There are a variety of daytrips available outside of Phnom Penh’s city centre, such as visits to a local weaving village, a shooting range, Phnom Chiso, and Tonle Bati Lake. Visitors can go from Phnom Penh to a Mekong River fishing village on a small touring boat and visit to a silk weaving village and sunset on the Mekong River. Keep in mind expeditions like this will cost approximately $10.   Another popular visit is to Oudong, which is 40 km north of Phnom Penh. Oudong, the former capital city of Cambodia, is a good way to learn about the history of the area and see remains.

The must-see, can-not-miss day trip is the Cheoung Ek Memorial ( The Killing Fields ) and Toul Sieng Genocide Museum – 15 km southwest of the city. This sight can be easily reached by a nice trip through rural Cambodia via moto or taxi, depending on how much money visitors wish to pay. The Museum is open every day from 8am to 5pm. A $2 entry fee is charged for the Museum and a tour with guide costs about US$2-3. The Killing Fields shows the place where the Pol Pot regime brutally massacred thousands of Cambodians who were considered counter-regime and left their remains in large dug-outs in the ground. The extremity of these massacres was not fully known until after the regime was thrown