2 Days Private Guide Tour Phnom Penh Heritage
Overview
Explore the atmosphere of Cambodia’s exciting city of Phnom Penh on your 2-day journey. Enjoy comprehensive private touring with a private guide and driver. Visit the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, and see incredible sights such as a Baccarat crystal Buddha and another made of gold and diamonds. At the National Museum, view the world’s premier collection of ancient Khmer sculpture and artifacts. Explore Phnom Penh’s markets, and perhaps shop for silver or silk and cotton textiles. If desired, learn about Cambodia’s more recent history during a visit to the Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. There will also be time to relax at vibrant cafes and perhaps stop for a drink at the Foreign Correspondents Club, a Phnom Penh institution.
Inclusions
- Stay one night at the iRoHa Garden Hotel in Phnom Penh
- Private transportation by modern air-conditioned vehicle
- Sightseeing as specified in the itinerary including entrance fees
- Professional Licensed English Speaking guide
- Boat cruise as specified in the programmed
- 02 bottles of mineral water per person while sightseeing and transfers
- VAT and all taxes and service charge
- Included admission fee to visit the Royal Palace $10.00 person
- Included admission fee to visit the National Museum $10.00 person
- Included admission fee to visit the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center $5.00 person
- Included admission fee to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum $5.00 person
- Included admission fee to visit the Wat Phnom Temple $1.00 person
- Accommodation included: 1 night
- 1x Lunch
- 1x Breakfast
- Entry/Admission - Choeung Ek Genocidal Center
- Entry/Admission - Friends 'n' Stuff
- Entry/Admission - Royal Palace
- Entry/Admission - Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
- Entry/Admission - Wat Phnom
- Entry/Admission - National Museum
What to expect
Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to Phnom Penh
Stop At: Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh
Meet & Greet: Welcome to Cambodia. Upon arrival in Phnom Penh, obtain your Cambodia visa (please refer to your Special Program Note), and then clear Immigration and Customs. After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside a local Guide of Global Travel & Tours. He/she will be holding a sign with your names on it. Please note that local guides are not allowed inside the airport.
Private transfer: From the airport, you will be privately transferred to your lovely boutique hotel. This city was once considered one of the most beautiful in Orient, and despite its recent turbulent history it still retains a colonial charm.
Settle in and enjoy the evening at your leisure.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Mekong River, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Later this afternoon enjoys one-hour sunset cruise on the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers. The boat will pass past floating villages, providing great views of the city’s rapidly changing skyline.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Stay tonight at the iRoHa Garden Hotel (Comfort Room with Balcony)
Day 2: Phnom Penh
Stop At: Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, Roluos Village, Sangkat Cheung Aek, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Meet your personal guide drive to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek (16 km south of Phnom Penh). Between 1975 and 1978 about 17, 000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) detained and tortured at S-21 prison were transported to the extermination camp of Choeung Ek. They were often bludgeoned to death to avoid wasting precious bullets. Fragments of human bone and bits of cloth are scattered around the disinterred pits. Over 8, 000 skulls, arranged by sex and age, are visible behind the clear glass panels of the Memorial Stupa, which was erected in 1988.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Corner of Street 113 & St 350 History Museum, Phnom Penh 12304 Cambodia
You'll then continue to visit the notorious Tuol Sleng Museum. In 1975 Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It soon became the largest such center of detention and torture in the country. More than 17, 000 people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeung Ek to be executed; detainees who died during torture were buried in mass graves in the prison ground. Room after room the museum displays photographs of men, women and children covering the walls from floor to ceiling; virtually all the people pictured were later killed.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Wat Phnom, Street 96 Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Continue your tour at the city's namesake, Wat Phnom. Founded in 1373, the pagoda was built to house Buddhist relics washed ashore by the river.
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At: Friends 'n' Stuff, #215, Steet 13, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Enjoy our Lunch at Friends Restaurant is famous not only in Phnom Penh but across the world. This vibrant and colourful training restaurant has become a must-visit place.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Royal Palace, Sothearos between Street 240 & 184, Phnom Penh Cambodia
After lunch, Visit the Royal Palace built in 1866 by King Norodom. See the different structures of this pagoda-style compound and stroll in its beautiful garden. Visit the Silver Pagoda so named because of its floor that is comprised of 5, 000 silver tiles. A gold Buddha encrusted with 9, 584 diamonds and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha are also housed here.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: National Museum, 13th St. Between 178th and 184th Sts., Phnom Penh Cambodia
Finish your tour, visit the National Museum. Built in 1917 it is an exceptional example of traditional architecture and is exclusively devoted to preserving and displaying Khmer art and sculptures. Hundreds of pieces are housed here including both pre-and post-Angkorian pieces. Free at leisure until transfer to Airport for your late afternoon flight or to your hotel in Phnom Penh. We wish you a safe and pleasant journey.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Welcome to Phnom Penh
Stop At: Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh
Meet & Greet: Welcome to Cambodia. Upon arrival in Phnom Penh, obtain your Cambodia visa (please refer to your Special Program Note), and then clear Immigration and Customs. After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside a local Guide of Global Travel & Tours. He/she will be holding a sign with your names on it. Please note that local guides are not allowed inside the airport.
Private transfer: From the airport, you will be privately transferred to your lovely boutique hotel. This city was once considered one of the most beautiful in Orient, and despite its recent turbulent history it still retains a colonial charm.
Settle in and enjoy the evening at your leisure.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Mekong River, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Later this afternoon enjoys one-hour sunset cruise on the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers. The boat will pass past floating villages, providing great views of the city’s rapidly changing skyline.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Stay tonight at the iRoHa Garden Hotel (Comfort Room with Balcony)
Day 2: Phnom Penh
Stop At: Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, Roluos Village, Sangkat Cheung Aek, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Meet your personal guide drive to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek (16 km south of Phnom Penh). Between 1975 and 1978 about 17, 000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) detained and tortured at S-21 prison were transported to the extermination camp of Choeung Ek. They were often bludgeoned to death to avoid wasting precious bullets. Fragments of human bone and bits of cloth are scattered around the disinterred pits. Over 8, 000 skulls, arranged by sex and age, are visible behind the clear glass panels of the Memorial Stupa, which was erected in 1988.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Corner of Street 113 & St 350 History Museum, Phnom Penh 12304 Cambodia
You'll then continue to visit the notorious Tuol Sleng Museum. In 1975 Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It soon became the largest such center of detention and torture in the country. More than 17, 000 people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeung Ek to be executed; detainees who died during torture were buried in mass graves in the prison ground. Room after room the museum displays photographs of men, women and children covering the walls from floor to ceiling; virtually all the people pictured were later killed.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Wat Phnom, Street 96 Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Continue your tour at the city's namesake, Wat Phnom. Founded in 1373, the pagoda was built to house Buddhist relics washed ashore by the river.
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At: Friends 'n' Stuff, #215, Steet 13, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Enjoy our Lunch at Friends Restaurant is famous not only in Phnom Penh but across the world. This vibrant and colourful training restaurant has become a must-visit place.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Royal Palace, Sothearos between Street 240 & 184, Phnom Penh Cambodia
After lunch, Visit the Royal Palace built in 1866 by King Norodom. See the different structures of this pagoda-style compound and stroll in its beautiful garden. Visit the Silver Pagoda so named because of its floor that is comprised of 5, 000 silver tiles. A gold Buddha encrusted with 9, 584 diamonds and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha are also housed here.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: National Museum, 13th St. Between 178th and 184th Sts., Phnom Penh Cambodia
Finish your tour, visit the National Museum. Built in 1917 it is an exceptional example of traditional architecture and is exclusively devoted to preserving and displaying Khmer art and sculptures. Hundreds of pieces are housed here including both pre-and post-Angkorian pieces. Free at leisure until transfer to Airport for your late afternoon flight or to your hotel in Phnom Penh. We wish you a safe and pleasant journey.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
•
•
No accommodation included on this day.
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- Our guides and drivers are subject to temperature checks at the start of each day and shall wear a mask or face shield, and gloves when required. Travelers are encouraged to complete a temperature check before boarding any vehicle at the start of the day. This is repeated every day they are on tour.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.