CU CHI TUNNEL & MEKONG DELTA - DAY TOUR

Itinerary
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Stop At: Ben Dinh Tunnels, Cu Chi Near Ben Dinh Village, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam

6 am you will kick start the tour with a pleasant 65 km drive through the beautiful country dotted with paddy fields and rubber plantations. You are going to visit a massive underground network located near by the area once called "Iron Triangle" and was the termination of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The tunnels were designed by local guerrillas as a “springboard for attacking Saigon.” The area was used for infiltrating Saigon-intelligence agents, part cadres, and sabotage teams. The Tết Offensive of 1968 was prepared and the necessary troops and supplies assembled in the Củ Chi tunnels. The tunnels were used by Viet Cong guerrillas as hiding spots during combat, as well as serving as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches and living quarters for numerous guerrilla fighters. The role of the tunnel systems was so important to the Viet Cong in resisting American operations and protracting the war, and eventually persuading the weary Americans into withdrawal. Some tunnels have been made larger to accommodate the larger sized western tourists, while low-power lights have been installed in several of them to make traveling through them easier and booby traps have been clearly marked
10 am take about 3 hours drive to Ben Tre, one of the most beautiful village of Mekong Delta. Just about 15 km further we can avoid the crowds of tourists in My Tho the one which other companies tend to have a business cooperation with local shop we will arrive in Ben Tre village

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Ben Tre Province, Ben Tre Province, Mekong Delta

1 pm: Arrive Ben Tre where you will have another boat trip on Ham Luong river and through natural canals to a local restaurant for your lunch. After lunch, hop on a bike for a fun ride around village then take a rowing boat along the canals - relax and enjoy the quiet space and freshness of Vietnam village. Before cruise back to the town where your car is ready and take you back to Saigon we will have some short visit local facilities such as a brick-kiln where bricks are still painstakingly made by hand; a coconut processing workshop where you can witness the skillfully and quickly of the way of peeling coconut-shell by local worker. And you will know the uses of each different part in a coconut
6 pm: Tour end at Ho Chi Minh City

Duration: 4 hours