3D2N Phnom Penh Hotel + Half Day Phnom Penh Killing Field Tour
Package Inclusive:
- Two (2) nights accommodation @ 3*
- Return Private Airport land transfer to Hotel
- Half Day Phnom Penh Killing Field Tour with English
- speaking Tour Guide (Include Lunch)
- MIN- 2 PAX / From $130Per Head
Killing Field Tour – 15 km southwest of Phnom Penh – Take Monireth 8.5 km past the bridge at Street 271. Many of the Cambodians who perished under the Khmer Rouge regime ended up dumped in one of the dozens of ‘killing fields’ that can be found scattered across the country. The killing fields were essentially ad hoc places of execution and dumping grounds for dead bodies during the Khmer Rouge regime (1975-1979.) After the Khmer Rouge regime, memorials were set up at many of the sites, some containing the bones and remnants of victims gather from the area. Prior to 1975, the ChoeungEk just outside Phnom Penh was a orchard and a Chinese cemetery. But during the Khmer Rouge regime the area became one of the infamous killing fields.
This particular killing field is the site of the brutal executions of more than 17,000 men, women and children, most of whom had first suffered through interrogation, torture and deprivation in the S-21 Prison (now the ToulSleng Genocide Museum) in Phnom Penh. The ChoeungEk Memorial is now a group of mass graves, killing areas and a memorial stupa containing thousands of human skulls and long bones. The memorial is about a 20-40 minute drive from the center of Phnom Penh. There is also a small souvenir shop as well. For sake of historical context, combine your trip to ChoeungEk with a visit to ToulSleng Genocide Museum (the former S-21 Prison) in Phnom Penh. Also see David Chandler’s book, ‘Voices of S-21’ for the most systematic and complete account to date of the history and operation of the S-21 Prison.
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