Half-Day Killing Field & Tuol Sleng Genocidal Museum with a local Tuk Tuk Tours

Half-Day Killing Field & Tuol Sleng Genocidal Museum with a local Tuk Tuk Tours

By Royal Phnom Penh Tours

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Overview

Learning about Cambodia’s tragic past at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the former site of the Security Prison 21 (S-21) and Killing Filed were established by the Khmer Rouge regime from your tour guide as the half day tour. First, Heading to 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 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. Then, we will turn back to your hotel.

Activity location

Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodia

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What's included, what's not

Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off
Special Private Tour
Private English Speaking Tuk Tuk Driver & Guide
All Entrance Fee Are Mentioned
Cold Bottle Of Water During Your Trip
Drinks and other meals not clearly mentioned
Surcharge for special request on food, and meals.
Insurance, gratuities and personal expenses
All other service not stated in the program

Know before you book

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Phnom Penh

Start your tour by heading to Killing Field from you hotel in Phnom Penh, where the vibrant bustling capital of Cambodia. Situated at the confluence of three rivers, the mighty Mekong, the Bassac and the great Tonle Sap, what was once considered the ‘Gem’ of Indochina. The capital city still maintains considerable charm with plenty to see. It exudes a sort of provincial charm and tranquillity with French colonial mansions and tree-lined boulevards amidst monumental Angkorian architecture. Phnom Penh is a veritable oasis compared to the modernity of other Asian capitals. A mixture of Asian exotica, the famous Cambodian hospitality awaits the visitors to the capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Here in the capital, are many interesting touristy sites. Beside the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda, the National Museum, the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, the Choeng Ek Killing Fields and Wat Phnom, there are several market places selling carvings, paintings, silk, silver, gems and even antiques.

Choeung Ek Genocidal Center

2h
Admission ticket not included

Choeung Ek is the site of a former orchard and mass grave of victims of the Khmer Rouge - killed between 1975 and 1979 - about 17 kilometres south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is the best-known of the sites known as The Killing Fields, where the Khmer Rouge regime executed over one million people between 1975 and 1979.

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

2h
Admission ticket not included

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, chronicling the Cambodian genocide. The site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979.

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Activity location

Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodia

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