Killing field and Toul Sleng genocide museum Tour
Description
Learn more about a dark period in Cambodian history, the Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum S21 Tour. Our English-speaking tour guide license will help you interpret the exhibits and answer your questions. Pay your respects to the victims of the Khmer Rouge at these hard-hitting, moving destinations. A must for travelers interested in history. .All the traveler have to dress cover the knee and shoulder .We follow European rule
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Itinerary
Your 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 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.
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.
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Pickup Locations & Times
. We pick up only the hotel center. Departure: - Morning 8:30AM to 12:45PM - Afternoon 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM . Please Provide WhatsApp number so we can contact you.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(642)
Great tour and history, showed every part of cambodias history and even met with last survivor that was in the camp
The guide was absolutely amazing!!! Not only was the tour wonderful, but his personal stories of the genocide made it compelling! Truly humbled by the people's experience and their accepting nature in the pursuit for peace for their families moving forward x x x x
Our guide , Ran ,was extremely knowledgeable. He has a very personal and first hand connection to this terrible time in Cambodia's history , I won't spoil it by saying anything. Ran also spoke great English. While a harrowing experience , its one that is necessary to know. A great value half day tour. Recommended.
It was a good tour. Ran our guide was very informative and he new the history, dates and explained it clearly. Highly recommend this tour
Ran was awesome! He taught us so much about not only his personal experiences throughout the time but also a very detailed account of what happened generally. He had so much knowledge on dates, events and people and answered every question we had. I absolutely recommend doing the tour with him :)
Our guide was fantastic. The knowledge and lived stories he told us were priceless. Please book a tour with a guide and not using the audio guide - a real guide with personal stories made the trip. Thank you
Excellent, informative and comprehensive tour guided by Ran. A deep and thorough dive into Cambodian history with focus on this terrible period .
Highly recommend this tour! Ran was friendly and knowledgeable, telling stories from his personal experience of his family being affected by the Pol Pot regime and growing up in Cambodia. Book this
Highly recommend requesting Ran as your tour guide! He lived the Khmer Rouge as a little boy and could tell us what things were like firsthand in Cambodia during the dark time. He was so knowledgeable and we are glad we hired him for the tour vs doing the museums on our own so that we could learn more. The driver, Huot, also picked up/ dropped off right at the door of our hotel and offered cold waters during the drive.
Amazing experience!!! My guide Ran was fantastic. He was so knowledgeable and brave for sharing his story with us. Highly recommend the tour as you get personalized stories and all the transport is planned. Love that they offer an afternoon time slot!!
