Daily Small Group Tour to Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi Tunnels

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9 to 10 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Vietnam’s recent history is complex, so exploring Ho Chi Minh City’s wartime relics is best with a guide to explain them. This full-day tour delivers: focusing on the 1955-1975 Vietnam War, with sightseeing on top. See the city’s colonial-era sights, chart the war in the photo exhibits of the War Remnants Museum, and explore the Cu Chi Tunnels, used by the Viet Cong to hide from and fight the enemy.

What's Included

Entry/Admission - Cu Chi Tunnels
English-speaking tour guide
Entry/Admission - The Independence Palace
Transfer & Sightseeing as per program
Bottled of Mineral water
Entry/Admission - War Remnants Museum
Meal as lunch.
A/c van/bus pick up and drop off (centrally located hotel in Dist 1),
Small group tour with maximum 12 pax
Travel insurance, beverage
Tips & personal expenses (shooting gun, telephone calls...)
Holiday surcharge

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

* Pick up and transfer to the centrally located hotel/accommodation in District 1 (except Đa Kao Ward, Tan Dinh Ward) from the following streets: Lý Tự Trọng, Lê Thánh Tôn, Trương Định, Nguyễn An Ninh, Phan Chu Trinh, Lưu Văn Lang, Lê Anh Xuân, Đồng Khởi, Nguyễn Huệ, Thi Sách, Thái Văn Lung, Mạc Thị Bưởi, Hồ Huấn Nghiệp, Nguyễn Thái Bình, Lê Thị Hồng Gấm, Bùi Thị Xuân, Sương Nguyệt Anh, and Ký Con. * If you are not staying on any of the above streets, please make your own way to the meeting point (112 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, District 1, Hồ Chí Minh City). * The pickup time in the above-prescribed ranges varies according to the position of the customers’ hotels or the required pickup points.

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Meeting point

If you are not staying on any of the above streets, please make your own way to the meeting point (112 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, District 1, Hồ Chí Minh City).

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 9 to 10 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    The Independence Palace

    GROUP SIZE: 12 people PICK UP: 07:30 – 08:00 (the time of pick up depends on customer’s hotel/ accommodation’s exact position). RETURN: 19:00 ROUTE: HCM City – Cu Chi district – HCMC Take the morning trip to visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. The Independence palace is a widely known landmark of Ho Chi Minh City and was designed by the architect Ngo Viet Thu.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral

    Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral. **The Notre Dame Cathedral have been being restored, so the guests just visit outside.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Central Post Office

    Visit this place 30 minutes.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    War Remnants Museum

    Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum the museum has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars. Have lunch at local restaurant.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 5
    Cu Chi Tunnels

    Depart for Cu Chi tunnel, the trip will take approximately one and a half hours bus driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served. Break time for relax before return to Ho Chi Minh City.

    3 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 6

    Leave Cu Chi Tunnel to return Ho Chi Minh after 1h30 hours driving then drop off the guests at hotels/stays in District 1. End trip. Please take notes: *Drop off time is subject to traffic, weather...so the finished time could be later than expecting.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by LOCAL TOURS VIETNAM

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Full-day Tours
Bus Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
4WD Tours
Walking Tours
Luxury Car Tours
Small Group
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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