Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum

We (a group of three) have one afternoon to spend in PP and thought we%26#39;d spend it by visiting the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum. I%26#39;ve emailed two tour operators and they all replied with $30/$35 USD per person (thus, $90-$100 total) for a car with just three of us. Is this reasonable? How much do driver/guide get paid? Is the bulk of the money going to the tour operator? I don%26#39;t want to overpay the tour operators. Is it safe/okay to just pick up a random taxi driver and do the tour on your own? If so, what%26#39;d be the approximate cost for the taxi driver/ride? I%26#39;d appreciate your feedbacks/suggestions. Thanks.

Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum

This sound quite expensive to me. Have you thought about taking a tuk-tuk rather than a taxi?

We (2 of us) were in Phnom Penh between Christmas and New Year. We took a tuk-tuk to the genocide museum and then on to the killing fields - we got picked up from our hotel and also had a couple of other stops which we agreed in the price (we agreed 4.5 hours rather than a number of stops). I can%26#39;t remember the exact cost, but from what I recall, the tuk-tuk was about US$15 (in total - not each). Again, I can%26#39;t remember the cost of the tickets into the museum and killing fields but it wasn%26#39;t more than a couple of dollars (if that) each.

A Tuk-tuk will easily seat 3 - I saw 9 (4 adults, 5 children - although they were Cambodian) in one!!!

Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum

I also thought the quote was way too high. What bothers me more is that bulk of the cost will not go to the ones who actually provide the service!

Anyway, I feel more comfortable with the self-tour after reading your post. I think we might just wing it on the spot as we arrive PP. It%26#39;s probably more fun and rewarding that way.

Thanks.

Way to high. Grab a Tuk tuk and bargin for 3-5 hours of time. This should cost $10-15usd. For all!!

You can get a Taxi in Siem reap and travel to Thai border (about 3.5 hours) and pay $30usd.

Don%26#39;t Americanize. I know it is difficult.

Regards,

was just there - we had a tuk-tuk driver to killing fields (prob 30min drive). It is quite fun to drive in a tuk-tuk -no need for taxi. he took us then to the toul sleng museum. We then decided to let him go as we wanted to have lunch (great place opposite museums entrance). We paid him $15 and he was very happy. So think $15 is the max -target $10.

Visiting the killing fields you probably do not need more then 1hr (not that much to see), but the museum takes longer -so probably makes sense to let dirver go at the museum as it is very central and you can find a new tuk-tuk later.