Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi Tunnel - Half day city tour ( B,L)
Explore the Cu Chi Tunnels in the jungle outside of Ho Chi Minh City, before returning for a city tour.
Have breakfast at your hotel and take the nearly 2-hour drive to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. We will arrive in the wild jungle, underneath which lies the
Cu Chi Tunnels.
Escape the bustle of the city to explore the rural scenery and the famous Cu Chi Tunnels in Southern Vietnam. Step in the shoes of a Viet Cong fighter, as you climb through an impressive 155-mile (250-km) long tunnel network, and visit a typical gun shooting area.
Enjoy a convenient hotel pickup at from your guide as you depart for Cu Chi. Along the way, watch as the frantic city scenery transitions to a more peaceful, rural setting. Witness passing rice paddy farms, quaint roadside vendors, and increasingly lush greenery.
Begin with a tour the Cu Chi Tunnels, some of the most famous underground networks of pathways, hideouts, sleeping quarters, meeting rooms, hospitals, and Hoang Cam Stove. These narrow tunnels provide barely enough space for a single person to crawl their way through, though some are now wider to accommodate visitors. Also learn that the mere 10–13 feet (3–4 m) thick level of upper soil can support the bearing weight of a 55 ton (50 mT) tank and the explosive damage of bombs.
We will have our lunch at a nearby restaurant before we return to Ho Chi Minh City.
Back in the former capital of South Vietnam,
you will visit the most famous historical sites of this city. Some of them belonged to the government of the Republic of South Vietnam before 1975.
Visit the Independence Palace, where the last President of the South Vietnam Government worked in 1975.
Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the
Learn about the Vietnam War by visiting the War Remnants Museum.
Overnight in Hotel
