Cambodia Travel Kampot - Phnom Sorsia ភ្នំសៀរសៀ (White Elephant's Cave)

 Cambodia Travel Kampot - Phnom Sorsia ភ្នំសៀរសៀ (White Elephant's Cave)(2013 1208)

Coordinates        10°3357N 104°1702E

Getting There:

National Road 33 from Kampot City, turn left at Ou Krasar, Cambodia 10.558258, 104.281769 or 1.3km northwest of the white horse roundabout, dirt road 1km northeast thorough the rice fields

Phnom Sorsia is a Buddhist hill complex in Kampot Province, It contains Buddhist cultural features approached by a staircase and a complex of karst caves. One cave Rung Damrey Saa ("White Elephant's Cave") has a stalagmite resembling the head of an elephant; another has a bat colony.

A garishly painted Temple


A stupa on top of the Hill


The huge stalagmite inside the first chamber is believed to resemble the head of a white elephant. Thats why this cave is also called Rung Damrey Sor (White Elephant Cave).


A Concealed pool with cool water is approached through a hole.

East of Phnom Sorsia is the "Bat Cave"




 




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