Tonle Batie

Tonle View with The Bamboo Shacks

( Travel by Tuk Tuk $35 )

Tonle Bati is a popular lake and picnic area that has bamboo shacks built out over the water that people can rent out for eating and whiling away the day. It's generally a weekend get-away spot, which means it's nice and quiet during the week. Locals swim there, but the water does not look real inviting. There are all kinds of food and drink stands that sell everything you need for a picnic along the lake. Note that there are tours that follow you when you arrive on weekends and try to get you to go to their own place. It?s best to pass right by them and find a spot on your own. There are all kinds of food and drink stands that sell everything you need for a picnic along the lake.Note that there are tours that follow you when you arrive on weekends and try to get you to go to their own place. It?s best to pass right by them and find a spot

Bamboo Shacks

on your own. Check prices beforehand on everything ? they are famous for handing you an outrageously high bill when you depart.Tonle Bati is a place of worship and features two ancient temples, Ta Promh and Yeay Peov, and a pagoda, Wat Tonle Bati, which was built in 1576.

The nearby, but more remote, Ta Phrom, a 12th-century temple built around the time of Siem Reap's Angkor Thom and Bayon, is less chaotic. The five-chambered late-rite temple has several well-preserved Hindu and Buddhist bas-reliefs.  Nearby is an attractive, smaller temple, Yeah Peau. Both temples are free and open to the public at all times. It is a very beautiful temple maintained well with flowers and trees. It was built by the King

Taprom Temple

Jayavarman VII on the place of a sanctuary of the 7th century. Some superb sculptures of Apsaras and low-reliefs from angkorian period. Ta Phrom is situated near of the Tonle Bati lake. The main sanctuary contains 5 rooms with des Shiva Lingas. The Red Khmers damaged these rooms.