Bokor Hill Station, Hill station in Tuek Chhou District, Cambodia.
The Bokor Hill Station stands at 1048 meters elevation within Bokor National Park, featuring abandoned colonial buildings and modern resort developments.
French colonists established this mountain retreat in 1921 to escape the heat of Phnom Penh, with the Bokor Palace Hotel opening in 1925.
The station includes a Catholic church with a Romanesque bell tower and a Buddhist temple, reflecting the mixed heritage of French colonial and Khmer influences.
Visitors can access the site via a modern road from Kampot, with a national park entrance fee of 5 USD for exploring both natural and historical areas.
The former royal residence known as Black Palace sits abandoned along the access road, while wild monkeys roam near the Temple of Five Boats.
Location: Tuek Chhou District
Inception: 1921
Elevation above the sea: 1,048 m
GPS coordinates: 10.63041,104.01727
Latest update: May 27, 2025 11:30
Southeast Asia extends from the volcanic craters of Sumatra to the limestone formations of northern Vietnam, combining geological features with centuries-old cultural sites. The region includes Lake Toba, one of the world's deepest crater lakes, the Banaue rice terraces that have been cultivated for over 2,000 years, and Komodo National Park, home to the world's largest living lizards. In Thailand, Wat Rong Khun draws visitors with its unconventional white architecture, while Luang Prabang in Laos blends French colonial buildings with Buddhist monasteries. The underwater world ranges from the biodiverse reefs surrounding Raja Ampat in West Papua to Sipadan Island off the coast of Sabah, where sea turtles and barracuda schools are common. The Gili Islands off Lombok provide access to coral reefs with no motorized vehicles on land. The Phong Nha-Ke Bang caves in Vietnam contain some of the world's largest cave systems, while the Chocolate Hills in Bohol form over 1,200 conical mounds. Less visited sites include the Plain of Jars in Laos with its stone vessels of unknown origin, the red lotus fields of Udon Thani in Thailand that bloom between December and February, and the abandoned Bokor Hill Station in Cambodia from the French colonial era. Mount Kinabalu rises to 13,435 feet (4,095 meters), making it the highest peak between the Himalayas and New Guinea. The region connects active volcanoes, tropical rainforests and temple complexes from different periods.
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