Day 01
Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta Discovery
- Meet your tour guide at 7:30 am for pickup from your hotel, then head to the Cu Chi Tunnels. This visit is an ideal introduction for anyone wanting to understand Vietnam's strategic hamlet and tunnel system, which stretches more than 220 km. Watch a short documentary video from 1967, crawl through the tiny tunnel passages, and discover why the guerrillas were able to win such a battle. You will also taste tapioca with salted sesame seeds and see the Hoang Cam kitchen system. It is hard to imagine the destruction, damage, and defoliation across the area caused by bombing and mines when Cu Chi was known as "A Free Target Zone."
- Continue to the shooting range, where bullet costs are excluded. Then enjoy lunch at Mekong Restop Restaurant on the way to My Tho.
- See Rach Mieu Bridge, one of the three cable-stayed bridges in the Mekong Delta, before taking a boat trip along the Mekong River to an islet, one of the four sacred islets: Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, and Phoenix.
- Continue to a local coconut candy manufacturer and learn how locals make these traditional sweets. You will also have a chance to taste them.
- Walk through a village to discover a local orchard garden, where you can enjoy tropical seasonal fruits and listen to traditional folk songs performed by local artists. Then visit a bee farm and taste honey tea. You can also take pictures with a python.
- Head back to Ho Chi Minh City at 5 pm and end the tour by 7 pm.
