Hue Trip Overview
To take a step back in time is to get in touch with the once damaging effects of Vietnam’s conflicts. Depicted in many movies, the DMZ outside Hue is worth your full-day attention as experts explain how this contributed to Vietnam’s flourishing present.
• Listen to the war-time stories of a bygone era
• Learn how the DMZ played a crucial role in Vietnam
• Watch how nature has taken over the area
• Expect an emotional journey through its ravaging past
• Lunch is included at a local restaurant
Additional Info
Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Hue, Vietnam
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Hue, Thua Thien – Hue Province, Vietnam
To take a step back in time is to get in touch with the once damaging effects of Vietnam’s conflicts. Depicted in many movies, the DMZ outside Hue is worth your full-day attention as experts explain how this contributed to Vietnam’s flourishing present.
• Listen to the war-time stories of a bygone era
• Learn how the DMZ played a crucial role in Vietnam
• Watch how nature has taken over the area
• Expect an emotional journey through its ravaging past
• Lunch is included at a local restaurant
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam
You will leave Hue early in the morning and drive along Route 1A into Quang Tri province. At the end of the defeat of the French in 1954, Ho Chi Minh and his army controlled the North and President Diem, backed by the United States, controlled the South. Throughout the war in the 1960s and 1970s, the DMZ region became one of the heaviest bombarded regions in the history of warfare culminating in the 77-day siege at Khe Sanh and the destruction of Quang Tri by North Vietnamese forces in 1972.
Today, whilst there is little physical evidence left of what once was the region, the Demilitarized Zone remains scarred from its damaging effects. Many of the hills remain scattered with rock and shrub from the intensity of artillery fire and chemical defoliants.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Hiền Lương Bridge, Cầu Hiền Lương, Quảng Trị, Vietnam
You will go back in time and visit some sites of those fierce battles still echoing in the present: the Hien Luong Bridge across the Ben Hai River, seen as the physical demarcation line between the two Vietnams.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Vinh Moc Tunnel, Vinh Th_ch, Dong Ha 520000 Vietnam
Situated along a scenic area of coastline, the fascinating tunnels at Vinh Moc, the tunnels were initially built in the late 1940s as a resistance hideout against the French and were extended and enlarged during the American war to accommodate civilian families trying to survive the constant terrifying aerial bombardment. Lunch is included during the day.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Con Thien, WX5J+V2J, Giờ An, Gio Linh, Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Under the guidance of a local and historically well-known guide, a visit to the American Con Thien combat base and Carroll Camp artillery base will also be included. The last part of this encounter with the country’s history brings visitors along route 09, connecting Laos and the Dakrong suspension bridge. This part offers stunning views and will end our day on a positive note while driving through parts of Vietnam’s landmark during its devastating war.
Return to Hue in the late afternoon.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
