We organized a day trip from Siem Reap with a private car and a driver, a three hour drive. The temple site sits on the top of a 700 m high “mountain”.  The ticket booth is down on the plain and you need to buy special transport to get up the steep hill. It’s $5 pp on a motorbike or $25 for a truck with 6 seats. Entrance is $10pp.

On site there are several bunkers from the dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. Prior to the inscription you could walk up the ancient holy path from the Thai side, but now that entrance is closed.

The site is a fairly large complex, stretching out on the ancient path. There are two very nice Naga snakes at the start of the temple area, then a few pavilions with some nice reliefs before entering the main temple.

The view is great from the cliff. We both liked the place. It was nice and quiet, few tourists, and some great stonework in a beautiful setting.

On the way back we with visited both Koh Ker (T) and Beng Mealea(T). You will need to start early in the morning to do a proper visit to all of the sites

 

### Randi & Svein Elias