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Killing Fields & Toul Sleng Genocide Museum Tour: Exploring Cambodia's Dark History
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584 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
- Admission fee - Choeung Ek Genocidal Center USD 3.00 per person
- Admission fee - Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum USD 5.00 per person
- Tipping service and other personal expenses.
- Personal travel insurance
- Admission fee - Choeung Ek Genocidal Center USD 3.00 per person
- Admission fee - Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum USD 5.00 per person
- Tipping service and other personal expenses.
- Personal travel insurance
Additional Information
Discover a somber chapter in Cambodia’s history with the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum S21 Tour. Our licensed English-speaking tour guide will assist in interpreting the exhibits and addressing any inquiries. Honor the victims of the Khmer Rouge at these impactful and poignant sites. This tour is essential for history enthusiasts.
Two…
Discover a somber chapter in Cambodia’s history with the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum S21 Tour. Our licensed English-speaking tour guide will assist in interpreting the exhibits and addressing any inquiries. Honor the victims of the Khmer Rouge at these impactful and poignant sites. This tour is essential for history enthusiasts.
Two options are available: with or without the entrance fee included.
This is a half-day tour lasting approximately four hours.
Hotel transfers are available.
Travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned private vehicle.
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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Anthonybc3156hh
Aug 19, 2025
Highly recommended! - Our guide Ran was amazing and told us all about the history of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge regime. He was really knowledgeable and great at answering all of our questions. He also told us about his own personal experience and we got to meet several survivors of the genocide. I would highly recommend this tour!
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H3737pfbarryp
Aug 17, 2025
S21 and Killing Fields with An - Very somber but interesting tour. Our Guide An was excellent. Our driver was also excellent. Highlight was hearing An’s personal experience having been born in the middle of the Khmer Rouge reign.
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Sarahmul4
Aug 14, 2025
Heartbreaking but a must do tour! - Such a somber but important experience. Ram was so informative and caring when sharing the stories of this terrible history. He shared his own stories and made sure we could ask any questions we had comfortably. It was a very sad day but such an invaluable tour and we would highly recommend the tour with Chamrouen.
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Erik_w
Aug 9, 2025
Sharing was personal and... - Sharing was personal and very informative but pls note that you will not be getting the usual audio guides at the museum.
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Rossella_b
Jul 27, 2025
An amazing guide for an unmissable tour - The tour is obviously emotionally challenging, but in my view it must be done by every visitor in Phnom Penh. My review here is to praise and thank our great guide, Mr. Chamroeun. It was a privilege to listen to him - not only about the history of the places and the period, but also about his personal experience as a child in those terrible times. We simply loved this tour and we want to highly recommend it. If you are lucky enough, you will have Mr. Chamroeun as a guide, too. His English is excellent and his way of speaking is super clear. He gives just the perfect balance of information, history and personal stories.
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Nico_m
Jul 20, 2025
It was a lovely and... - It was a lovely and helpful guy, amazing about the history of Cambodia and we learned a lots.I will recommend other people to experiment this tour operator
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Glasgowneil1
Jul 19, 2025
How can man do this against his fellow man? - Tour guide was Ran and he was fantastic. Personal experiences, and personal losses woven into the tour to give a raw and first hand account of the atrocities that happened. Brought it totally to life, had us engaged the whole time and a great guy personally. I had googled it beforehand, read up and remembered it from the news in the UK in the late 70’s but nothing prepared me to learn the evils of man against his fellow man while the world watched.
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G1570tdpaolog
Jul 13, 2025
Great visit with Neang - Neang was a great guide! He knew a lot of information, was respectful and eager to answer all the questions I had. I feel like he enriched the whole visit. Would recommend!
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Mennor943
Jul 12, 2025
Impressive and interesting tour - Very impressive and interesting tour. Much to learn about the heavy history of cambodia and the cruel Khmer Rouge regime. Tour guides are very open en come with you inside.
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30maxik
Jun 30, 2025
A must. that it will never forget. - The tour to Toul Sleng and the Killing fields was very interesting and full of information about this horrible dark time of cambodian history. but of course very heavy as well.
Neang was a perfect guide. He told us a lot about this time and was always very sensitive. If you go to Phnom Penh it's a must to book this tour!
Thank you Neang.
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