Phnom Penh: Profound Killing Fields & S21 Memorial Tour
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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 – 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. Today it serves as a museum and a reminder of darker days. Your guide will return you to your hotel or guesthouse.you could ask any question to tour guide. We pick up only the hotel center.
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BirtheB_12, 2/14/2026 4:54:48 AM
Visal Sem was us a very good guide on this interesting tour. Recommanding from 4 danish people
Hugh A, 2/14/2026 2:13:29 AM
Fantastic experience. Eye-opening, sombre and poignant. It lends a new appreciation to the culture and history of Cambodia. Visal was an excellent guide - knowledgeable and passionate. Would highly recommend!
John_B, 2/14/2026 12:34:13 AM
This is a good group tour covering some really difficult topics so be prepared for the harrowing details on Pol Pots regime. The heat and humidity can be overwhelming particularly in the old prison rooms where there are photos of the victims. The provide cold water and ac in the bus. Our tour guide was excellent and knowledgeable and overall this tour was great value for money
mamamio, 2/13/2026 10:53:09 AM
Sum Cheath was an informed, thorough and sensitive guide for this very important but distressing tour of the horrors that Cambodia went through so very recently. We were impressed with how he organized/shepherded our group (about 12-14 people) around the two sites, and the way he managed to be lighthearted at times as well as cover horrific topics in a realistic way. Glad we chose this tour. Water provided.
Jeanne T, 2/13/2026 8:38:35 AM
A tough but important tour. Mr. Baboon was a wonderful guide. His personal stories of his family's experiences under the Khmer Rouge were heartbreaking. Mr. Tea was a great driver, navigating the city streets like an expert. Highly recommend.
I2374WBmatthewm, 2/13/2026 4:16:41 AM
Mr Baboon and Mr Tea were an amazing team! Very informative, funny and really put heart into their work. They truly care about the history of Cambodia and educating others on it. Couldn’t recommend them more! Thanks for the great experience 👍
claracI5031RA, 2/13/2026 12:49:36 AM
Interesting places, enough time to see them, and most of the explanations were fine. The guide had good sense of humor and at the same time, respected the feelings and emotions that the place makes you feel. Also it was a big surprise to meet some of the survival of the genocide and prison. Lots of time to go through them without a guide, but that can be a double edged sword. The guide sometimes started talking when someone from the group had not arrived.
Jeanne_T, 2/13/2026 12:36:15 AM
It's a tough but necessary tour. Baboon was a great guide. His personal stories about his family's experiences under the Khmer Rouge were heartbreaking.
AndreClaude_W, 2/12/2026 9:32:39 AM
A very important day trip everyone should do when visiting Phnom Penh. The Tour guide was a friendly and nice person and told us many information about this dark history of Cambodia. I definitely recommend this tour.
118le, 2/11/2026 9:30:31 PM
We had a great tour with sum chet he explained everything very well and his English was good this is a must do tour when visiting cambodia
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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- Service animals allowed
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Grand River Sports Bar or River Crown Restaurant is our meeting point ! These two places are in the same buildingReturn details
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 – 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. Today it serves as a museum and a reminder of darker days. Your guide will return you to your hotel or guesthouse.you could ask any question to tour guide. We pick up only the hotel center.Redemption
Dear beloved travelers, Please kindly spend 2 minutes to read the important information below when you book; 1) We provide free pick up only 1.7 km from our meeting point ( city center) ✍️Please kindly keep in mind that our service is the joined tour, we can not pick up all the travelers at every location in Phnom Penh before the tour starts, we always check the ticket for the name of the hotel of the traveler. If the traveler’s hotel is outside our picking area, we will request the traveler to make their own way by taking tuk tuk grab to the meeting point . 2) the meeting point is Grand River Sports Bar or you can type River Crown Restaurant as these two places are at the same building 3) If traveler can not put your hotel name in your ticket, traveler can send us the message to show us your hotel’s name if it is in our picking up area or not , or you are required to come to the meeting point and arrive by 7:45am for the morning tour and 12:45pm for the afternoon tour 4) WhatsApp contact is so much important for us ; hence before you book, please kindly make sure that you can provide us your using WhatsApp contact or your current Cambodia number 5) Credit card is not accepted at the killing field and genocide museum, traveler has to prepare cash 6) dress code is mandatory- covering shoulders and knees ( not too short and not too long) 7) two WhatsApp numbers for contacts: + 855 78 45 71 58 + 855 96 3881 38824 hours before travel date - 100% refund
Less than 24 hours before travel date - 0% refund