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Killing Fields & Toul Sleng Genocide Museum Tour: Exploring Cambodia's Dark History
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540 Ratings
Phnom Penh
Explore Cambodia’s dark history on a half-day tour of the Killing Fields and Toul Sleng Genocide Museum. Learn about the Khmer Rouge regime and pay your respects to the victims. Hotel transfers and private vehicle included.
Explore Cambodia’s dark history on a half-day tour of the Killing Fields and Toul Sleng Genocide Museum. Learn about the Khmer Rouge regime and pay your respects to the victims. Hotel transfers and private vehicle included.
Duration:
4 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Choeung Ek Genocidal Center - Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the killing fields of Choeung Ek Genocide Center – 9 miles south of Phnom Penh. The notorious killing fields have a tragic history. Once an orchard and a Chinese cemetery, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, transformed the area into the killing fields,…
- Choeung Ek Genocidal Center - Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the killing fields of Choeung Ek Genocide Center – 9 miles south of Phnom Penh. The notorious killing fields have a tragic history. Once an orchard and a Chinese cemetery, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, transformed the area into the killing fields, where approximately 20,000 victims were executed. Over three years, they massacred and buried 2.5 million people. After paying respects to the deceased, return to Phnom Penh to visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21). Meaning “hill of the poisonous trees,” Pol Pot converted a once-popular high school into a high-security prison. 20,000 people were imprisoned there, many of whom were tortured for information. Today, it serves as a museum and a reminder of darker days. Your guide will return you to your hotel or guesthouse. - Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - The most infamous of the 189 known interrogation centers in Cambodia was S-21, housed in a former school and now called Tuol Sleng for the hill on which it stands. Between 14,000 and 17,000 prisoners were detained and tortured there, often in primitive brick cells built in former classrooms.
What's Included
- Clean, hygienic, and safe transportation
- Professional English-speaking tour guide and driver
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Cool water
- Clean, hygienic, and safe transportation
- Professional English-speaking tour guide and driver
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Cool water
What's Not Included
- The killing field entrance fee tickets 3$/person.
- The Toul Sleng Genocide entrance fee ticket 5$/person.
- Tipping service and other personal expenses.
- Personal travel insurance
- The killing field entrance fee tickets 3$/person.
- The Toul Sleng Genocide entrance fee ticket 5$/person.
- Tipping service and other personal expenses.
- Personal travel insurance
Additional Information
Learn more about a dark period in Cambodian history, the Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum S21 Tour. Our English-speaking tour guide license will help you interpret the exhibits and answer your questions. Pay your respects to the victims of the Khmer Rouge at these hard-hitting, moving destinations. A must for travelers interested in…
Learn more about a dark period in Cambodian history, the Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum S21 Tour. Our English-speaking tour guide license will help you interpret the exhibits and answer your questions. Pay your respects to the victims of the Khmer Rouge at these hard-hitting, moving destinations. A must for travelers interested in history.
This is a half-day tour of around four hours
Hotel transfers can be arranged
Travel in a comfortable air-conditioned private vehicle
Entrance tickets are an extra cost
Morning 8.15 AM
Afternoon 1.30 PM
Location
Amanjaya Pancam Hotel
Dekcho Damdin St. (154)
Preah Sisowath quay and the corner St.154
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Trailblazer321941
Jan 12, 2025
A must see when in Phnom Penh - Fascinating day to see see horrific brutality by the Khmer Rouge against their own people . Our guide gave us a great insight to what happened there in the mid 70s as he had told us that he had lost family to this brutal regime
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O4193hglisam
Jan 11, 2025
Sad experience but a must do - Emotionally draining and hit close to home with so many victims near the ages of our own children and family.
The tree where the children were taken I couldn’t bear to listen to our guide, we walked away. There was an awful smell in the pit where the children were buried it didn’t seem to worry the rest of our group but our family could smell it.
We are spiritually inclined therefore tend to pick up on things that most others wouldn’t.
We also choose to only take 1 photo within the fields our flower tribute to the fallen. This wasn’t the time or place to be taking happy snaps or even serve as a reminder on our camera roll.
It is a must visit I wouldn't recommend taking any children under the age of 12 but I guess every has a different opinion.
Our daughter was 14 and it affected her greatly but she already knew the history behind the fields.
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Jamespattytee
Jan 10, 2025
Amazing experience learning about the era of the Khmer Rouge - Sam was our guide and did a fantastic job. He had such a positive energy and told stories well that made it a pleasure to listen to him. He was incredibly knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour too.
The tour itself was powerful and enlightening. It provokes a lot of emotion and teaches you a lot. I found the experience very interesting and would recommend it to everyone.
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David_w
Jan 7, 2025
Very informative about... - Very informative about this terrible period of history. Guides English was very clear and we had plenty of time at both sites. Comfortable transport with water provided.
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Don_n
Jan 5, 2025
Very good tour guide. Even nicer person. - Very thorough and informative Tuol Sleng tour. Knew a lot about Cambodian history, as did I. Every piece of info guide gave was spot on. This tour is well worth the money we all tipped not just the guide but also the guide's van driver. Remember to tip for professionalism folks!
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Perrineg2025
Jan 4, 2025
Outstanding guide and tour - Neang was an absolutely outstanding guide. He was so knowledgeable, thoughtful, and generous. He dealt with such difficult human history with such compassion and grace. I highly recommend this tour.
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Winkleessex
Jan 3, 2025
Cambodia History and the KHMER ROUGE. - This is an excellent tour that teaches the whole history of Cambodia and the Atrocities of the Kmer Rouge impact during recent times. Harrowing to say the least, with an opportunity to speak and but a book at S21 prison from the last remaining survivors. Our guide was extremely professional and informative. 👍👍
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Paradise59924989504
Dec 29, 2024
Killing Fields & Genocide Museum - Excellent trip. Sam, the guide, contacted by text the day before to confirm arrangements & collected from the hotel. Sam was very knowledge & on the ride filled in on Cambodian culture & history. Great value.
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Huilinesther_n
Dec 28, 2024
Highly recommend, confronting - Essential part of Cambodia, our guide shared about his family history too. Very confronting how it affects the generations.
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Abdulmc2024
Dec 26, 2024
Make Sure they comply pick up. - “I booked a pickup from my hotel (Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel) and the afternoon (1:30) slot for a tour. After I paid, the tour company contacted me, saying they weren’t offering the afternoon slot and couldn’t provide pickup because my hotel was on the other side of the river. They asked me to come to a hotel of their choice (Amanjaya Hotel). I went ahead with the tour because I didn’t have time to waste, but their actions cost me an extra $10 for a tuk-tuk.”
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