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Killing Fields & Toul Sleng Genocide Museum Tour: Exploring Cambodia's Dark History
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597 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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Tim_h
Nov 9, 2025
Excellent all around! - Great driver (DaRa) and great guide too! Def recommend. Very thorough and educational. We were impressed and comfortable!
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Veronica_b
Nov 8, 2025
Important tour - highly recommended - We went to the Killing fields and S21 with our guide Rouan (apologies if I misspelt his name). Rouan was amazing in sharing all the history leading up to Pol Pot and then taking us through that awful time, including how it affected his own family. The tour was very emotional but we felt it was important to understand what the people of Cambodia went through so recently. It is a testimony to the people here that the museums exist and that people want to share their histories to help stop these awful things happening again. We also met Chum Mey at the end of the tour - a 95 year old survivor of S21 who now dedicates his life to sharing his experiences of what happened. There was no pressure to buy his book but I was happy to help support Chum Mey as our guide explained there is no social security to help look after him and the 10$ his book cost is used 50% to support Chum Mey and 50% to support other survivors. Although a tough day in terms of the horrors you see, I recommend the tour so we can all help spread what we learn and remember the poor victims.
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Divya_j
Oct 31, 2025
An experience - We visited this on our last day in Cambodia, and it was an incredibly moving experience. Throughout our trip, we’d heard stories from our guides in Siem Reap and the locals, but seeing and experiencing this firsthand was deeply sobering. At times, we felt truly overwhelmed and found it hard to process the emotions. Our guide, who had personally lived through those years, shared invaluable insights and stories that offered a powerful and comprehensive perspective. I would strongly recommend that anyone visiting this beautiful country take the time to explore this part of its history. It’s a story that deserves to be seen, heard, and remembered so that history is preserved, and never repeated.
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Annacarin
Oct 22, 2025
Shaken and touched - Our guide was very good and we got honest answers. This tour makes a big mark. Terrible to hear about torture, but appreciate that they are doing this, so that we can all prevent it from happening again.
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Pioneer67620487850
Oct 13, 2025
10/10 experience. - Our tour guide Neng picked us up from hotel and we then proceeded to the Killing Fields and S21 Museum. It was only
My partner and I on the tour. It was a very harrowing half day experience as you visually saw the devastation, complete disregard for human life and evil under the Pol Pot regime. 100% recommend to anyone attending Cambodia 🇰🇭 to learn about how the country is rebuilding and restoring peace. Also recommend our tour guide who was so knowledgeable and kind! we asked so many questions and he knew the answers and MORE to all of them.
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Will
Oct 9, 2025
Killing field and genocide museum guided tour - Excellent guided tour from a man that had experienced this period of Cambodias history. The vehicle was prompt and comfortable
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Karen_t
Oct 1, 2025
Tour guide was very... - Tour guide was very informative and knows the history, and explains it very professionally. An emotional historical visit
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Loisa2020
Sep 28, 2025
If you do one thing in Phnom Penh, do this - I highly recommend our guide Rarn, he was very knowledgeable and helpful. Our driver was excellent too. The tour itself was emotional and eye opening. Please don’t leave Cambodia without doing this tour.
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Leanman21
Nov 1, 2025
A good morning’s tour, well curated - Worth a visit. Would have liked longer to wander around the killing fields after the guided tour bit. Genocide museum made more stark by meeting 2 of survivors.
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Aliraza199596
Sep 9, 2025
Good to learn history - It is good to visit for those who are interested to know about the history but i was so sad and felt bad about the history when i learned.
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