Phnom Sampeou is a natural site located along National Road 57 along road lead to Pailin about 16 Kilometers from Battambang city. After you drive around 27 min you will see a big mountain look like a big ship therefore, we called it “Phnom Sampeou” in Khmer word.
The height is abound 100 meter-high from ground and there is a pagoda on the top call Sampeou Meas Pagoda and three natural caves (Pkasla, Lakhaon and Aksopheak). These caves were used as killing field during Khmer Rouge Region as it was also used their based. As with Preah Vihear Temple (close to the Thai border in the province of the same name), there are a couple of big guns on the mountaintop next to the ruins.
On the top of mountain, there are still guns pointing down at the surrounding area as they were during the more recent years of the government-Khmer Rouge skirmishes. It's part of the sad irony of Cambodia that a place built for worship, harmony and tranquility was utilized as a place for making war. Looking down the hillside to the southwest you can see more of the ruins.
There are two options to reach Sampeou Meas Pagoda by car or on foot around 700 stairs. We would advise to drive car or motor but should be careful as the road is a bit difficult for car/moto with low capacity. In evening around 5:30 pm, you can enjoying seeing million of bats fly out from the cave to Tonle Sap lake for hunting. You should visit Phnom Sampeou at 2.30 am and go up to top of mountain to see pagoda and cave and down around 5:30 pm and enjoy a nature phenomenon of million of bat fly out the cave around 30 min to Tonle Sab Lake for hunting. Together with a dawn, you can see million bats fly in the sky look like a wave pattern move in the the water. We would recommend to see this nature phenomenon during the dry seasons as there will be enough of light for clearly see the bat.
The height is abound 100 meter-high from ground and there is a pagoda on the top call Sampeou Meas Pagoda and three natural caves (Pkasla, Lakhaon and Aksopheak). These caves were used as killing field during Khmer Rouge Region as it was also used their based. As with Preah Vihear Temple (close to the Thai border in the province of the same name), there are a couple of big guns on the mountaintop next to the ruins.
On the top of mountain, there are still guns pointing down at the surrounding area as they were during the more recent years of the government-Khmer Rouge skirmishes. It's part of the sad irony of Cambodia that a place built for worship, harmony and tranquility was utilized as a place for making war. Looking down the hillside to the southwest you can see more of the ruins.
There are two options to reach Sampeou Meas Pagoda by car or on foot around 700 stairs. We would advise to drive car or motor but should be careful as the road is a bit difficult for car/moto with low capacity. In evening around 5:30 pm, you can enjoying seeing million of bats fly out from the cave to Tonle Sap lake for hunting. You should visit Phnom Sampeou at 2.30 am and go up to top of mountain to see pagoda and cave and down around 5:30 pm and enjoy a nature phenomenon of million of bat fly out the cave around 30 min to Tonle Sab Lake for hunting. Together with a dawn, you can see million bats fly in the sky look like a wave pattern move in the the water. We would recommend to see this nature phenomenon during the dry seasons as there will be enough of light for clearly see the bat.
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| View of Sampeou Meas Pagoda |
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| Big Buddha |
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| People Kill During Khmer Rough Region |
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| Million Bats Fly Out From Cave |
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