Phnom Penh Killing Fields Private Guided Half Day Tour

On this small-group tour, visit most highlighted site of the city and its history. Discover the great palaces and pagodas of Phnom Penh on a day tour, and visit the Royal Palace of Cambodia, see the 5,329 silver tiles of the Silver Pagoda, and infamous Tuol Sleng Museum.  Admire Khmer era architecture, and learn about the notorious Killing Fields and Get stunning views of the Tonle Sap and Mekong on from the River Side before heading back to your hotel.

Visit: -Toul Sleng Genocide Museum -Choeung Ek Genocide Center – Killing Fields -Independence Monument -King Norodom Sihanouk Statue -Cambodian-Vietnam Friendship Monument -Royal Palace – inside -National Museum – outside -Wat Ounalom -Wat Phnom -Lady Penh Monument This tour is led by a friendly, knowledgeable, safe local driver (with impeccable driving history) who will give historical explanations and information at every site. The tour covers the most significant locations of Phnom Penh, from the infamous Genocide sites to important Temples, the impressive Royal Palace, and architecture of the National Museum, and significant monuments and statues along the city Park Strip. Learn about the reality of the Khmer Rouge Regime and how Cambodia is recovering. Discover and photograph beautiful Cambodian architecture and buildings. Admire the most important and impressive Buddhist Temples in the capital. Stroll along the city Park strip to admire significant monuments and statues.

The Khmer Rouge turned Toul Sleng High School into a center for interrogation, torture and death. Thousands of photo of victims can be seen in each room. You will walk slowly and investigate the materials used for interrogation of prisoners. After that we travel about 15km toward southwest of Phnom Penh we will arrive at Choeung Ek. The memorial at Choeung Ek just outside Phnom Penh was an orchard! And a Chinese cemetery prior to 1975. During the Khmer Rouge regime, it became one of the killing fields the site of the brutal executions of more than 17,000 individuals, most of whom first suffered through torture and deprivation in Toul Sleng Prison. Choeung Ek is now a group of mass graves and a memorial stupa containing thousands of skulls. Come back to hotel and drop off.

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 – 17km away south of Phnom Penh. The infamous killing fields have a bloody history. Once an orchard and a Chinese cemetery, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, turned the place into what became known as the killing fields, where they executed around 20.000 victims.

Option One- Filling Field, Toul Sleng Museum, Independent Monument. Start your half day tour from your hotel and move straight to Killing Filed where 20,000 people where taken to kill at there. Then, move back to Tuol Sleng Museum where people where taken to detain and torture during Khmer Rouge. At the last, enjoy your shopping at local market, and see around the Independent Monument along the way the market. Option Two- Royal Place, Silver Pagoda, Wat Phnom, National Museum, Independent Monument, Explore Phnom Penh on a half-day tour of the vibrant capital. Admire the stately columns of the Royal Palace known as the resident of Cambodia King and Silver Pagoda to see the beautiful temples.Then, we continuous to National Museum where built in 1917 and placed more 5000 artifices. After that, move to Wat Phnom where is the foundation of Phnom Penh. Last bu not least, take a window shopping at the local market, and see around the Independent Monument along the way the market.

Learn about the tragic events of Cambodia's history with a visit to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek. Followed by a visit to Tuol Sleng Museum, previously known as S-21 with an English-speaking guide.

Explore Phnom Penh's top attractions on this spacious, air-conditioned, comfortable tour bus with complimentary audio commentary. This route covers major sites including the Prison S21 (Genocide Museum) and the Killing Fields, as well as additional points of interest such as Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, Night Market, Riverfront, and Independence Monument. An English-speaking bus attendant will be on board to provide general assistance. This tour is convenient, efficient, safe, hassle-free and saves both money and time. The tour price does not include admission, audio guides, or live guides at the sites. Bus attendant is not tour guide.

Learn more about a dark period in Cambodian history, the Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum S21 Tour. Your English-speaking guide 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. This is a half-day tour.

To inspect the main historical place in the city with our guided tour around sky buildings.To head on the main streets and small road to objective museum as Toul Sleng or S21 with the script on poster telling us about the Killing Field period .On the way back to colonial style to National Museum which is collected many piece of images around Cambodia .It is time to taste local food for lunch.Then, we visit Royal Palace as we learn more about Hindu legends,picture, statues and greenery garden.To include cold bottles of water,clean mini van . Highlight: – To enjoy the photo shots in those places -To learn more about Khmer traditions and riding ways – To excavate the deep scripts of people treatment in periods. – To discover high new departments

The Killing Fields will bring you face-to-face with the brutal reality of the Khmer Rouge period. It was a death camp where the Khmer Rouge killed around 17,000 of their own people. Most of the victims were also prisoners of Tuol Seng, the former high school, which was transformed into a prison and place of torture. The Killing Fields is located 15km to the south-west of Phnom Penh, and allows you to glimpse into the horrors of this dark chapter of Cambodia’s history. We finish this tour with a cleansing ceremony at a local temple to honor those lost. We recommend this tour for people aged 16 years and over, due to the confronting nature of the Killing Fields. Adults should use their discretion on the ability of their children to deal with this experience.

Discover the the vibrant bustling capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Admire the stately columns of the Cambodian king's residence, visit a temple home to bejeweled Buddhas, and learn about the country's past on this fascinating full-day tour. Stop at the hilltop Wat Phnom before glimpsing in to the tragic recent history of Cambodia at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields at Choeng Ek. With an private experienced guide to lead you between stops, you can also visit a vibrant market and grab lunch (own expense) at a locally loved cafe.

This is an immersive cultural full day tour introducing visitors to some of the most interesting elements of Cambodian history and modern life. Packed with memorable experiences, this comprehensive tour travels across the city introducing you to key sites including the Royal Palace, Wat Phnom Pagoda, and the National Museum. Also included are in depth visits to the renowned historic sites of the Genocide Museum and Killing Fields. Encounters with local people are an essential and enjoyable element of this tour. Sam Ang, your guide, is a warm and friendly local Khmer. His extensive knowledge, anecdotes, and love of his culture ensure a truly personal and informative day. This tour is suitable for families, groups and solo travellers alike, but please note that the Genocide Museum and Killing Fields are unsuitable for most children. At the Royal Palace and in temples, shoulders, backs and legs above the knee should not be exposed.

Genocide Museum (S-21 )served as the central hub of a vast prison system throughout the country and was used throughout the period as a secret facility for the detention, interrogation, torture and extermination of those deemed “political enemies” of the regime. Due to a policy of guilt-by-association, at times whole families were detained at the center. Very few inmates were released out of the prison during the years 1975 and 1979. Only 12 former inmates survived the opening of S-21 when Phnom Penh was liberated. Four of them were children. Killing Field between 1975 and 1979 by the Khmer Rouge in perpetrating the Cambodian genocide. Situated about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of the city centre, it was attached to the Tuol Sleng detention centre. The bodies of 8,895 victims were exhumed from the site after the fall of the khmere Rouge, who would have been executed there—typically with pickaxes to conserve bullets—before being buried in mass graves.

Take a self-guided tour of two harrowing Cambodian sites, each a stark reminder of the atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979. First, visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, transformed from the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21). Then get a sobering look at the Killing Fields, where mass killings and burials took place. Travel by coach round-trip from selected hotels in Phnom Penh, with recorded commentary and an informative video documentary on board. Audio tours are available for purchase at each location. – Self-guided tour of Security Prison 21 and the Killing Fields – Ride a shuttle bus to the historical sites from Phnom Penh – Listen to recorded commentary and watch a documentary – Learn about the regime of the Khmer Rouge at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum – Audio tours available for purchase on-site

After meeting our tour guide, we will learn about the dark side of Cambodia – Its more recent turbulent and harrowing history. Initially you visit the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum (also known as S21), ironically a former school, located in a quiet Phnom Penh suburb, this was the infamous Khmer Rouge prison / torture centre. Once you have gained an initial insight of the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime you will be driven 15km from Phnom Penh to visit the 'Killing Fields'. This is where Toul Sleng prisoners were forcibly marched and then executed; it is now a memorial site located in a beautiful tranquil setting. We will stop at Russian Market is the most popular market among tourists and expats and probably the best place to pick up souvenirs. It does not look like much from the outside but when you get in you will find everything from beautifully hand carved statues, colorful lanterns and handmade silk scarves to fake bags, printed T-shirts and DVDs.

Explore Phnom Penh city and history one of Cambodia’s capital, sits at the junction of the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers. It was a hub for both the Khmer Empire and French colonialists. On its walkable riverfront, lined with parks, restaurants, and bars, are the ornate Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the National Museum, displaying artifacts from around the country. At the city’s heart is the massive, art deco Central Market.

First, we come to pick you up with our comfortable and AC vehicle and drive to Choeung Ek Killing field. A very moving and confronting experience the Killing Fields were the final resting place for over 17,000 men, women, children and infants between 1975 and 1978. We then continue to Tuol Sleng Museum. In 1975 Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot’s security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison (S-21). It rapidly became the largest centre of detention and torture in the country.

Join a confronting yet essential tour in Phnom Penh to The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. This tour will help you reflect on the devastating impact of the Khmer Rouge regime on modern Cambodia. We come face to face with the horrific crimes of the Khmer Rouge. Tuol Sleng was a former high school that the Khmer Rouge turned into a centre for interrogation, torture and death. 17,000 people passed through the gates of this prison and only seven lived to tell the tale. We then travel out of town to the Killing Fields of ChoengEk. Prisoners from Tuol Sleng followed this same route to their fate. An old Chinese cemetery, ChoengEk was turned into an extermination camp for political prisoners. The remains of 8985 people were exhumed from mass graves and are kept in a memorial stupa here. Despite the horrors of the past, it is a peaceful place to go and a tranquil spot to reflect on the tragic events that engulfed Cambodia and its people.

Royal Phnom Penh Tours is operated by many local tour operators in Cambodia including tour guides and drivers who are professional local careers. We will make your day an excellent and wonderful as Phnom Penh City Tours. We are the most important window for your tour who make you leave Cambodia with meaningful and memorable experience. Importantly, for your tour, we reserve a local tour guides and drivers who have long-year experienced, friendly attitude, informative, knowledgeable and advisable. + Highlights Phnom Penh City Tours – Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda – Wat Phnom Penh Daun Penh – National Museum – Killing Field – Tuol Sleng Genocidal Museum – Central Market

Chamkamorn District takes us to the Russian Market and Olympic Stadium, and is home to a number of fine temples. However it is best known for the Genocide or Tuol Seng Museum. This former high school built by the French had been from 1975 to 1979 the prison that was the most terrifying of the Khmer Rouge period. Called “S-21” by the Khmer Rouge, it was a torture center, where 15,000 people were tortured then sent to the extermination camp, Choeung Ek, to be killed. The prison guards were between 10 and 15 years old. They were indoctrinated by the seniors of Angkar, and became crueler than the adults. We recommend this tour for people 16 years and over, due to the confronting nature of the Genocide Museum. Adults should use their discretion on the ability of their children to deal with this experience.