Kirirom National Park


Kirirom National Park, officially Preah Suramarit-Kossamak Kirirom National Park, is a national park in Cambodia located in the eastern part of the Cardamom Mountains at a mean elevation of. It is Cambodia's first officially designated national park, that was established in 1993.

Legend

The meaning of "Kirirom" is "Happiness Mountain". This name was given to the area by King Monivong in the 1930s. The ancient name of the place was Phnom Vorvong Sorvong for the main two hills there were connected with the Cambodian popular legend about two heroic princely brothers Vorvong and Sorvong.