Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi Tunnels Small-Group Full-Day Tour
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 small-group tour includes hotel pickup and focuses on the 1955-1975 Vietnam War, with sightseeing on top. See the city’s colonial-era sights, including Saigon Central Post Office, chart the war in the photo exhibits of the War Remnants Museum, and explore the Cu Chi Tunnels used by the Viet Cong.
Highlights
- ✓Uncover Vietnam’s wartime past on a small-group tour from Ho Chi Minh City
- ✓Dig deeper into the Vietnam War with a guide for detail and chronology
- ✓Visit the War Remnants Museum, Cu Chi Tunnels, and Saigon Central Post Office
- ✓Limited to 12, with entry fees, local lunch, and hotel transfers included
What you'll see & do
- ✓Pick up at the hotel and 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.
- ✓Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Please take notes: the Notre Dame Cathedral have been being restored ( until 2020), so the guests just visit outside.
- ✓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 with Vietnamese cuisine. 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 Saigon. End trip.
What's included
- ✓English-speaking tour guide
- ✓A/c van/bus pick up and drop off (centrally located hotel in Dist 1), transfer & sightseeing as per program
- ✓Meal as lunch.
- ✓Pure bottled water
- ✓Small group tour with maximum 12 pax
What's not included
- ✓Travel insurance, beverage
- ✓Tips & personal expenses (shooting gun, telephone calls...)
- ✓Other services not mentioned in the inclusion
- ✓Shooting gun fee - 600.000vnd for 10 bullet
Good to know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Group size: 2-12 pax
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults, otherwise they will be subject to the adult rate. A surcharge maybe applied to the bookings with 2 or more children.
Infant rates apply provided they do not occupy a seat and the tour inclusions. Please advise the supplier if you have from 1 infant at time of booking.
Not wheelchair accessible.
The tour is not available for the handicapped and anyone with heart problems.
Extra surcharge may apply for pickup outside of District 1.
For the centrally located hotels in Dist 1 where we can not pick up and transfer because of the traffic rules, please contact the local supplier for support. In more detail, we are not allowed to pick up at Nguyễn Trãi Street, Nguyễn Thị Nghĩa Street,…
Please note that the return time is subject to traffic conditions, for which the tour operator is not responsible
* 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. * Show the mobile or printed voucher to the staff before commencing the activity.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi Tunnels Small-Group Full-Day Tour
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 small-group tour includes hotel pickup and focuses on the 1955-1975 Vietnam War, with sightseeing on top. See the city’s colonial-era sights, including Saigon Central Post Office, chart the war in the photo exhibits of the War Remnants Museum, and explore the Cu Chi Tunnels used by the Viet Cong.
Highlights
- ✓Uncover Vietnam’s wartime past on a small-group tour from Ho Chi Minh City
- ✓Dig deeper into the Vietnam War with a guide for detail and chronology
- ✓Visit the War Remnants Museum, Cu Chi Tunnels, and Saigon Central Post Office
- ✓Limited to 12, with entry fees, local lunch, and hotel transfers included
What you'll see & do
- ✓Pick up at the hotel and 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.
- ✓Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Please take notes: the Notre Dame Cathedral have been being restored ( until 2020), so the guests just visit outside.
- ✓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 with Vietnamese cuisine. 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 Saigon. End trip.
What's included
- ✓English-speaking tour guide
- ✓A/c van/bus pick up and drop off (centrally located hotel in Dist 1), transfer & sightseeing as per program
- ✓Meal as lunch.
- ✓Pure bottled water
- ✓Small group tour with maximum 12 pax
What's not included
- ✓Travel insurance, beverage
- ✓Tips & personal expenses (shooting gun, telephone calls...)
- ✓Other services not mentioned in the inclusion
- ✓Shooting gun fee - 600.000vnd for 10 bullet
Good to know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Group size: 2-12 pax
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults, otherwise they will be subject to the adult rate. A surcharge maybe applied to the bookings with 2 or more children.
Infant rates apply provided they do not occupy a seat and the tour inclusions. Please advise the supplier if you have from 1 infant at time of booking.
Not wheelchair accessible.
The tour is not available for the handicapped and anyone with heart problems.
Extra surcharge may apply for pickup outside of District 1.
For the centrally located hotels in Dist 1 where we can not pick up and transfer because of the traffic rules, please contact the local supplier for support. In more detail, we are not allowed to pick up at Nguyễn Trãi Street, Nguyễn Thị Nghĩa Street,…
Please note that the return time is subject to traffic conditions, for which the tour operator is not responsible
* 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. * Show the mobile or printed voucher to the staff before commencing the activity.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.