CU CHI TUNNELS HALF DAY TOUR
Number of day: 1/2 day
Pick up: 08:00 ~ 08:30
Drop off: around 14:00
$37.00$49.00
Cu Chi Tunnels Tour will provide the opportunity to explore a wonder of Vietnam’s unique military art, a system of deep underground tunnels famous after the American war, and witness how it stands out from the destructive power of most US military bomb attacks. In addition, The Deluxe Group Tours also gives visitors the rare opportunity to experience shooting with modern guns.
Tour Details
Depart for a half-day tour of the Cu Chi tunnels. Our tour guide will provide you with a general into the Cu Chi Tunnels and its famous history. Take in the scenery as you drive northwest towards the Cambodian border. Today you will get the opportunity to tour a portion of the network’s 125 miles (200 kilometers) of subterranean tunnels and chambers.
When we arrive, we’ll watch a brief documentary about these tunnels to help you understand their brave history and how fierce the fighting was. The following tour will take you inside to learn where the Viet Cong set up storage facilities, weapons factories, and kitchens, and the important role they played in the war.
Following that, visitors may sample local specialties like rice, tapioca, and hot tea, which were staples throughout the battle. Visitors can try their hand at firing an AK47, M16, or machine guns at a neighboring shooting range (payment is required).
Around 14:00, return to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. The tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels has come to an end.
Brief itinerary
- You will be picked up from your accomodation and travel to the Cu Chi Tunnels (60km, 1.5 hours).
- Attend a lacquer workshop.
- As soon as you arrive, watch a documentary movie
- Discover specially created living quarters with kitchens, bedrooms, storage, weapons manufacturing, field hospitals, and command centers to enable those who dwell inside the tunnels to satisfy their basic requirements.
- Explore an underground town.
- Explore the maze-like tunnels for numerous hidden trap doors and dangerous traps while learning more about homemade weapons and traps.
- Visit the rice paper workshop.
- Tapioca, a staple of guerillas during the war, and specialty tea will be served.
OPTIONAL: Fire an AK47, M16, M60, or M30. Surcharge: 2.5 USD per bullet (one line includes ten bullets).
Highlights
- Visiting Ben Dinh Tunnels, visitors will witness the appearance of a fundamental base during the war, which the locals steadfastly kept up after the war’s devastation. At the same time, learned about the nation’s years of heroic struggle, and the terrain of the tunnels, and participate in the shooting.
- Visit the Lam Phat Lacquer workshop, one of the painting supplies used in Vietnam. This is an advancement in lacquer technique for traditional Vietnamese folk art painting.
- Watch a documentary movie.
- Learn how the Cu Chi Tunnels operate.
- Enjoy regional specialties like hot tea and steamed tapioca.
- Learn about the smokeless stove Hoang Cam.
- Investigate the threatening booby traps and combat bunkers.
- Visit the rice paper workshop.
Note that you must pay the surcharge of 2.5 USD per line of bullets (10 bullets per line) for shooting an AK-47, M-16, M-60, or M-30.
Inclusions
- Modern A/C transportation
- English speaking guide
- Cu chi Tunnels entrance fees
- Hot tea and steamed tapioca
- Mineral water (1 bottle/day tour)
- Wet tissue
OPTIONAL: Fire an AK47, M16, M60, or M30. Surcharge: 2.5 USD per bullet (one line includes ten bullets).
Exclusions
- Gratuities and personal expenses
- Real Bullet in Cu Chi Tunnels
- Any other service not mentioned in the above program
- Peak season surcharge (if applicable)
- Tips & VAT
