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Itinerary for an half day tour for Tuolsleng Museum and killing fields Killing Fields on TripAdvisor
Morning:
8:00 AM - Depart from your accommodation in Phnom Penh.
8:30 AM - Arrival at Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21 Prison) where it is a memorial site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, that documents the atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s.
Tuol Sleng was originally a high school known as Chao Ponhea Yat High School. In 1975, shortly after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, seized power in Cambodia, the regime converted the school into Security Prison 21 (S-21), a center for detention, interrogation, torture, and execution.
S-21 was one of the most notorious prisons operated by the Khmer Rouge. Its primary purpose was to extract confessions from perceived enemies of the regime, which included intellectuals, professionals, government officials, and even Khmer Rouge members suspected of disloyalty.
• Begin your visit to the museum. Allow approximately 1 to 1.5 hours to explore the exhibits, learn about the history of S-21, and pay your respects to the victims.
10:00 AM - Depart from Tuol Sleng Museum.
• Return to your transportation and prepare to travel to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek. This journey typically takes around 30 to 45 minutes, depending on traffic.
Mid-Morning:
10:45 AM - Arrival at the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, were established during the rule of the Khmer Rouge regime, led by Pol Pot, in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The Khmer Rouge sought to create an agrarian utopia by forcibly evacuating urban areas and implementing radical agricultural and social policies.
Choeung Ek was one of many sites across Cambodia where the Khmer Rouge carried out mass executions of perceived enemies of the regime, including intellectuals, professionals, government officials, ethnic minorities, and anyone considered a threat to the regime's ideology.
Thousands of innocent civilians were transported to Choeung Ek, where they were brutally executed, often after enduring torture and suffering. The victims were typically bludgeoned to death or killed with various crude weapons to conserve ammunition.
• Begin your visit to the Killing Fields. Allow approximately 1 to 1.5 hours to explore the site, learn about the atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge regime, and visit the memorial stupa and mass graves.
12:15 PM - Depart from the Killing Fields.
• Return to Phnom Penh, allowing sufficient time to travel back to your accommodation or to continue exploring the city.
Afternoon:
12:45 PM - Return to Phnom Penh.
+What includes:
-Cold Drinking Water
-Cold soft
-Parking fee
-Gas
+What excludes:
-Foods
-Entrance fees
-Accommodation
Remarks
Touring by Tuktuk with English Speaking Driver 15usd per group (1pax to 3pax)
Touring by Lexus suv car with English speaking driver 35usd per group (1pax to 3pax)
Touring by MiniVan with English speaking driver 55usd per groupd (1pax to 7pax)
Tuolsleng Genocide Museum
In 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security force and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It soon became the largest such center of detention and torture in the country. Over 17,000 people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeung Ek to be executed; detainees who died during torture were buried in mass graves in the prison grounds. S-21 has been turned into theTuolSleng Museum, which serves as a testament to the crimes of the Khmer Rough. The museum's entrance is on the western side of 113 St just north of 350 St, and it is open daily from 7 to 11.30 am and from 2 to 5.30 pm; entry fee is US$ 8 including Audio tour for explanation. Like the Nazis, the Khmer Rough was meticulous in keeping records of their barbarism. Each prisoner who passed through S.21 was photographed, sometimes before and after being tortured. The museum displays include room after room in which such photographs of men, women and children cover the walls from floor to ceiling; virtually all the people pictured were later killed.
You can tell in what year a picture was taken by the style of number board that appears on the prisoner's chest. Several foreigners from Australia, France and the USA were held here before being murdered. Their documents are on display. As the Khmer 'revolution' reached ever-greater heights of insanity, it began devouring its own children. Generations of tortures and executioners and were in turn killed by those who took their places. During the first part of 1977, S-21 claimed an average of 100 victims a day. When the Vietnamese army liberated Phnom Penh in early 1979, they found only seven prisoners alive at S-21. Fourteen others had been tortured to death as Vietnamese forces were closing in on the city. Photographs of their decomposing corpses were found. Their graves are nearby in the courtyard.
Altogether, a visit to TuolSleng is a profoundly depressing experience. There is something about the sheer ordinariness of the place that make it even more horrific; the suburban setting, the plain school buildings, the grassy playing area where several children kick around a ball, ousted beds, instruments of torture and wall after wall of harrowing black-and-white portraits conjure up images of humanity at its worst. Tuol Sleng is not for the squeamish.
Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
Between 1975 and 1978, about 17,000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) detained and tortured at S-21 prison (now is Tuol Sleng Museum) were transported to the extermination to death to avoid wasting precious bullets. The remains of 8985 people, many of whom were bound and blindfolded, were exhumed in 1980 from mass graves in this one-time long an orchard; 43 of the 129 communal graves here have been left untouched. Fragment of Human bone and bits of cloth are scattered around the disinterred pits. Over 8000 skulls, arranged by sex, are visible behind the clear glass panels of the Memoral Stupa, which was erected in 1988.The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek are 15 km from Central Phnom Penh. To get there, take Monireth Blvd south-westward out of the city from the Dang Kor Market bus depot. The site is 8.5 km from the bridge near 271 Street a memorial ceremony is held annually at Choeung Ek on 9 May.
Killing Fields of Cheung Ek is situated 15 kilometers south-west of Phnom Penh and made famous by the film of the same name "Killing Field". it was a place where more than 17,000 civilians were killed and buried in mass graves; many of them transported here after detention and torture in Toul Sleng. This place is a chilling reminder of the brutalities of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. In the center of the area is a 17 story glass stupa which houses 8000 skulls exhumed from mass graves. Open daily.Note: Both Tuol Sleng Museum and the Killing Fields exhibits may be disturbing for some and aren't suitable for younger children and adults who are easily shocked.
The Cheung Ek genocide museum is located in Cheung Ek commune, Dankoar district, about 15 km from the center of Phnom Penh. This is the location where the Khmer Rouge took their prisoners for execution. The prisoners were made to wait here for 24 hours before they were killed by a blow to the head after which their throats were slit. Babies were killed by bashing their heads against a tree. There were separate graves for men, for women and for children. Former friends of Pol Pot who were executed here had separate graves too.Visitors can walk along 86 mass graves from which the remainders of 8,985 men, women and children were unearthed after the liberation of the Khmers Rouges. Some of those skulls, bones and pieces of clothing are now kept in the nearby massive Stupa.
There were killing fields all over the country, but Cheung Ek was believed to be the largest every year on the 20th of May a ceremony is held around the stupa to bring peace to the spirits of the deceased.Sightseeing in Phnom Penh gives the tourists ample opportunity to visit the numerous places in and around the city. Cheung Ek Killing Field in Phnom Penh is a very important place in the city as it has a long history attached to it. The place is really fascinating for all those coming to visit the city. The place has a long history behind it and reminds one of the horrifying times that the people of Cambodia have gone through during the reign of Khmer and after.
The Cheung Ek Killing Field at Phnom Penh is one of the most prolific and historic place in Phnom Penh and stands a cruel reminder of the atrocities inflicted upon the masses of Cambodia. The place has become very popular now as it is the center of all killings which took place in the city and later got christened as the famous Killing Field. The place is really popular as tourists from all over the world come here. The place has really direct links with the horrific past of Cambodia and Phnom Penh.
There are many things to see while visiting the Cheung Ek Killing Field in Phnom Penh. The place has been most aptly been named as the Killing Field in Phnom Penh. The place is actually a mass grave where almost 17,000 innocents were slaughtered mercilessly for no fault of theirs. The place is really frightening and sends a shiver down the spine as one recalls how the place had been transformed into a grave. There is actually a stupa which stands in the middle of the area and it is this stupa which has become the place for housing the 8,000 skulls taken out from the mass graves.
Cheung Ek Killing Field of Phnom Penh is open daily. All are welcome though it is advised by the authorities that children should be advised and properly guided before they come here. Cheung Ek Killing Field in Phnom Penh is located at a distance of 15 kilometers away from the south -western frontiers of Phnom Penh.
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