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8am ~ 18pm
Daily Tour
25 people
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Take the day to venture outside the city and to explore some of Vietnam’s most iconic sites. Explore the impressive network of underground routes and bunkers that make up the Cu Chi Tunnels. The Mekong Delta is known as “the rice bowl” of Vietnam due to its seemingly endless rice fields. In this water world, you will see houses and markets floating along the river. This is a fabulous destination for those who want to experience the humble beauty of the Mekong Delta, get closer to nature, and meet the hospitable people of this region.
7:30 AM - gathering at Viet Dream Travel office - 184 Le Lai, Ben Thanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, or our guide will pick you up at your hotel, which is located around the backpacker area in Ben Thanh Ward, to go to Cu Chi Tunnel for one and a half hours by minivan.
At the Cu Chi Tunnels, you can watch valuable documentary footage about the local people's guerrilla war. The tour guide takes you to visit the area where modern wartime weapons are stored and begins to explore the Cu Chi Tunnels, more than 200km long, deep underground, learning about the system, including bamboo traps, fighting bongs in the infirmary, office... and especially explores the famous Hoang Cam stove.
You will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage, and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines, when Cu Chi was "A Free Target Zone ". Remnants you will see show that the tunnels still bear evidence of the fierce battleground that took place there. After that, you can rest or try practicing live fire at the tunnel shooting range.
Leave Cu Chi tunnels and depart for My Tho. Arriving at My Tho, the group gets on the boat to have lunch at a restaurant on the island. Next, you board a boat along the Tien River to visit the fish rafts floating on the river. The boat takes you across the Rach Mieu Bridge - a connecting bridge of 2 provinces, Dong Thap and Vinh Long.
The Mekong Delta Tour go through Thoi Son islet (also known as Unicorn islet), the tour will stop ashore to visit the honey beekeeping facility and enjoy fragrant honey tea, then you will walk around and learn about the lives of local people and visit fruit gardens, enjoy seasonal fruits and listen to "Don ca tai tu" - folk music, this is a unique feature of the people of the Mekong Delta. Then you will experience the feeling of riding a sampan along a small canal, with two rows of coconut trees and the simple countryside scenery.
Visit Vinh Long, continue walking on the village’s road to the coconut candy shop, learn how to make candy, and see some handicrafts made from coconut trees. Then get on the boat back to My Tho.
Around 16:30 - Return to Ho Chi Minh City. 18:30 – 19:00 Pm: End of Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta Full Day Tour, drop off at hotels in Ben Thanh Ward or meet up location.
