TOURS
Cu chi tunel – cao dai holy see (Full day)
Itinerary:
Morning:
Depart Ho Chi Minh City at 08:00 in the morning for the drive to Tay Ninh. Leaving the city behind, the scenery changes to views of rice paddies, villagers drying noodles by the side of the road and other scenes typical to southern Vietnam.
Reach Tay Ninh around 11:30am, visit the Cao Dai Great Temple with architecture that could have come straight from a Walt Disney fantasy and where all the major faiths of the world blend together in a unique religious cocktail.
Afternoon: After lunch, make your way towards the Cu Chi Tunnels.
This underground tunnel complex stretches 250km over three levels and took 25 years to build. Started in the late 1940s by the Viet Minh and then Viet Cong, it housed up to 10,000 people and contained operation rooms, hospitals, living quarters and kitchens with motor cycle engine and bicycle run the generators for power. The system connected by tunnels that are only two foot wide, and five foot high, with thick roofs capable of withstanding the weight of tanks or the impact of bombs. The deepest level is around 10m in the ground. Smoke was dispersed into surrounding jungle to hide the location of the tunnels. Air filters, airtight covers, booby traps and sentries were all part of the system.
You will have around 2 hours walking around for sightseeing and explore the tunnel system including a try of getting though small tunnels. Here you can also imagine what it was like to be a guerrilla with firing Russian Carbine AK 47 (optional). In the late afternoon journey back to Ho Chi Minh City.
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PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON
Group Size | 1pax | 2pax | 3pax | 4pax | 5pax | 6pax |
Price | 147 | 84 | 68 | 58 | 53 | 47 |
Type of tour | Private |
Departure | Everyday |
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Packing lists | Polite clothes at temples, pagodas & mausoleum. Sun-glasses and hat |