Kbal Spean58lies 50 kilometers northeast of Siem Reap provincial town or about 18 kilometers from Banteay Srei on a dirt road. It takes from one to tow hours to get there from the provincial town. The original River of Thousand Lingams, Kbal Spean is an intricately carved rivered depp in the foothills of the Cambodia jungle. Lingams are phallic representations sacred to Brahmanism as sumbols of fertility, and hundeds of them are carved into the rock here, as are several carvings of rediscoverd in 1969, when French researcher Jean Boulbet was shown the carvings by a local hermit. A visit to Kbal Spean, a reference to the natural rock bridge, is one of the easiest ways to take a short jungle trek in the Angkor area. It is a 30-minute walk to the carvings through steamy forest and some curious rock formations. It is best to try to visit between July and December, at other times of permitted after 3:30pm. Food and drinks are available at the base of the trail.
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