Wat Sampeu
Bat Dambang
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Highlights
Temple atop mountain with caves, Buddhist shrines, and history
Krong Battambang, Cambodia Get directions
Temple atop mountain with caves, Buddhist shrines, and history
Krong Battambang, Cambodia Get directions
"Climb 700 Steps to Wat Sampeou Wat Sampeou, a colorful temple on top of monolithic, 330-foot-tall Sampeau mountain, can be reachedby climbing up700 steps (or taking a less rigorous path). The temple andthree natural caves nearbyare filled with Buddhist shrines and statues. The caves also contain human remains,because the Khmer Rouge used the mountain caves as killing fields during the war."
