KOMPING POUY LAKE

KOMPING POUY LAKE

BATTAMBANG'S EXTENSIVE LAKE, COVERED BY CAMBODIA'S ICONIC LILY PADS AND WOODEN PODIUMS WITH HAMOCKS, WELCOME YOU TO ENJOY AN ATERNOON RELISHING IN THE RICH CULTURE, AND NATURAL WONDERS BATTAMBANG HAS TO OFFER. KAMPING PUOY LAKE ALSO KNOWN AS THE KILLING DAM, WAS ONE OF THE MULTIPLE PROJECTS EXECUTED BY THE KHMER ROUGE, INTENDED TO RECREATE THE IRRIGATION NETWORKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AROUND BATTAMBANG. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIED DUE TO MALNUTRITION AND DISEASES WHILST MANUALLY CONSTRUCTING THIS DAM. BE READY TO SUBMERGE YOURSELF IN YEAR OF HISTORY.