well worth a visit ahead of a trip to the temples of Angkor Wat. A stroll through the attraction takes in a range of sculptures, ceramics, and other ancient objects dating back to the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, and post-Angkorian periods, offering an intriguing insight into the countrys rich history.

Phnom Sampeau, Battambang

This pretty hilltop pagoda and surrounding area offers stunning views across the provinces pristine paddies. The sobering Killing Caves pay tribute to the lives lost there during the Khmer Rouge reign while spending sunset at the base of the sitethe bat caveshas a seemingly endless stream of bats spiraling to the sky for a night of hunting. Looking for Luxury Home Siem Reap?

This is outback Cambodia and the endless red-dirt roads of the region, leading to ethnic minority villages, are an intrepid traveler’s delight. For those with an adventurous streak, the province is home to some of Cambodia’s best trekking, from spotting gibbons at Veun Sai-Siem Pang Conservation Area, where overnight trips involve sleeping in hammocks and early rises to track buff-cheeked gibbons, to hiking in Virachey National Park, home to elephants, tigers, and sun bears. There’s more relaxing options on offer as well. The emerald water of Yeak Lom Crater Lake just outside of Ban Lung town is a tranquil swimming spot, while the waterfalls of Chaa Ong and Ka Tieng are fun diversions that provide more opportunities for getting wet. Ratanakiri is a nature-filled reprieve for travelers suffering from temple-fatigue.

Tonle Sap is Cambodia’s most important waterway and Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake. As well as being an important source of food and a vital tool for Cambodian irrigation, the lake itself is home to 170 floating villages that depend on fishing for their livelihood, with homes built directly on the water. The houses, shops, churches, schools, and temples of these villages are built on rustic buoy foundations of lashed together barrels and bamboo, and all transport is by boat. They’re a fascinating place to spend a day exploring. One of the most interesting is the sprawling village of Kompong Luong, near the town of Pursat on Tonle Sap’s western shore, although the most popular village to visit is Chong Kneas near Siem Reap.

If you have a fetish for wildlife then this is another place which is a must visit for you in Colombia. The park is one of just two Cambodian ASEAN Heritage Parks. This unexplored park holds an extensive variety of wildlife, waterfalls and mountains. With thick semi-evergreen swamps, montane timberlands, upland savannah and bamboo bushes this park has caught the attention of lot of tourist around the world.

Highlights: While exploring the wildlife of this region, you can also head out for a trekking through the forest of this region. This park is an abode to a lot of flora and fauna mainly Gibbons, pig-tailed macaques, douc langurs, sun bears, Great hornbills, clouded leopards and Asian elephants.

Location: Located in the most isolated jungles of Cambodia

Price: The approximate price is around $123.

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