Southern Vietnam · Day tour
Cu Chi Tunnels
Half a day in the tunnel network north of the city: the documentary, the bunkers, the smokeless kitchen and the traps, with tapioca at the end.
- Length
- Half day
- Morning 7:45 AM – 2:00 PM · Afternoon 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Pick-up
- Ho Chi Minh City
- From your hotel
- Guide
- English-speaking
- Group or private
What you see
The day in short
Everything below is covered by the programme. The order can move with the traffic and the weather; the list does not.
Where it goes: Ho Chi Minh City
Highlights
- The site's own documentary presentation before you go underground
- A stretch of the tunnel network and the bunkers off it
- Meeting rooms, field hospitals and ammunition stores built into the clay
- The Hoang Cam smokeless kitchen, and how the smoke was hidden
- Weapons, traps and a bomb crater left where it fell
- Tapioca, the food people lived on down there
Hour by hour
The running order
Morning 7:45 AM – 2:00 PM · Afternoon 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM. These are the timings operations work to; your guide confirms the pick-up the evening before.
Want it privately?07:45 AM / 01:00 PM
Pick-up in District 1 and out of the city towards Cu Chi.
On arrival
The site's documentary presentation and an introduction to how the tunnel system worked.
Underground
Into a section of tunnel and the bunkers off it, including the meeting and medical areas.
Above ground
The smokeless kitchen, the weapons and traps, and the bomb crater.
Before leaving
Tapioca, eaten the way it was eaten here.
02:00 PM / 07:00 PM
Back in Ho Chi Minh City, depending on which half of the day you chose.
What's included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off in District 1
- English-speaking tour guide
- Entrance fee
- A 500 ml bottle of water per person
What's not
- Personal expenses
- VAT
- Shooting range bullets and fees
Before you book
- Children aged 10 and over pay the full rate, 9 and under pay 75 percent, and under 3 travel free.
- The shooting range is optional and paid for on the day.
- The order of the stops can change with weather, traffic or opening hours. The full programme is still covered.
The route
- 1Ho Chi Minh City
- 2Cu Chi Tunnels
Map is schematic and not to scale for travel times.
Our own camera roll
From this day
Good to know
Questions
Do I have to go into the tunnels?
No. The widened visitor section is short and there are exits part way along, and plenty of guests walk the site above ground instead. Nobody is pushed underground.
Where does pick-up happen?
From your hotel in District 1, morning or afternoon. Give us your hotel name and address when you book and we will confirm a time the evening before.
Can this run as a private tour?
Yes. Every excursion here can run privately with your own guide and vehicle instead of joining a group. Tell us how many of you there are and we will quote it.
Can we combine this with other days?
Yes — most guests string two or three of these together, or add them either side of a multi-day journey. Send us your dates and we will lay them out in a sensible order.
Book the Cu Chi Tunnels
Give us your dates, your hotel and how many of you there are. We confirm availability the same day and pick you up from the door.