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Highlights
- Take a full-day guided tour with hotel transfers from Ho Chi Minh City, covering the Cu Chi Tunnels (Ben Dinh site) and top city landmarks.
- Pickup is between 6-6:30am.; the tour runs for approx. 9 hours, with about 2 hours spent exploring the Cu Chi Tunnels.
- Visit Independence Palace, Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Central Post Office, and the War Remnants Museum—all included with entry.
- Crawl through preserved tunnel sections at Cu Chi, and see wartime bunkers, field hospitals, trapdoors, and survival setups.
- Choose a shared tour or private option, including smaller-group and luxury-car upgrades with lunch on select tours.
Your Experience
Uncover Vietnam’s history on this full-day guided tour from Ho Chi Minh City, combining the city’s landmark attractions with a deep dive into the wartime Cu Chi Tunnels (Ben Dinh site).
Getting started
You’ll be picked up from your hotel in District 1 between 6-6:30am.. Begin the day with a guided visit to Ho Chi Minh City’s top sites before heading to the Cu Chi Tunnels.
City highlights
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Independence Palace: Explore the preserved meeting halls, underground war bunkers, and strategy rooms central to Vietnam’s past.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral: Snap a photo of the red-brick cathedral and its twin bell towers—one of the city’s oldest colonial relics.
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Central Post Office: Step inside a grand building designed by Gustave Eiffel, featuring vaulted ceilings and vintage French-era maps.
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War Remnants Museum: See powerful exhibits of war photography, weapons, and stories documenting the human cost of conflict.
Cu Chi Tunnels
After a Vietnamese lunch (if selected), travel to the Ben Dinh site for a guided, immersive look at one of Vietnam’s most significant war zones.
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Orientation documentary: Begin with a short film introducing the Cu Chi region and its underground resistance system.
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Tunnel exploration: Spend around 2 hours on-site exploring cramped tunnels, kitchens, field hospitals, storage units, and bunkers used by Viet Cong fighters.
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Trap demonstrations: Learn how soldiers used camouflage and booby traps to defend their network—shown through live guide demonstrations.
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Cassava & tea: End your visit by sampling boiled cassava and traditional tea—staples of survival during the war.
Inclusions
- Round-trip hotel transfers from Ho Chi Minh City (pickup from 6-6:30am)
- Pick-up between 6–6:30am from District 1, with select options including Districts 3 and 4 (based on option selected)
- Full-day guided tour of Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi Tunnels (Ben Dinh site)
- Access to Independence Palace, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office & War Remnants Museum
- Lunch at local Vietnamese or Indian restaurant (menu here.pdf)) (as per option selected)
- Lunch with Vietnamese or Asian food (as per option selected)
- Luxury car transportation (as per option selected)
- Visits to Opera House, City Hall, Jade Emperor Pagoda, and Reunification Palace (as per option selected)
- Entry to Cu Chi Tunnels
- Cassava tasting with tea
- Water bottle
This product offers multiple ticket options. Some items above (like transfers or fast-track access) may only apply to specific options — confirm what's included when you select yours.
Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
These tickets can't be rescheduled or cancelled.
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