Cu Chi Tunnels Tour
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Every daySchedule
8AM, 8:30AM, 9AM, 1PM, 1:30PMLanguages offered
English,VietnameseDuration
5 hrsTransportation
AvailableExplore one of South Vietnam’s most important wartime sites, the impressive Cu Chi Tunnels. This tour from Ho Chi Minh City includes an in-depth introduction to the history and significance of the tunnels and plenty of time to explore the myriad of underground alleys and structures.
Just 40 miles (60 km) outside of metropolitan Ho Chi Minh City is one of the most important historical sites in southern Vietnam. The Cu Chi Tunnels are a network of man-made tunnels and caverns that stretch over 120 miles (200 km). The Viet Cong built them during the Vietnam War and used them for shelter, supply routes, and weapons stores.
The tunnels gave the Northern Vietnamese soldiers a strategic edge to a war they were mostly ill-equipped to fight. This strategy spelled disaster for American troupes.
Today, what is left of the tunnels is open to the public as an open-air museum. It isn’t an easy place to visit and stories from the time are harrowing to hear, but it is somewhere you cannot miss. Exploring the tunnels, you will be astounded by the ingenuity and resilience of the North Vietnamese army.
What to Bring
Comfortable shoes and a camera.What's included
Transportation, English speaking guide, entrance fees, bottled water, and snacks (if desired).Similar Things to Do
Ho Chi Minh / Cu Chi Tunnels Visit
After breakfast, you will take the drive to the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City for a visit to the amazing Cu Chi Tunnels, a well-known historical vestige of the Vietnamese revolution. As a distinctive architecture, this cobweb-like tunnel complex is a network of underground dug-outs of over 200 kilometers long, consisting of many layers and turnings with meeting, living and fighting quarters where we learn the first hand how the Viet Cong survived the extraordinary underground existence during the Vietnam War.
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