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Killing Fields & Toul Sleng Genocide Museum Tour: Exploring Cambodia's Dark History
4.9
506 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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(506 Ratings)
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Sophia_h
Aug 29, 2024
Starting my trip in... - Starting my trip in Cambodia I thought it was important to learn more about the history of the country and this tours was the perfect introduction. This tour is not for the faint hearted its gruesome and quite overwhelming to hear about and see the mass torture and killing but my guide Neang was very understanding of this and was genuinely happy to answer any questions. My driver Huot was perfectly on time and transport was very comfortable with plenty of water provided.
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Matthiasa479
Aug 23, 2024
Fantastic insight into one of humanity’s worst tragedies - The excellent guide, Neang, made this experience so informative and interesting. It was masterfully shown and explained, and despite the very sensitive subject matter, the tour was an outstanding way of learning about the tragedy.
I can only recommend it!
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Broomy76
Aug 19, 2024
Killing fields and genocide museum. - Educational and sobering trip to killing fields and Genocide museum. ‘Ran’ was an excellent tour guide who was very knowledgable, also with a personal emotional connection. Great value for money and all questions answered. We also felt honoured to personally meet survivors at the museum. Many thanks.
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Q9065crkatep
Aug 18, 2024
An incredible but harrowing experience anyone visiting Cambodia should see and understand - What a sobering experience it was seeing the Killing Fields and the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum which was the site of the S21 Prison Camp. The atrocities of the Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge regime are indescribable.
Our guide Neang was a wonderful historian who spoke to his own families’ experiences and indeed his own. Neang was incredibly open, emotional and willing to answer any questions we had. He even introduced us to two survivors of
The S21 camp. This was an incredible experience. A devastatingly sad and horrific history that anyone visiting Cambodia should experience to see and understand.
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Odyssey66192970449
Aug 13, 2024
A must do trip - An extremely moving trip at both the killing fields and the prison. If visiting Phnom Penh it is a must do. Our tour guide was excellent and so informative, he was able to answer every question. The trip itself ran really smoothly.
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Amparomx6292tn
Aug 11, 2024
S21 & Killing Fields - Very enriching experience, the guide was very knowledgable and spoke perfect English
I would recommend this experience to anyone visiting the country to understand their history
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Compass800527
Aug 8, 2024
Informative trip with Neang - This tour was extremely confronting and shocking, but such an important thing to hear about and visit. We had an absolutely brilliant guide, Neang, who was so knowledgeable, friendly, and patient. He took the time to answer all our questions really thoughtfully and thoroughly, and had excellent spoken English. I highly recommend this experience!
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Torbjornk2020
Aug 7, 2024
Interesting and emotional tour to killing field and genocide museum - It was a very interesting and emotional tour where we learned a lot about the civil war and its background. In the museum we also got to meet one of the survivors. Our guide Neang was very good and knowledgeable. We can highly recommend this tour.
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Ellied875
Aug 7, 2024
Really insightful tour with Neang - We had a really educational morning with Neang on a tour of the killing fields and the genocide museum. The Khmer rouge’s reign was truly horrid and I am thankful to Neang for being so open and honest sharing his personal experiences. I feel I have learnt a lot from the tour and it is definitely something I recommend. Neang somehow still managed to make us all laugh with his humour throughout the tour a a great tour guide.
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Georgiis227
Aug 4, 2024
Great experience! - Had great time. Guide was very thorough and gave great context.
Transport was good as well with accurate pickup time.
Recommend!
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