Cu Chi Tunnels Half Day Tour from HCMC with Licensed Guide
- 5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Step into one of the most extraordinary feats of wartime engineering on this half-day trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels, just outside Ho Chi Minh City. Your licensed English-speaking guide collects you from your hotel and travels with you to the Ben Dinh site, the quieter and authentic of the two tunnel complexes. Along the way you'll hear the story of how an entire underground town — kitchens, hospitals, meeting rooms and sleeping quarters — was carved out of the red earth and held for two decades. At the site you'll see hidden trapdoors barely wider than your shoulders, the ingenious ventilation and cooking systems that hid smoke from the surface. Then comes the part everyone remembers: crawling through a preserved section of tunnel yourself, there are exit points along the way, so you can go as far as you're comfortable. Afterwards you'll try local cassava with peanut and sesame — the staple that kept the tunnel residents alive — and enjoy free time before the drive back to the city.
Inclusions
What's included
- Entrance fee
- Licensed English-speaking guide
- 1 Bottled water per person
- Parking Fees
- Local snack (steamed cassava with peanut and sesame Cu Chi Tunnel)
- Minivan or Minibus depends on the date of departure, Hotel pickup and drop-off in central Ho Chi Minh City
What's not
- Meals
- Shooting range (optional, payable on site)
- Tipping to tour guide and driver
- Personal expenses
Itinerary
1. Hotel pickup in Ho Chi Minh City (District 1 and surrounding central areas) — 15 minutes 2. Drive to Cu Chi, with commentary on the region's wartime history — 1 hour 30 minutes 3. Cu Chi Tunnels (Ben Dinh site) — 2 hours Documentary introduction, trapdoor and booby-trap demonstrations, guided walk through the complex, tunnel crawling experience, cassava tasting 4. Return drive to Ho Chi Minh City and hotel drop-off — 1 hour 30 minutes
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- In front of Cong Doan Hotel, our tour guide with company uniform in white T-shirt with business name logo on it waiting there for you
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 12 travellers
- Operated by
- TOP ASIAN TRAVEL
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Ho Chi Minh City
- Its from-price is 56% below the median of the 2927 experiences we list in Ho Chi Minh City.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, still widely called Saigon, is Vietnam's buzzing commercial hub of French colonial landmarks, war history and superb street food.
District 1 holds the main sights within walking distance: the red-brick Notre-Dame Cathedral, the elegant Central Post Office with its vaulted hall, the colonial Opera House and the ornate City Hall. The Independence Palace preserves its rooms as they were at the end of the war, and the War Remnants Museum tells the story of the conflict with sobering directness.
Top-ranked sights in Ho Chi Minh City: Cu Chi Tunnels, Saigon Opera House (Opéra de Saïgon), Saigon Central Post Office.
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