The location of the tunnels was of significant strategic importance: they are at the end of the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, and within striking distance of the southern Vietnam capital. Initial construction started in 1948 when the Viet Minh required somewhere to hide from French air attacks, and by 1965, the tunnel complex was estimated to consist of 200 km of tunnels. It included, hospitals, schools, meeting rooms, kitchens, and sleeping quarters.
We will pick you up at lobby of your hotel within district 1, 3, 4.
Pick up at hotel and start to visit the Cu Chi Tunnel Tour
Visit the lacquerware factory that made by handicap - victims of Vietnam War
Cu Chi Tunnels Half Day Private Tour
Built by local fighters during the Indochina conflict, Cu Chi tunnels tour served as a base from which the Viet Cong could operate from close to the Southern Vietnamese capital. For this Ho Chi Minh City tour, leave the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City to explore one of the relics from one of the most significant local historical events in recent memory.
Journey takes 2 hours west towards the Cambodian border. Ongoing way to the Cu Chi tunnels tour, we can see local life in the area, both past and present. Learn about their lives, culture, and customs and get an insight into the recent past through local eyes.
Continue on to Cu Chi tunnels tour. The location of the tunnels was of significant strategic importance: they are at the end of the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, and within striking distance of the southern Vietnam capital. Initial construction started in 1948 when the Viet Minh required somewhere to hide from French air attacks, and by 1965, the tunnel complex was estimated to consist of 200 km of tunnels. It included, hospitals, schools, meeting rooms, kitchens, and sleeping quarters. Life was difficult for the inhabitants, and to protect against outside intruders, booby traps were laid throughout the complex.
Today, the Vietnamese government has preserved approximately 75 km of the Cu Chi tunnels tour as a memorial park, and in some areas the tunnels have been widened and low powered lights installed so that tourists can now fit through the complex.
What will we learn from Cu Chi Tunnels Half Day Private Tour
Your local guide will take you on a fascinating tour of the Cu Chi tunnels tour, where you will learn more about the conditions the people lived in, the hardships they faced, and the amazing ingenuity employed to maintain life in the tunnels. We walk past huge bomb craters - evidence of the heavy bombing campaigns in the region during the Indochina conflict, discover hidden entrances right beneath your feet, wander past tiny little chimneys in the ground that dispersed smoke from the underground kitchens, sample some of the simple cuisine that local fighters would have survived on, and have an opportunity to venture into the tunnels and explore the complex.
You will end this historical Ho Chi Minh City tour with a greater understanding of the local impacts of the conflicts of the 20th century. On the way back, we will drop you off at War Remnants Museum, Ben Thanh Market or your hotel in District 1.
Cu Chi Tunnels Finish
Back hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
We will drop you off at lobby of your hotel within district 1, 3, 4.
Guide fee
Hotel pick up / drop off
Transportation fee: $55 USD/ private car or $60 USD/ private minivan
Ticket entrance fee: VND 125.000 VND/ each
(This tour is basically designed as a walking plan, the tour price doesn't include private car or private van. If you want a car, guest 1-4 extra $55 USD/ group. guest 5-10 extra $60 USD/ group. And entrance fee at Cu Chi Tunnel costs $5.5 USD for each adult, free of charge for first child (lower than 1.4m)
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I can work any day but will check if I am available on that day.
• Explore the Cu Chi tunnels by minivan
• Famous Vietnamese traditional lacquerware factory with handicap's handicrafts
• Learn the indeed history of the war from Vietnamese sights
• Sightseeing villages, rubber plantations and rice paddies by local transport
• Experience what it was like living inside the tunnel system
• Discover underground world of guerrilla warfare in the incredible Cu Chi tunnels
• Gain insight into the tenacity and resourcefulness of the Vietcong
• Go on a jungle walk in the tunnel area
• Crawl inside the tunnels to experience how guerrilla lived and fought before
• Try tapioca or cassava root on another word that sustained Viet Cong fighters for years
• Chance to shoot the AK47, M16, M30, M60, Garand M1, Carbine (at your own expenses)