Day 01
Private Phnom Penh Modern History Tour to S-21 and Choeung Ek
Welcome to Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. This is your private tour with a private English-speaking guide and private transportation with A/C.
- Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel lobby to welcome you and start the tour at your chosen time. Your guide will give you a brief introduction to the history.
- First, you will visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, known as S-21 Prison during the Khmer Rouge period from 1975 to 1979. It was originally a school before the Khmer Rouge turned it into a prison, where more than 17,000 victims were tortured during that time. You will see the buildings with many photos of victims, and you may also meet a survivor from S-21 Prison. Your tour guide will explain the history of the Khmer Rouge and S-21 Prison in detail.
- Second, you will go to the Killing Field after a 30-minute drive from S-21 Prison. Around 20,000 victims were killed there after being sent from the prisons. At the Killing Field, you will see evidence from the Khmer Rouge period such as mass graves, a memorial building with 8,000 skulls, killing tools, and a 15-minute video about the Khmer Rouge and the Killing Field.
- After visiting these two places, you will be driven back to your hotel. Your guide and driver will say goodbye. We wish you good luck and hope you can learn a lot about Cambodia from this tour.
