Cu Chi tunnels boat and Underground in Saigon (Group tour) - 01 Day

01 Day

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Overview

Start/End: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)/Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Route: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Duration: 01 Day
Theme: Most popular, Active, Culture and Heritage
Tour type: Group tour ( Max 16 Adults)
Tour schedule: Daily Departure
Tour guide in: English

Highlight

This is a combination of Les Rives Cu Chi Historical Site tour by speedboat and Saigon Underground city tour by motorbike. On the same day, you will visit the Cu Chi Tunnels and explore the secret places of Saigon that affected resistance during the Indochina and Vietnam Wars.

Explore Cu Chi tunnels by Speedboat
Enjoy the beauties of bank rivers
Uncover the amazing secret tunnels in Sai gon city

Notes

In case one of the underground sites is not available on the day of your tour, you will visit a hospital built by French at the end of the 19th century that in fact was used as a prison from the 30s until the end of Vietnam War in 1975.

Itinerary

Day 1

Day by day itinerary

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)Tue, Dec 24, 2024
Speedboat to explore Cu Chi tunnels and Motorbike to enjoy Saigon city tour
7:00am: Your guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and bring you by car to your boat at Ho Chi Minh City’s pier.
7:20am: Depart Saigon by boat. Within 15 minutes, the banks of the river change from city sprawl to lush jungle. A light breakfast of sandwiches or pastries, fresh tropical fruits and Vietnamese iced coffee (Ca phe sua da) is served, as your guide explains rural traditions and aspects of riverbank life.
8:50am: Arrive at the Cu Chi Tunnels site, before the majority of larger bus tours arrive. Watch a brief introductory ‘propaganda’ video to the Cu Chi area.
9:00am: Explore the Cu Chi site, which includes weapon and booby trap exhibitions, navigating authentic Viet Cong tunnel, visiting different underground bunkers (kitchens, meeting rooms, ammunitions etc.), a firing range and much more. Try the local cassava root that sustained Viet Cong fighters for years.
11:00am: Enjoy a delicious traditional Vietnamese lunch by the river, consisting of authentic fried spring rolls, chicken and beef dishes and soup.
11:30am: Depart Cu Chi and return to Ho Chi Minh City.
1:00pm: Arrive back at Saigon’s pier and be picked up by your motorbike driver.
1:30pm: You will visit a secret printing house covered as a guitar shop and used during the Indochina war for publishing propaganda tracts in 1952 – 1957.
2:30pm: After an adventurous ride, you will stop at a secret weapon cache that functioned during the Vietnam War. In case one of the underground sites is not available on the day of your tour, you will visit a hospital built by French in the end of the 19th century that in fact was used as a prison from the 30s till the end of Vietnam War in 1975.
3:15pm: You will leave the weapon cache and be driven to a local coffee shop for refreshment.
4:30pm: Your driver will drop you of at your hotel.

Inclusions

English speaking tour guide following itinerary
All entrance fees and tickets mention on itinerary
Transportation
Motorbike / Motorbike taxi: Saigon
Service charges and Taxes

Exclusions

International flight from/to your country
Travel insurance
Personal expenses
Tipping and Gratuities
Other not mentioned in the program

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