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Phnom Penh: S-21 Prison and Killing Fields Half-Day Tour

1. Phnom Penh: S-21 Prison and Killing Fields Half-Day Tour

At 8:00 AM, depart from your hotel and drive to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, located about 16 kms south of Phnom Penh. Here,you will experience 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. It is estimated the Khmer Rouge Regime took the lives of between 2 and 4 million Cambodians during their destructive and devastating time in control between 1975 and 1979. Your guide will provide you with a detailed tour of the fields. 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 21 (S-21). It rapidly became the largest center of detention and torture in the country. Prisoners were repeatedly tortured and coerced into naming family members and close associates, who were in turn arrested, brought to S21, tortured and eventually killed. Spend time discovering the harrowing truths of the prison. At 12:00 PM, your tour comes to an end and your guide will transfer you back to your hotel.

Phnom Penh: Mekong River Sunset Cruise and Tuk Tuk Ride

2. Phnom Penh: Mekong River Sunset Cruise and Tuk Tuk Ride

Explore Phnom Penh from the water on a river cruise along the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers. See the shining city lights from this unique vantage point and watch as the sun sets behind the city. Enjoy a beer and seasonal fresh fruit as you glide along. Be picked up from your accommodation and embark on a tuk tuk ride to the boat pier. Board your traditional wooden boat and begin your cruise down the river. Relax and soak up the calm atmosphere while enjoying a beer and a seasonal fresh fruit platter. Take in the many sights along the riverbank, including Diamond Island locally called Koh Pich with a French-inspired design, fishing villages, and houses on stilts. Watch the evening unfold from the water, seeing how people live and socialize along the riverbank, before cruising back to the port for a tuk tuk ride back to your hotel.

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First of all, after asking the organizer, we were able to combine the Phnom Penh city tour and the S-21 prison & killing fields tour, both of which were actually intended as a half-day tour in the morning, into a full-day tour without any problems. The tour is extremely exciting and also very depressing and touching due to the visit to the prison and the killing fields. In the museum (with an extra guide if desired) you can see many exhibits from Angkor. Unfortunately, the royal palace was closed for renovations at the time of our stay. Our fabulous guide, whose almost accent-free English is very easy to understand even for non-native speakers, provided us with a lot of information about the history of Cambodia and especially its darkest chapter, the reign of terror of the Khmer Rouge. Highly Recommended!

Our half day trip to S-21 and the Killing Fields was excellent. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and sensitive to the complicated nature of visiting these two sites. His English was excellent and easy to understand. He was willing to answer any questions we had and we appreciate the he shared his own family story with us as well. The transportation was clean and well maintained. I highly recommend visiting these two sites with a tour guide who can answer questions and explain the significance of both places.

Kim was a great tour guide. the car was beautiful and felt luxurious with great air con and my partner and I felt we got more out of this tour with the personal experiences of our incredible guide. there was a lovely balance of history and purpose intertwined with giving us some space to look in our own time. Kim's English was fantastic also and his knowledge of the survivors and relationship also made this tour special

Kim was a very good guide, and he had a lot of knowledge about the history of Cambodia and what had happened in the killing fields and in the prison. He spoke good and understandable English. It was absolutely horrible to see, but at the same time instructive to hear and see more about what has happened in Cambodia. This tour is recommended to gain even more knowledge.

The tour is very interesting. The guide spoke English very well. He picked us up at the agreed time in a timely manner (even asking to be earlier). The explanations were very good. The guide very attentive. Recommended this tour.