Vietnam · Educational Tours

Half Day Cu Chi tunnel Morning Daily

5 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided in Ho Chi Minh City. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit the historic Cu Chi Tunnels on a half-day trip from Ho Chi Minh City
  • 02 Learn about Vietnam’s wartime history through guided commentary and a documentary film
  • 03 Explore tunnel sections, trap doors, storage areas, kitchens, and war exhibits
  • 04 Taste local cassava or rice tapioca with hot tea, a traditional wartime food
  • 05 Optional shooting range experience available at additional cost
  • 06 Hotel pickup and drop-off included for added convenience

Discover the Cu Chi Tunnels on a half-day morning tour from Ho Chi Minh City and gain deeper insight into Vietnam’s wartime history. Travel out to this vast underground network and learn how it was used during the conflict, with commentary from your guide and a documentary introduction on arrival.

Explore sections of the tunnels and surrounding site, see exhibits of weapons and traps, and visit areas used for storage, kitchens, and operations. Along the way, sample traditional wartime foods such as cassava or rice tapioca with hot tea, and, if time permits, you may also choose to try the shooting range at additional cost.

Arrive at Cu Chi Tunnels, a 75-mile (120-km) long maze of tunnels used by the Viet Cong in its military campaign against American Army forces.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 5 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
City Ho Chi Minh
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Half Day Cu Chi Tunnels

Morning start at your hotel departure for Cu chi tunnel. Studying and deeper understanding about Vietnam soldiers, people during the War. Tasting local Cassava and Tea at Cu chi tunnels " special food used during war here". See the difference and hard-lives of Vietnamese 30 years ago

Arrive at Cu Chi Tunnels, a 75-mile (120-km) long maze of tunnels used by the Viet Cong in its military campaign against American Army forces. Tourist will be given an overview introduction of Cu Chi Pass and its legendary history. A documentary film about the tunnels will explain you about the tunnels histories and how fierce the war was in the area Walk around the Viet Cong's base of operations, learn the history behind the tunnels' creation, and visit exhibits displaying a variety of weapons, such as the M16 rifle, the AK-47, and even booby traps. Take time to stroll around the war memorial and crawl inside the tunnel. After that travelers can try delicious manioc which was the main food for guerilla-warriors in Cu Chi during the war. If time permits, we will have an opportunity to fire a variety of Vietnam War-era weapons at the shooting range (additional cost) or try the types of meals the Viet Cong fighters used to eat at the command center (also additional cost).

Cu Chi Tunnel Half Day Tour

Depart for Cu Chi tunnels. Our tour guide will give you an overview introduction of Cu Chi Tunnels and its legendary history. Enjoy the scenic drive northwest towards the Cambodian border. Today you will get to explore a section of the network of some 125 miles (200 kilometers) of subterranean passages and rooms.

Upon on arrival, we will watch a short documentary film about this tunnels tell you how about the histories and how fierce the war happened. Then the tour will help you to learn the pivotal part they played in the war such as trap doors, and climb inside to see where the Viet Cong built storage facilities, weapons factories, kitchens…

Afterward travelers can try local special food are rice tapioca & hot tea which was main food  during the war. Visitors can try to fire off an AK47 or M16 or machine guns at the nearby shooting range ( Payment by yourself). Get back your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City around 14:00 or 19:00. End of services.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided in Ho Chi Minh City. 1 city · 5 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Bottled water
  • Food tasting
  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Driver/guide
  • Professional guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Not Included

  • Drinks
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities

Know before you go

  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • INFANT SEATS AVAILABLE
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • We will pick up at your hotel in ho chi minh center ( District 1) . Leave your hotel detail in the booking and we will call and offer pick up service

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Pickup service provided in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tour start
Pickup service provided in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 5 hours finish where they began, in Pickup service provided in Ho Chi Minh City..

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