Kirirom National Park, one of the most popular monument of Cambodia located in Phnom Sruoch district of Kampong Speu Province. Kirirom National Park covering an area of over 35 thousand hectares in the Elephant Mountains was established on a seven hundred meters hill . 'Kirirom' mean Mountain of Joy and this name was given by the King of Cambodia. Kirirom National Park is known for its unique high elevation pine forest has a high altitude plateau, which forms the headwaters for numerous streams feeding in Kampong Speu Town.
Attracted a lot of local and international tourists every day Kirirom National Park is part of the 'Southwest Cluster Protected Areas' that include Kep National Parks, Phnom Bokor and Preah Sihanouk .
Kirirom has beautiful natural waterfall, it can attract a lot of tourists to visit there.
Attractions at this hill station of Kirirom are its spectacular scenery and its astonishing waterfalls.
Due to Kirirom Resort has a lot of forest so many endangered species of animals such as Pleated gibbon, sun bear and tiger live there . You can take a ride in the traditional ox-cart ride or trek along the walking trails among the pine trees. Since this natural resort is located one hundred and twenty kilometers to the west of Phnom Penh, visitors can hire taxis to get here. Traveling along National Road No. 4 will also get you here.
The Kirirom National Park, whose official name is Preah Suramarith Kossmak, is about 80,000 acres of forested land on a rare plateau in southwestern Cambodia.
The elevation is about 2,200 feet, high enough to support a large pine forest quite distinct from most of the country's tropical jungle. Our last stop in the park was a newly renovated visitor’s center which was small but quite impressive.
The visitor’s center has some really attractive displays although there are too many for such a small space. Still it was refreshing to see such high standards applied to the center.
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Especially rewarding was meeting the woman in the picture, the manager of the center, who obviously was proud of her country, her park, and her job representing it to the public.
Next to the visitor’s center are the ruins of a large old mansion. Pictured here is a tall, multi-part chimney on a foundation surrounded by a wooden deck that is falling dangerously apart. The house was a hot-season estate of Cambodia's King Sihanouk but it was destroyed by the Khmer Rouge who was not finally driven out of this area until 1992.
Kirirom National Park is established on a hill covering an area of over thirty five thousand hectares in the Elephant Mountains. The name ‘Kirirom’ meaning Mountain of Joy was given to the King of Cambodia. Kirirom National Park, a high altitude plateau, is known for its unique high elevation pine forest, which forms the headwaters for numerous streams feeding Kampong Speu Town. This park is part of the ‘Southwest Cluster Protected Areas’ which include Phnom Bokor, Preah Sihanouk and Kep National Parks.
Kirirom Hillside Resort offers visitors a wide variety of leisure activities and facilities such as restaurants, a zoo, waterfalls, family shopping mart, children's playground, beautiful Dino park, fishing, canoeing, horse riding, biking and rope sliding. Visitors can also play sports such as tennis and basketball at the resort. In addition, stream, sauna, spa, swimming pool and fitness center are available beside conference and banquet facilities.
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