The main market, Phsar Banlung, is a relatively unextraordinary traditional market offering the usual range of items for local consumption. There is one souvenir shop…

The province of Ratanakiri has a population of about 60,000 ‘Khmer Loeu’ people. (‘Khmer Loeu’ refers to all of various minority peoples of the different…

The former provincial capital of Lumphat is something of a ghost town these days thanks to sustained US bombing raids in the early 1970s. However,…

The Virachey National Park is the largest protected area in Cambodia, stretching east to Vietnam, north to Laos and west to Stung Treng Province. The…

There is a river picnic area that the locals head out to on weekends to have a swim and kick back for a while about…

Bak Tra Resort This natural resort locates at 16 kilomater distances from the provincial town of PurSat by road N.56 to Kra Vanh District. The…

This venerable site has a statue of Neak Ta Khleang Moeang respected and worshipped by the Cambodian people. Oknha Kleang Meung was a Khmer national…

The floating town of Kompong Luong on the Tonle Sap lake is arguably one of the most interesting places to visit in Pursat Province. It…

The vast laterite and sandstone temple of Preah Khan is the largest temple enclosure ever constructed during the Angkorian period. Originally dedicated to Hindu deities,…

The site of Koh Ker, a former 10th century capital of the Angkorian empire, is one of the most remote and inaccessible temple sites in…

The imposing mountain temple of Prasat Preah Vihear has the most dramatic location of all the Angkorian monuments, perched atop the cliff of Chuor Phnom…

This was the ultimate of Khmer Rouge strongholds , home to Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ta Mok, the most notorious leaders of…