The Killing Field and Toul Sleng Museum Tour
Overview
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
Inclusions
- A professional English speaking tour guide with driver.
- cool water
- A clean , hygienic, good, and safe transportation.
- Air-conditioned vehicle
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, Roluos Village, Sangkat Cheung Aek, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Your tour guide will pick you up from Phnom Penh and drive you to the killing fields of Choeung Ek Genocide Center – 9 miles away south of Phnom Penh. The infamous killing fields have a bloody history. Once an orchard and a Chinese cemetery, the Khmer Rogue, lead by Pol Pot, turned the place into what became known as the killing fields, where they executed around 20.000 victim. Over three years, they massacred and buried 2.5 million people. After remembering the dead, return to Phnom Penh to visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21). Meaning hill of the poisonous trees, Pol Pot turned 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.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Corner of Street 113 & St 350 History Museum, Phnom Penh 12304 Cambodia
The most notorious 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, tortured there, often in primitive brick cells built in former classrooms.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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The guide was amazing. Really good experience, highly recommend! Morning is a great time to do it and the guide was very informative and was just such an important thing to learn about.
The guide was amazing. Really good experience, highly recommend! Morning is a great time to do it and the guide was very informative and was just such an important thing to learn about.I really liked the guide, Baboon. He was very knowledgeable. We had good weather for the trip. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I really liked the guide, Baboon. He was very knowledgeable. We had good weather for the trip. XxxxxxxxxxxxxExcellent guide, very knowledgeable about both locations, would recommend as the guide gives a deeper insight into the history than the information provided at the sites themselves.
Excellent guide, very knowledgeable about both locations, would recommend as the guide gives a deeper insight into the history than the information provided at the sites themselves.Highly recommend to all who visit Phnom Penh. Horrifying, tragic and sobering reminder of the genocide that happened. Mr Baboon, the tour guide, was very good, informative and passionate.
Highly recommend to all who visit Phnom Penh. Horrifying, tragic and sobering reminder of the genocide that happened. Mr Baboon, the tour guide, was very good, informative and passionate.Tim was fantastic all afternoon with great knowledge and communication. Made visiting the museums a lot more interesting and beneficial in understanding the history. 100% recommend for anyone looking to visit these places
Tim was fantastic all afternoon with great knowledge and communication. Made visiting the museums a lot more interesting and beneficial in understanding the history. 100% recommend for anyone looking to visit these placesWhile this tour is very sad, I think it is important to do when in Cambodia. Our guide Baboon was brilliant and he explained the history as well as giving some personal accounts. At the end of the S21 prison there are three survivors you can speak to. They are selling books of their experiences f...
While this tour is very sad, I think it is important to do when in Cambodia. Our guide Baboon was brilliant and he explained the history as well as giving some personal accounts. At the end of the S21 prison there are three survivors you can speak to. They are selling books of their experiences for $10 each so make sure to have some cash because you will definitely be so moved you want to buy a book and support them. Baboon also have us his number and has helped us out with local knowledge of buses/PCR tests for going to Vietnam. He really went above and beyond what is expected of a tour guide and we were very grateful.