Ho Chi Minh City Cu Chi Tunnels Guided Tour
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Experience Highlights
This tour is particularly suitable for contemporary history buffs and for those who want to visit a place close to Ho Chi Minh City. A bus will pick you up from your hotel in the capital and take you to the Cu Chi district. This area is famous for the underground tunnels that played a key role in the Vietnamese wars with the French and Americans. The tour lasts approximately 6 hours and includes a local guide.
- Enter the tunnels used by the Viet Cong.
- Learn about the history of the country and its conflicts from an expert guide.
- Travel comfortably from Ho Chi Minh City in an air-conditioned bus
- Enjoy hotel pick-up and drop-off
What’s included
- Guided tour of the Cu Chi tunnels
- Expert guide
- Air-conditioned bus transfers
- Beverages (tea, water and tapioca)
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Step by Step
This tour lasts approximately 6 hours and takes you to the Cu Chi district. Here, beneath the surface, a network of tunnels created and used for war purposes extends. It is a complete activity, including hotel pick-up, a local guide, transport by air-conditioned bus and drinks (tea, bottled water and tapioca).
When booking, you can choose between a morning or afternoon tour. You also have the opportunity to choose between three options: small group, normal group or VIP (small group + limousine transfer).
This underground labyrinth is located about 30 km from Ho Chi Minh City and saw the light of day in the 1940s, when the Vietnamese were fighting for the country's liberation from French colonialism. Later, the same tunnels were used by the Viet Cong to fight the US army.
After many years of conflict, this system of tunnels reached a total length of 250 km, stretching all the way to the Cambodian border. Only a small part of it can be visited, but you can get an idea of how difficult it was to move around and at the same time how easy it was to reach sensitive military installations.
The expert guide will tell you about the most significant events in Cu Chi, such as the Tet Offensive, a surprise attack launched by the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong. The aim was to hit simultaneously the main military bases in the south of the country and was carried out during the ceasefire stipulated on the occasion of the Vietnamese New Year.