Cu Chi Tunnels Visit and Shooting Range Experience
8 am (or 1 pm): Pick up from your hotel and depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi. Leaving the city behind, the scenery changes to rice paddies, with villagers drying noodles by the roadside and other scenes of Southern Vietnam.
Arrive at Cu Chi and begin your visit to the famous tunnels. This impressive network stretches over 250 km, and 15,000 Viet Cong fighters used this strategic site during the war. The main tunnel system has many branches connecting underground hideouts, shelters, and entrances to other tunnels. The tunnels are between 0.5 and 1 m wide, just enough space for a person to move through by bending or crawling. However, some sections have been modified to accommodate visitors. The upper soil layer is between 3 and 4 m thick and can support the weight of a 50-ton tank, as well as withstand damage from light cannons and bombs. The underground network provided sleeping quarters, meeting rooms, hospitals, and other social spaces.
Watch a movie related to the Vietnam War.
Spend time inspecting the tunnel site, visiting the gates, traps, underground hospitals, worship areas, kitchens, and bunkers, and going through a section of the tunnel.
Head to the National Defence Sports Shooting Range to try firing M16, AK-47, and carbine rifles.
Transfer back to your hotel at 14.30 (or 17.30).
