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Ho Chi Minh City

Cu Chi Tunnels & Ho Chi Minh City Full-Day Tour

Duration
Duration

9.5 hours

Transfers included
Transfers included
Meals included
Meals included

Try Wartime Food

Guided tour
Guided tour

Expert local tour guide

Hotel pickup
Hotel pickup

Convenient pick-up at your location

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 7:30am – 8am; 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 between a shared group tour (up to 12 guests) or a private group tour, with Vietnamese lunch available on private options.

Round-trip hotel transfers from Ho Chi Minh City (pickup from 7:30am – 8am)

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) (if option selected)

Entry to Cu Chi Tunnels

Cassava tasting with tea

Water bottle

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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 7:30am and 8am. Begin the day with a guided visit to Ho Chi Minh City’s top sites before heading to the Cu Chi Tunnels.

City highlights

  • Independence Palace: Explore the preserved meeting halls, underground war bunkers, and strategy rooms central to Vietnam’s past.

  • Notre-Dame Cathedral: Snap a photo of the red-brick cathedral and its twin bell towers—one of the city’s oldest colonial relics.

  • Central Post Office: Step inside a grand building designed by Gustave Eiffel, featuring vaulted ceilings and vintage French-era maps.

  • 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.

  • Orientation documentary: Begin with a short film introducing the Cu Chi region and its underground resistance system.

  • Tunnel exploration: Spend around 2 hours on-site exploring cramped tunnels, kitchens, field hospitals, storage units, and bunkers used by Viet Cong fighters.

  • Trap demonstrations: Learn how soldiers used camouflage and booby traps to defend their network—shown through live guide demonstrations.

  • Cassava & tea: End your visit by sampling boiled cassava and traditional tea—staples of survival during the war.

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