Ho Chi Minh City Trip Overview
Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta: Full-Day Small-Group Guided Tour, famed for being an intricate network of underground facilities through which the Viet Cong launched surprising attacks against Americans in the 1960s. Stop at My Tho on the way to Ben Tre Province, you will get on a boat trip up Mekong River with islet stop at Thoi Son to taste seasonal fruits and enjoy traditional folk songs. The cruise will go along Tiền River and pass through 4 islands Long – Lân – Quy – Phụng.
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Duration: 11 hours
Starts: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta: Full-Day Small-Group Guided Tour, famed for being an intricate network of underground facilities through which the Viet Cong launched surprising attacks against Americans in the 1960s. Stop at My Tho on the way to Ben Tre Province, you will get on a boat trip up Mekong River with islet stop at Thoi Son to taste seasonal fruits and enjoy traditional folk songs. The cruise will go along Tiền River and pass through 4 islands Long – Lân – Quy – Phụng.
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Stop At: Cu Chi Tunnels, Phu Hiep TL15 Phu Hiep, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam
07h30 am: Tour guide pick you up your hotel and depart to Cu Chi network covers a wide area of countryside near to Ho Chi Minh city and was an excellent way for the Viet Kong to move undetected by American forces underground. This evocative day tour explores the struggle of everyday life during the Vietnam War from a local perspective and takes you deep underground to explore the tunnels.
The Cu Chi tour starts with an introductory video detailing its long 25-year construction. Then it is time to go underground in the infamous 120-mile Cu Chi tunnel system which offered a safe haven for soldiers and thousands of Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War. It is virtually an underground city with dwelling houses, schools, hospitals and factories.
On display are booby traps, the remains of a US army tank and huge craters left by American B52 bombs. You will be able to admire lots of compelling photos and personal effects left behind. Drive back to Mekong delta
12:30 Enjoy a Vietnamese lunch
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Mekong River, Long Xuyen 700000 Vietnam
13:30 Check in Cruise and visiting Honey farming garden
14:00 Check in cruise and experience the life of local people, the way people raising fish on the floating house. Arrive in Thai Son Island (Cù Lao Thới Sơn) you will walk down on the road to the village, visit the house of residents here, see orchards and enjoy Various kinds of fruite depending on the season. Especially, you will appreciate Harmonious sounds with “ Đờn Ca Tài Tử” – A specific characteristic of Southern culture.
15:40 Go canoeing, weave along through the small river and see rows of coconut palm. Go to the next, go and have a look around the beekeeping places and enjoy delicious flavour of honeysuckle tea with pollen.
16:30 Relaxing in the rooftop and watching the Sunset on river and enjoying.
River backing the boat returning the dock and taking you back Saigon. Being to your hotel. End of the tour 18:30.
Duration: 5 hours
