Cu Chi Tunnels & Mekong Delta Private Tour 2 Days 1 Night

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Duration2 days
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LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview

You will explore the Cu Chi tunnels & handicap's handicrafts factory which made to help victims of agent orange in Vietnam war and learn the indeed history of the war from Vietnamese sights. In this, you also experience what it was like living inside the tunnel system and discover underground world of guerrilla & Vietcong warfare in the incredible Cu Chi tunnels. You will also have a chance to crawl inside the tunnels to experience how guerrilla lived and fought before. And you will be invited to try tapioca or cassava root on another word that sustained Viet Cong fighters for years.
Beside that, you can experience on shooting the AK47, M16, M60 (on your own expenses).
In Mekong Delta, you will have chance to visit traditional coconut candy workshop & listen to traditional folk music & visit bee farm and drink honey. Lunch at Vietnamese cuisine at a local restaurant.
You will row in a sampan along the canals through shady, breezy canal under the green canopy of water coconuts trees

What's included

  • All entrance fees
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Lunch
  • 2 bottled water/ day
  • English speaking tour guide
  • Tipping/ gratuities
  • Accommodation

What to expect

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi Tunnels Half Day - Ho Chi Minh City
  1. Cu Chi Tunnels
    5h · Admission ticket included
    Initial tunnels was of significant strategic construction started in 1948 when VC required somewhere to hide from French air attacks, and by 1965, the tunnel complex was estimated to consist of 200 km of tunnels. It included, hospitals, schools, meeting rooms, kitchens, and sleeping quarters. Life was difficult for the inhabitants, and to protect against outside intruders, booby traps were laid throughout the complex.
    You will learn more about the conditions the people lived in, the hardships they faced, and the amazing ingenuity employed to maintain life in the tunnels. We walk past huge bomb craters - evidence of the heavy bombing campaigns in the region during the Indochina conflict, discover hidden entrances right beneath your feet, wander past tiny little chimneys in the ground that dispersed smoke from the underground kitchens, sample some of the simple cuisine that local fighters would have survived on, and have an opportunity to venture into the tunnels and explore the complex.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta - Ho Chi Minh City
  1. Mekong Delta
    8h
    We board your private boat for a cruise on the Mekong River. Our first stop is at a bee farm, to gain an insight into one of the cottage industries in the region. On our Mekong tour, we will visit an island with lush tropical gardens where we have a chance to sample tropical fruit & listen to traditional folk music. We will learn more about another cottage industry, coconut candy. As we meander down the Mekong, we will have a chance to visit local villages in the area and learn more about the traditional lifestyles, culture, and customs of people who call the Delta their home.
    Continuing on our Mekong discover, we experience on tricycles motorbike to discover local life in incredible alleys hidden insight covered tropical fruit orchards & small rowing boat to help us get deeper into the channels of the Delta.
    We will hit up local restaurant, where your local guide will provide you with some advice on the finer points of local cuisine and assist with ordering some of these delicacies.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

We will pick up all travelers at hotels which are located within district 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

Additional information

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Pick up time on second day: 8:00 AM
  • The remaining time is allotted for the travel time
  • Using riffles is only applicable to those of legal age which is over than 18 years old
  • Everyone can join this tour

Cancellation policy

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