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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung Ek Killing Fields: Remembering Cambodia's Darker Days
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Phnom Penh
Experience a haunting journey through Cambodia’s dark history with a visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung Ek Killing Fields. Uncover the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Experience a haunting journey through Cambodia’s dark history with a visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung Ek Killing Fields. Uncover the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Choeung Ek Genocidal Center - Cambodia’s History from 1975 to 1979
- Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - Cambodia’s History from 1975 to 1979
- Choeung Ek Genocidal Center - Cambodia’s History from 1975 to 1979
- Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - Cambodia’s History from 1975 to 1979
What's Included
- Hotel Pick up
- Clean, air-conditioned transportation
- Complimentary cool water
- Professional English-speaking tour guide and driver
- Hotel Pick up
- Clean, air-conditioned transportation
- Complimentary cool water
- Professional English-speaking tour guide and driver
What's Not Included
- The Killing Field entrance fee ticket 3$/pax.
- The Toul Sleng Museum (S21) entrance fee ticket 5$/pax.
- Tipping service and other personal expenses.
- The Killing Field entrance fee ticket 3$/pax.
- The Toul Sleng Museum (S21) entrance fee ticket 5$/pax.
- Tipping service and other personal expenses.
Additional Information
A professional English speaking tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the killing fields of Choeung Ek Genocide Center
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9 miles away south of Phnom Penh. The infamous killing fields have a bloody history. Once an orchard and a
Chinese cemetery, the Khmer Rouge, lead by Pol Pot, turned the place into
what became known as the…
A professional English speaking tour guide will pick you up from your hotel 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 Rouge, lead by Pol Pot, turned the place into
what became known as the killing fields, where they executed around 2.000 prisoners. 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. you could ask any question tour tour guide
Location
River Crown Restaurant
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Grand River Sports Bar or River Crown Restaurants is our meeting point! These two places are at the same building
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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(111 Ratings)
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Sara_c
Mar 27, 2025
A very thought provoking and upsetting trip - A very thought provoking trip.
It was very well organised and our guide was very informative and respectful in how he described the atrocities that took place.
He spoke excellent English and was easy to understand.
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T5082dcleof
Mar 24, 2025
Excelent tour - Really recommendable tour, is not the typical tour where you have fun and smile all the time, but I think that should be a must in your visit to Phnom Penh in order to understand more about Camboya.
Our tour guide "Baboon" was always open to explain and give context on each stop. 10/10
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616defneg
Mar 1, 2025
Definitely recommend - Cambodia’s history is a complex one and while this tour is not for the faint of heart, it’s a necessary one to learn about this complex history. Baboon was a lovely guide, a true embodiment of the spirit of Cambo. His family, like many others, suffered greatly but they have persevered! Very much recommend this tour and also great value for the price.
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736hollyf
Feb 27, 2025
Informative and organised tour - Our tour guide cheath was very well planned, very informative, highlighting the impact of the genocide. The museum is very powerful and confronting, must see.
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Frankka5180fh
Feb 26, 2025
Breathtaking experience - This is a trip that is build around one of the worst and most impactful events in the history of Cambodia.
You are being picked up from the hotel.
Then, you visit the largest of a total of over 400 killing fields near the center of Phnom Penh. Then the second stop is at the S21 prison in Phnom Penh.
During the trip the guide explains many details around the history and the events that have taken place. You get free water from the tourguide as well.
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Kiera_h
Feb 24, 2025
Heartbreaking but a great tour providing insight into the tragedies of the Khmer Rouge. - A very difficult topic and extremely sad to see the dark history of Cambodia. Our guide Sum Cheath did a fantastic job at explaining the history and tragic stories behind the killing fields and Khmer Rouge.
One thing to note for future travellers, you must cover your legs, shoulders and back when visiting the killing fields to pay respect to the victims (there is a sign at the front). Luckily I researched this before I visited, but there were a few travellers who did not.
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Eileen_d
Feb 23, 2025
Difficult day but a must do - Baboon was a wonderful guide. He prepared us for the difficult day ahead and was an amazing, factual but compassionate story teller. He shared his personal connection as well and expected the tears that were shed
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604kittym
Feb 12, 2025
🇰🇭 - It was amazing to be able to learn about the history of Cambodia and pay our respects to the victims of the events that took place. Our guide Baboon was lovely and very knowledgeable, his English was very good and he answered all of our questions.
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Mara_p
Feb 8, 2025
Highly recommend - Mr Baboon and Mr Tea were very kind and informative. They'll provide you with water throughout the whole trip. They'll pick you up at your hotel or at a meeting point. As for me, I chose the meeting point since its a min walk from my hotel. They were right on time and on schedule. Along the bus drive, Mr Baboon gave us a brief historical background of the country, gave some tips, and also a restaurant recommendation. He is humorous and funny.
The tour was precisely 4 hrs max. We started at the killing fields since it was a bit father from the city center. The last desti was the S-21 prison. The whole tour was very informative. Highly recommended tour.
Please bear in mind, the tour is not something fun or exciting. The tour tells the dark history of the Cambodian people, so just a heads up, show respect in how you take pictures and your way of clothing. Taking a solo or group picture with the skeletons as a backdrop and smiling is not the way to show respect.
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Thesenescentnomad
Feb 13, 2025
Heartbreaking historical tour that is a MUST BOOK - While this is an emotionally difficult tour I believe it is an important tour to book. The subject matter is beyond what you can imagine and unfortunately part of the Cambodia's history. My guide, Sum CHEATH, is a professional, passionate and incredibly knowledgeable. He shared personal experiences. He is relaxed, soft-spoken, pleasant and injected mild humor in between the heartbreaking moments to break the heaviness of their history. The tour bus was very comfortable and our driver could not have been nicer. I recommend booking and learning.
A few observations: Sum CHEATH repeated many of the more sickening details repeatedly throughout the tour causing me to finally start walking away while he was speaking and his is English was hard to understand many times during the afternoon.
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