9-Hour Cu Chi Tunnels Tour from Ho Chi Minh with Tunnel Descent

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Explore the Cu Chi Tunnels, a vast underground guerrilla network near Saigon
• 02 Learn how Vietnamese guerrilla soldiers used tunnels with meeting rooms, kitchens, and ventilation systems
• 03 Descend into tunnels that once served as a strategic wartime base at the end of the HCM Trail
• 04 Taste local Cu Chi tapioca before the end of the tour

Travel 40 miles northwest of Saigon to the Cu Chi Tunnels at the end of the HCM Trail, once a base from which Vietnamese guerrilla soldiers attacked Saigon. Learn about the war as you explore this remarkable underground network of tunnels, including spaces used for meetings, kitchens, and ventilation. On this full-day tour, you will enter a tunnel and taste local Cu Chi tapioca.

Learn about the war as you explore this remarkable underground network of tunnels, including spaces used for meetings, kitchens, and ventilation.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 9 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Ho Chi Minh

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Cu Chi Tunnels Exploration from Ho Chi Minh City

• Meet your tour guide and head to the trail, just 70 km northwest of Saigon, with your Ho Chi Minh tour guide. The Cu Chi area lies at the end of the HCM Trail and served as the base from which Vietnamese guerrilla soldiers attacked Saigon. The fighters of Cu Chi took the war underground by developing a network of tunnels that stretched as far as Cambodia, including meeting rooms, kitchens, and ventilation systems. These tunnels served as an effective network for engaging in guerrilla warfare against US troops. Visit these tunnels.
• Taste local Cu Chi tapioca before the end of the tour.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• English-speaking Ho Chi Minh tour guide
• Motorbike
• A bottle of water
• Admission fee
• Helmet
• Raincoat
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off services in the city center (D1, 3). A 3-5 surcharge will be applied to other districts.

What's Not Included

• Tips
• Gunshots

Know before you go

• 55 USD per adult (* by motorbike).
• 95 USD per adult (* by car).

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tour start

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.