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8 am - 15pm; 13pm - 19pm
Daily Tour
25 people
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Cu Chi Tunnel is one of the most famous historical vestiges of Vietnam’s national liberation war during 1945 – 1975. It’s located about 70 km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City’s center. The first short, simple tunnels were established in 1948 in two communes in the north of Củ Chi District. The network consists of approximately 250km of tunnels connected with one another like a spider’s web. This is a unique and incomparable underground village that was used extensively for food and ammunition storage caches, medical care chambers, command chambers, meeting chambers, bedrooms, and cooking with Hoàng Cầm stoves… Those who set food in the tunnels cannot help admiring the talent, determination, and endurance of the communist guerrillas. They dug and removed tens of thousands of tons of soil and stone with rudimentary tools, and then camouflaged the openings so well that nobody could find them.
7:40 AM gathering at Viet Dream Travel office - 184 Le Lai, Ben Thanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. Free pick up from the hotel’s location on the main street in Ben Thanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. After about 1 and a half hours of driving, you will arrive at Ben Duoc. The tunnel where soldiers lived and fought during the war was ranked as a National Historical and Cultural Monument in 1979. Starting the tour, you stop at the Weapons Gallery. Here, you will see the bombs and artillery used by the US military on the Cu Chi battlefield, as well as the weapons used by the Cu Chi guerrillas in the resistance war. In addition, visitors can also take photos with tanks, airplanes, and wartime guerrilla models. You move to the Cinema Room. Here, you can watch a short documentary about the guerrilla war, hear about the history of the formation and development of the Cu Chi tunnel system, learn how fierce the war was in the area, and be briefly introduced to the structure of the underground tunnel system by the tour guide through the tunnel cross-section diagram. Leaving the Cinema Room, you continue your journey to explore Ben Duoc Tunnels and stop to visit the highlights within the relic site, such as: a 15 m-deep water well located inside the tunnel, a ventilation hole wind disguised as a termite mound, a secret bunker cover, trenches, and a spike trap...Continuing on, the tour guide will take you to the tunnel system, where you can experience tunneling activities and explore "life underground".Here, you can set foot on unique and impressive tunnel projects, including a hospital, a meeting room, an office, a restroom, and a secretary's room. After the tunnel experience activity, you continue to visit Hoang Cam stove. Here, you will witness with your own eyes a very creative invention for hiding smoke by Vietnamese soldiers at that time. Then you stop to rest, wash your hands with the unique hand sanitizer system, and be treated to cassava d
ipped in salt and beans - an old guerrilla dish that has now become a specialty. Continuing, the tour guide will take you to see the military equipment and uniforms, the making of sandals, and a workshop area that produces homemade weapons and booby traps, all displayed here. Leaving the workshop, you stop at the souvenir counter. Here, you will be free to visit and enjoy shopping for unique gifts made from bullet shells, such as oil lamps, lighters, ballpoint pens, straps, and lacquer items, as well as high-end fine art and products from traditional craft villages in Cu Chi made of rattan, bamboo, or leaf. Continuing your journey, you will reach the National Defense Sports Shooting Area. Here, you will have the opportunity to participate in thrilling challenges featuring real-bullet shooting with an AK47, an M16, or a machine gun (Please note that ticket prices do not include this cost). The Cu Chi tunnels half-day tour will finish at noon and return to Ho Chi Minh City around 14:30 pm. Viet Dream Travel offers 2 trips to visit tunnels every day: the Morning trip departs at 7:45 am and finishes around 14:30 pm, and the afternoon trip departs at 12:45 pm and finishes around 19 pm.
