Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era
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Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era is a 4-hour experience in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from $44 per person. It scores 63 out of 100 on the Outty Ranking, which we label “Solid Choice”, based on a 4.6/5 rating across 14 reviews. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start time. Same-day spots are currently showing.
- Outty Ranking
- 63 / 100
- Rating
- 4.6/5 (14)
- Duration
- 4 hours
- From
- $44 per person
Cambodia has had its fair share of struggles and oppression since its official birth. Amidst its fabulous heritage that is called Angkor, the current Kingdom is still tightly knitted to the genocide practices of the Khme
What you get
About this experience
Cambodia has had its fair share of struggles and oppression since its official birth. Amidst its fabulous heritage that is called Angkor, the current Kingdom is still tightly knitted to the genocide practices of the Khmer Rouge, headed by the notorious Pol Pot. Memories that will not fade away yet are seen as recollections of times past and reminders of what may never return are enveloped during this half day exploration of two of the capital’s most shocking sites in Cambodia’s historical annals.
What's included
Included
- A half day tour with a professional English-speaking guide.
- All applicable taxes and service charges
- Transportation by car / mini-van / coach with professional driver.
- All entrance and donation fees for visits as mentioned in the description.
Not included
- Tours, inclusions of any kind and other services that are not outlined in the tour description
- Personal expenses such as meals, drinks, shopping, portage fees and optional tours.
- Compulsory Christmas, country-specific festival and/or New Year dinner at included hotels
- Travel insurance coverage for customers (highly recommendable)
What you'll see and do
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Pick up from your Phnom Penh hotel by your guide and driver and transfer to the Tuol Sleng Museum (Prison S21). During the Pol Pot regime, Tuol Sleng, formerly a high school (Tuol Svay Pre School) was converted to a detention centre known as S21. After interrogation and often torture, prisoners were transferred to The Killing Fields, where they were tortured again and brutally killed. Today the building houses exhibit paintings and photographs of many of the victims. Visitors can see the crude cells built in the classrooms and the torture devices used to extract confessions in Stalinesque purges of the regime in the late 1970s. Do expect a sobering visit, where the building houses exhibits, paintings and photographs of many of the victims indicating its harrowing past.
120 minutes here · Admission included
We end the morning/afternoon at the Killing Fields at Cheung Ek, located just outside the city centre, seen as a depressing experience of the harsh reality of this part of Khmer history. It was a Chinese Cemetery before it became the Khmer Rouge’s best known Killing Field. The remains of almost 9,000 bodies have been excavated from mass graves in this area. A memorial stupa has been erected and displays over 5,000 human skulls, bones and clothes of the victims. During the Khmer Rouge years, thousands of Cambodians were tortured and imprisoned in detention centres around the country. A visit to this sobering site reveals the photos documenting its checkered past, and the pagoda that was converted into a prison during the regime that is now a monastery. We return you to your hotel either at around noon (in case you have chosen the morning tour) or at around 6 pm if you decide to book this tour in the afternoon. The total duration of this tour is approximately 4 hours.
120 minutes here · Admission included
Where it starts and ends
Hotel pickup
Pickup is included for all travelers.
Options you can book
Private Afternoon Tour
Private Tour: Half Day tour in the Afternoon, starting at 2pm Pickup included
Private Morning Tour
Private Tour : Half-Day morning Tour, starting at 08:00 Pickup included
Before you book
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- Languages
- en
- Ticket
- Mobile Only
- Runs on
- Every day
- Group size
- Up to 15 travelers per booking
- Operated by
- Asian Trails LTD
Know before you go
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour is operated on full private basis with English-speaking guide. Other languages are on request subject to availability and supplementary charges may apply.
- Return transfers for this excursion apply only are inclusive for customers staying in and inside Phnom Penh.
- Transfers outside these areas, including any accommodation outside this area such as Koh Dach, Tonle Bati, and Oudong, any of the river and cruise ferry terminals and Phnom Penh International Airport are excluded. Supplements apply for customers who want to join this excursion outside one of these regions.
- This excursion includes obstacles of various kinds that may not make this excursion suitable for wheelchair users. The obstacles comprise of unpaved roads, small boats and cruise embarkation and disembarkation and insufficient facilities to provide a comfortable sightseeing tour.
- To avoid any issues pertaining obtaining an arrival visa at the airport, please ensure that your passport contains at least two empty pages. Failure to do so may result in not gaining entrance into the Kingdom of Cambodia.
- To allow entrance into the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21) in Phnom Penh, visitors are obliged to uphold a very strict dress code to respect the premises and the victims who lost their lives here. It is essential that you dress modestly and appropriately during this excursion by wearing clothes that cover shoulders and fall below the knees. Customers wearing shirts with obscene and disrespectful prints and pictures and brightly-coloured clothing may be refused entrance.
- We always will make efforts to confirm the exact pick-up time upon reservation. For any operational issues in which are not able to confirm the exact pick-up time in advance, we reserve the right to inform you the day before the departure of the tour.
- Please note pickup and drop-off services may not be confirmed for customers staying at private residences, apartment complexes, or other non-registered tourism accommodations. Customers may be asked to meet at a nearby hotel for pick-up and drop off.
- Natural elements of any kind have a destructive effect on electronic equipment.
- It the customer’s own responsibility to ensure that any camera, mobile telephone or other device is properly wrapped and protected against these elements. We cannot be held responsible in any way for negligence and/or not following suggestions for any damage related to this.
- It is the responsibility of the customer to provide us with the correct hotel information, should pick-up and drop-off services be included in the package. Any changes in accommodation outside 24 hours will be handled accordingly: changes within 24 hours may be on request.
- In the event of no-show or change of accommodation without prior consent and confirmation from us within 24 hours may result in the applicable cancellation charges as outlined in the terms and conditions.
- This tour is not recommended for families with children under the age of 12 years old.
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What travelers are saying
Outty’s summary of the themes that recur across 14 traveler reviews. Written by us, not quoted from reviewers.
The guide
8 mentionsTravelers single out the guide as the reason the experience works.
Knowledge and storytelling
8 mentionsReviewers describe the commentary as informative rather than scripted.
Traveler reviews
14 verified traveler reviews for Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
VERY SAD BUT INTERESTING
Would recommend this tour. Was very interesting but was great having a guide and not just a set of headphones at the venues. Almost every Cambodian is personally affected by what happened during this period, so being with a guide made it hit home even more.
Response from the operator: Dear robertw Thanks for sharing this personal experience after you and your travel companions toured along this black page in the Cambodian history books. The way we have interpreted your review is one that is seen across most of our customers. Both the Toul Sleng and the Killing Fields are reminder for the Khmer people that what happened in the past under Pol Pot must never happen again. It is accurate to say that every single Cambodian has been affected by the years of intolerable pain and suffering at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. The importance of taking these two monuments into any Phnom Penh visit is therefore of the greatest importance. We are looking forward welcoming you again back to Cambodia to admire more of the beautiful and active side of this Kingdom. With kind regards Asian Trails Cambodia
via Tripadvisor
Must Visit to understand the violent past in Cambodian History
We walked 2 blocks from our hotel to the Toul Sleng Museum and were the first to walk thru the gates at 8am (opening) we took the voice recorded guide to the Museum which was a very solemn guide. You get to walk thru small but somewhat terrifying area which was a school before the horrors of murder of thousands of Cambodians who were detained and horrendously tortured by the Khmer Rouge. It was a difficult thing to listen to the stories which were told and hard to grasp how Cambodians were murdering their own people. The Killing fields are less than 15km south by tuktuk or grab(we used grab because it works out to be the same price but with some comfort) there were several Senior Citizens with us so that was another point to take grab. The Killing fields again offered voice recorded guide to an area less than a football field which was the location of many of those who were detained in the Genocide Museum 15 km north who were then mustered out on 6x6 trucks then were held in small sheds until they were marched out into open pits where they were killed with metal spikes and other objects before their throats were slit (as what the guide said, this was done in order to save bullets). more than 40 years later, its hard to imagine the death which happened in such a beautiful location. You can't help but feel sad, and shed a tear -when you see the killing tree. Its something that other countries may try to erase from history, but the cambodian government and people embrace thisdark past and use it to share with the rest of the world and visitors of from all walks of life an insight to the history of Cambodia.
Response from the operator: Dear Rdelvall We are profoundly grateful for this elaborate review of your experience in seeing the atrocities of war and genocide in Phnom Penh. We fully agree that seeing and (almost) feeling what occurred during the reign of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge forms an essential part of experiencing the history of Cambodia. Once again, depicting your experience in such detail is wholeheartedly appreciated. With kind regards Asian Trails Cambodia
via Tripadvisor
A must see
This is an experience not to be missed, however it is also very sad and heartbreaking as to what these people went through. There are photos of all the people lost and stories from survivors that leave you in disbelief as to what one human being can and did to another. They are still finding bones and clothing at the grave sites which wash to the surface with the rains.
via Tripadvisor
Heartbreaking but essential
I first visited the Tuol Sleng Museum (the "Genocide Museum") and the Killing Fields separately, but went back again and did the half-day tour that covers both. It really is impossible to understand present-day Cambodia without facing it's horrendous history with the Khmer Rouge. It also makes it easier to appreciate the present day efforts in Cambodia to revive the country's culture and arts which were almost wiped out by the Khmer Rouge. For both the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields, recorded guide is really essential and is superbly done and is easy to use. It's available in 14 languages.
via Tripadvisor
A very sombre and chilling experience
What an amazing country Cambodia is, and while the population admirably look forward and not backward, it is such a humbling tour to take, be prepared to learn of horrors that are in some cases are unbelievable in this age, but happened just short years ago. I thoroughly encourage you take the Tuol Sleng or S21 Museum tour first, you can even meet a rare survivor or two... and you simply must use the accompanying audio guide. The audio will even inform you before entering an area that it may be too horrific and you may wish to stay outside and just listen to the audio. The Cheung Ek Killing Fields are 30 minutes away by Tuk Tuk, but compared to what awaited the many others who took this journey is a breeze through the crowded streets of Phnom Penh, you are met with a preserved area that while sobering is a place of remembrance in a garden style setting. Be prepared to face some horrendous stories told on the Audio tour, and I would recommend you do press the 'extra' button when there is an 'extra' to the story... I allowed myself plenty of time... but I would advise you also to allow some 'cool down' or reflective time for yourself after the tour concludes, yes, I was in tears, and needed the time to adjust back into the present day...
via Tripadvisor
Good to know
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Free cancellation
- Up to 24h before
- Minimum age to book
- All ages
- Availability
- Bookable today
- Runs on
- Every day
- Price range
- $44 to $147
- Hotel pickup
- Included for all travelers
- Booked in 30 days
- 5
- Verdict
- Solid Choice
Why this scores 63
The Outty Ranking is a weighted composite. Here is how this experience performed on each component.
Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era: questions travelers ask
Practical detail on this experience, plus the wider planning questions for Phnom Penh.
How much does Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era cost?
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Prices start at $44 per person. The final price depends on the date, the time slot and the number of travelers, and peak weekends in Phnom Penh usually price higher than midweek mornings. Live pricing and remaining availability are confirmed on the booking screen before you pay.
How long does Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era take?
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Plan for about 4 hours from start to finish, not counting travel to the meeting point. Most travelers leave another 30 minutes on either side so the rest of the day in Phnom Penh is not rushed.
Is Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era worth it?
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It holds an Outty Ranking of 63 out of 100, which we label "Solid Choice". That score blends traveler sentiment (4.6/5 across 14 reviews), the depth of that review evidence, recent booking momentum, value for money against comparable last minute in Phnom Penh, and how flexible the cancellation terms are.
Can I cancel or reschedule Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era?
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Yes. Cancel free up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Inside that window the booking is non-refundable, and no-shows are not refunded.
Is Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era suitable for kids and families?
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Yes, all ages are welcome. Families should still weigh the 4-hour running time, and strollers are easier on the earlier, quieter departures.
How far in advance should I book Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era?
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Around 5 people booked this in the last 30 days, so popular slots go early. Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable in shoulder season, while summer weekends and holidays in Phnom Penh can sell out a month out. Same-day spots do open up when other travelers cancel, so it is worth checking if you are already in town.
What should I bring or wear?
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Bring photo ID, your booking confirmation on your phone, a refillable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Dress for the weather in Phnom Penh and add a light layer if any part of the 4-hour experience runs outdoors or after sunset.
Where does Remnants of a Khmer Rouge Era start and how do I get there?
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The exact meeting point and directions are on your voucher once you book, and they sit in central Phnom Penh within reach of public transport. Arrive 15 minutes early: late arrivals are treated as no-shows by most operators.
What are the best things to do in Phnom Penh?
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On Outty we rank every Phnom Penh experience on the same 0 to 100 scale, and alongside this one the highest scorers right now include Half Day Tuol Sleng S21 and Choeung Ek Killing Field Tour, The Killing Field and Toul Sleng Genocide Museum (S21) Tour, Killing field and Toul Sleng genocide museum Tour. The city page groups everything into most popular, highest reviewed, last minute and family-friendly so you can build a day around what actually delivers.
When is the best time to visit Phnom Penh?
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Booking patterns follow the same curve: prices and queues climb in peak weeks, while shoulder season gives you better availability on the top-ranked experiences and more room to change plans.
How many days do you need in Phnom Penh?
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Three full days covers the headline sights without sprinting. A workable rhythm is one anchor experience each morning, such as this one, an unhurried afternoon in a single neighborhood, then a food or nightlife booking in the evening. Five days lets you add a day trip outside the city.
Do I book through Outty or through the operator?
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