Tree on Phnom Sampov, Battambang, Cambodia
Do you know Cambodia yet? Cambodia locates on the Indochinese Peninsula bording Thailand to the west, Laos to the North, Vietnam to the East and Gulf of Siam to the South. The main capital is Phnom Penh and there are big cities like Battambang, Sihanoukville, Siem Reap, Takhmao, Poipet, Kampong Cham, etc. Today, I am going to bring you all to Phnom Sampov of Battambang, Cambodia. Battambang locates in the northwest of Cambodia bording Thailand and four provinces of Cambodia such as Pursat, Banteay Meanchey, Pailin and Siem Reap. People usually loves nature in Battambang and Phnom Sampov being far from Battambang city around 12 km is the very famous mount here representing Battambang provinces. It is the soul of our residents here having the best natural shape of caves, Khmer architectural art and Buddha, especially having around 2 million bats. When we go on the top of this mountain, we can view the surrounding nature such as rich rice field, infrastructure, irrigation system, blue sky, fresh wind and the range of other long mountains.
Do you love to see natural view in Battambang, Cambodia?
Besides that, there is the road that you can drive motorbike or car to the mount top as well. Along the road to the top, you will feel surprising to see so many trees along and adventurous as the scaring mode when you look down the road back. There are monkeys and many statues on the top. You can feed them, but be careful as some of them should not be underestimated. Some are so aggressive and some are gentle. They usually look for food that you can feed them. Furthermore, you can pray to all the magic statue and Buddha. With the sun shinning, the beauty of this mount is the best in the morning and during sun set.
Local people usually come in family and enjoy during national holiday like Pchum Ben or Khmer New Year (Chol Chnam Thmey/Sangkranta). If it is holiday, you will find people around going up and down on the mountain in different caves. Battambang is surely one the best place in Cambodia for you to enjoy nature and daily life of our local people. There are different meal that you can taste with very suitable pricing. Recently, there is flower park near the mountain for you to enjoy taking photo with a lot of flowers. There are many oldies song before 1975 such as Tov Leng Phnom Sampov and Anusavry Khnong Phnom Sampov.
This mountain is the center for you to enjoy and then choose other options for next destination such as Kamping Puoy lake, Banan Temple, Banan Bamboo Train, Sneung Temple, rapids or going to Pailin for waterfall. Let's enjoy if you come and can contact me for your guide on weekend @ pokpanhavuth@gmail.com. Please kindly support us and we will welcome you well after better situation of Covid-19. Good luck to all and hope everyone can come and enjoy at Phnom Sampov Mountain.
By: Steung Khiev
