Phnom Kraom

Phnom Kraom (Khmer: lit. "downstream hill") is a 140 m high hill close to Siem Reap city, Cambodia. There is a temple on the top which derived its name from the hill, Prasat Phnom Kraom Location Phnom Kraom is about 12 kilometers southwest of Siem Reap town. Phnom Kraom hill is very rocky; local legend has it that the rocks were exposed by the monkey general Hanuman during a hunt for medicine in the Ramayana epic. The area beyond the temple’s west gate affords views of the Tonle Sap lake.