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Killing Fields & Toul Sleng Genocide Museum Tour: Exploring Cambodia's Dark History
4.9
528 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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(528 Ratings)
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Siedah_t
Nov 7, 2024
You need a kind sensitive guide to visit this horrific part of history and we were lucky to have Neang - Neang was fantastic. He was very thoughtful and sensitive making sure we were aware of what we were going to see next. It was really important to hear all the history that he told us. Thank you for a great trip.
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Suecnc
Nov 5, 2024
Very thoughtful and evocative tour with Rey - It’s an emotive tour but a must do in Phnom Penh. Rey our guide was great. Was very informative before hand regarding collection times. Then whilst travelling to the killing fields gave us a very interesting and accurate guide as to the history of Pol Pot and what happened in the 70’s. Definitely recommend this tour and thoroughly recommend Rey.
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Cedricb921
Nov 5, 2024
Very good guided tour - The guided visits were rich with history and information, but also very moving. It is not a pleasant experience but important to learn about the genocide.
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Alexmy3190ul
Nov 4, 2024
Truly a must - 10/10 - Best guide we could ask for. Extremely educational - Clear & detailed explanations. Truly a must.
Guide (Mr Run) is friendly. We were able to book on the same day with hotel pickup and 0 issues.
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Jason_y
Nov 1, 2024
Knowledgeable tour guide - Our guide Neang was knowledgeable about the history of the Khmer Rouge and provided colour into the regime, including personal stories.
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Susan_d
Oct 13, 2024
Killing fields tour - Our tour guide was so lovely, gave us so much useful information including dates of the horrific events that shaped the country’s past and future, would definitely recommend him and this agency to others
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Exploration732687
Oct 10, 2024
Emotionally charged must do tour - On 11 October 2024 we visited the Choeung Ek Genocide Prison and one of the killing fields under the guidance of Neang. I can’t praise more highly the guidance of our guide Neang who told us the story in a respectful, considerate and honest way. I am filled with emotion and respect for having this experience.
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Tommyk1324
Oct 6, 2024
Highly Recommend!!! - Booked the night before for a next AM tour. Confirmed promptly and the morning pick up at the hotel was perfect.
Our guide (An) was informative and personable. The price was very reasonable and although the tour was sobering- it was a very worthwhile experience. I highly recommend!!!
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M416erdannyn
Oct 5, 2024
A tour that painstakingly shows how cruel a few people can be to make so many people feel sad! - Today I did the Killing Field and Toul Sleng tour. Very impressive, what these people went through in the 70s, so much grief that every family has a victim. The Guide Ang has told a lot about Cambodia’s past, how the country has been under various trustees from 1907 to 1998, how Pol Pot’s promises were not fulfilled and that many millions of inhabitants have been misled, mistreated and murdered. Impressive the mass graves and later the prison which used to be a school with many young people who were tortured and murdered for nothing. With only 12 survivors including 4 children. This is history that should not happen again, but unfortunately we continue to see it in various places around the world. Thank you Ang for this tour, and I hope Cambodia finds even more peace in humanity and in their selves to respect the past and grow in a peaceful mind.
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Charlotte
Oct 3, 2024
Meeting the Regime prisoners - An amazing experience. We had a tour guide called Mr Rarn who was involved in the forced work under the regime as a child. We were also lucky enough to talk to Chum Mey, a 94 year old man who was one of 7 who survived the prison. Overall a very interesting, insightful visit.
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