Cu Chi Tunnels & Saigon City with 5 Key Highlights with Lunch

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. 07:30 - 08:00 AM: Our tour guide will pick up you at your places in in Ho Chi Minh City

   30 min

2. Cu Chi Tunnels - an underground tunnels network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. It took about 25 years to build this underground city, which has living rooms, kitchens, hospitals, weapon factories, storage facilities and command centre. The tunnel system was an excellent way for the Vietcong to move around the countryside undetected by the Americans and home to around 10,000 people who lived underground for several years. (1) Watch a short documentary film about the Cu Chi Tunnels during wartime. (2) Explore the underground network of tunnels including living areas, field hospitals, kitchens, and weapon factories. 3. Crawl through the narrow tunnels. (4) Learn more about Vietnamese history, tradition, and culture through your guide’s explanation. (5) Taste local foods that Vietnamese soldiers ate during the war. (6) Try shooting AK47 or MK16 rifles at a shooting range (optional, with surcharge, well supervised).

   2 hAdmission included

3. Lunch

   45 min

4. Take your time to visit this fascinating palace which is surrounded by large gardens, it hides many secret rooms, antique furniture and a command bunker. This place has not only its history but also interesting architecture values with beautiful words meaning and feng-shui atmosphere.

   30 minAdmission included

5. War Remnants Museum: Visit War Museum if you are a history lover to know more about the American war in Vietnam.

   30 minAdmission included

6. Emperor Jade Pagoda: Built in 1909 by the Chinese community, it’s the most impressive spiritual place for local worshippers to pray for their career or love, especially for having babies. Visit here is a great chance for you to discover the real Asian worship culture.

   30 min

7. Saigon Central Post Office: Its architecture will surprise you at the first time. Built in 1891

   15 min

8. Saigon Notre Dame Basilica: This beautiful basilica was designed in the 1870s by J.Bourad (French architect) with the special neo-Romanesque architecture and materials imported from France. It is also called as “Saigon church” or “Virgin Mary church” and a favorite place for local couples to take pre-wedding photo shot.

   15 min

9. Saigon - the biggest dynamic and non-sleep city in Vietnam and also a promised land for many people from other provinces who want to find any chance for the life change. Take yourself to explore Saigon to understand more about our beautiful country, to see our developing time after war, to immerse in our warming hospitality with beautiful architecture and taste delicious Vietnamese food that you will never forget! In Saigon, you will visit: - War Remnants Museum to know more about the American war in Vietnam OR the Reunification Palace – a landmark in Saigon for its history and architecture values. - Notre Dame Cathedral and Saigon Central Post Office to admire the delicacy of French architecture. - Jade Emperor (King of Heaven) Pagoda, a most spiritual place for local Viet and Chinese people to pray for having babies or love. - Ben Thanh Market, a must see attraction in Saigon for the lively market activities and photos.

   3 hAdmission included

10. After the tour, tour guide will transfer you back to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. Thank you for joining us, and we hope you enjoyed your time exploring Cu Chi Tunnels and Ho Chi Minh City.

    30 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Ho Chi Minh City

• Its from-price is 72% below the median of the 2927 experiences we list in Ho Chi Minh City.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 1307 of 2927.
• 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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