Phnom Kirirom is accessed from National Road 4, which links Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, approximately 110 km after leaving the capital. Leave the national road and turn right. For people who come to spend the day, a short break in the market is essential. While you'll find plenty to eat at the picnic spots by the waterfalls, you'll do a much better job preparing your meal before starting the climb to Phnom Kirirom.
After a few km, continue straight ahead to climb, if you turn right, you will arrive in Chambok, a small rural village offering accommodation and eco-tourist circuits, at the foot of the mountain.
PRAYER TO YEY MAO
Yey Mao, Neak Ta protector of the Kirirom region, Kompong Speu province - Cambodia
Yey Mao, Neak Ta protector of the Kirirom region, Kompong Speu province - Cambodia
Halfway, don't forget to stop for a few moments at the altar erected in homage to Yey Mao (literally "Black Grandmother"), to burn a few sticks of incense or place a few hands of bananas. and honor the famous protective spirit of the region.
It is also for the benefit of Yey Mao that a series of altars was erected on the edge of the national 4, halfway between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville.
You may be surprised to see that no one fails to stop there, to deposit offerings and seek the protection of the sensible grandmother to protect them from a road accident during their journey on the provinces of Kompong Speu and Sihanoukville. Some people who did not take the time to stop on the way to pay respect to Neak Ta would, followed by the indisposed spirit, returned ill to Phnom Penh, while others would have been purely victims of mirages, leading everything. right to accident.
PINE FOREST AND CASCADES
Pine forest at the top of Phnom Kirirom forest
As you approach the top of the mountain, the vegetation changes, and surprisingly, it is an unusual sparse forest of slender pines that replaces the usual vegetation. It is much cooler there than at the foot of the mountain, and the landscape is reminiscent of some sites in the South of France.
Huts for picnics near the third waterfall - Kirirom
Swimming in Phnom Kirirom
THE CROCODILE LAKE
A small road opposite the former summer residence of King Sihanouk, near the small museum dedicated to Kirirom which overlooks the valley leads straight to the crocodile lake (Boeung Kropeu) located below.
Crocodile lake - Kirirom, Kompong Speu province
A small road opposite the former summer residence of King Sihanouk, near the small museum dedicated to Kirirom which overlooks the valley leads straight to the crocodile lake (Boeung Kropeu) located below.
Crocodile lake - Kirirom, Kompong Speu province
If it seems to have no more crocodiles than the name, old huts falling into ruins and already half absorbed by the vegetation give to this lake surrounded by clear forest a very particular aspect, a little worrying when the day begins to fall ...
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