Cu Chi Tunnels tour: 7 hours underground with cassava tasting
Seven hours inside a 25-year-old tunnel system: bunkers, trap doors, field hospitals, and the food soldiers ate underground
This half-day tour takes you through the Cu Chi Tunnels, an extensive underground network stretching toward the Cambodian border that housed thousands of Viet Cong guerrillas during the war. You watch a 3D film about the largest American ground operation, then descend into the tunnels themselves to crawl through hiding entrances, explore storage rooms and command centers, and see how soldiers lived and worked below ground between 1961 and 1972. The tour runs 7 hours with pickup from District 1 hotels, an English-speaking guide, minivan transport, entrance fees, and tapioca with Vietnamese hot tea included. Groups range from 9 to 25 people depending on the option you choose, or you can book a private departure.
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Explore Cu Chi Tunnels and War History
- Watch 3D movie on Vietnam War
- Discover underground tunnel system
- Try tiny tunnel hiding entrance
- Explore maze of tunnels and facilities
- Watch documentary on tunnel strategy
- Crawl into real underground tunnel
- Enjoy cassava, popular war-time food
What’s included
- Pickup from hotels in Districts 1, 3 or 4.
- entrance fee to the Cu Chi Tunnels.
- an English-speaking guide for the full 7 hours.
- minivan transport with air-conditioning.
- tapioca and Vietnamese hot tea.
- wheat cake and bottled water.
- wet tissues.
- travel insurance.
- and drop-off back in District 1.
Times
- Every day 07:00 07:30 08:00 08:30 09:00 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00
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The experience
The day starts with a 3D film that sets the scale of what you're about to see: the largest American ground operation of the Vietnam War and the tunnel system that made it so difficult to fight. After the screening, you move into the tunnels themselves. The network stretches for miles, built over 25 years starting in 1948, and what you walk through is not a museum reconstruction but the actual labyrinth where soldiers cooked, slept, worked and went to school while conflict raged above ground. The tunnels contain trenches, bunkers, storage rooms, factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens: all carved into the earth and connected by passages designed to confuse anyone trying to navigate them without a guide.
You spend time crawling into the tunnels and trying the tiny hiding entrances locals used to move around, getting a physical sense of how constrained and deliberate every movement had to be. The maze includes countless trap doors and storage areas. A documentary screens on the strategic system that kept the tunnels functioning, and you explore the surrounding forest to understand the landscape above. Near the end of the tour, you taste cassava (the most popular food during the war years at Cu Chi) along with Vietnamese hot tea and wheat cake, a small moment that connects the history to daily life.
Pickup happens from hotels in Districts 1, 3 or 4, and you return to District 1 after the tour ends. An experienced English-speaking guide leads the group throughout, and the minivan has air-conditioning. Travel insurance, bottled water and wet tissues are included. The tour runs 7 hours total, so plan for a half-day commitment.
Is this one for you?Choose the Luxury Group option if you prefer a smaller group of 9 people, or the Small Group at 12, so the tunnels feel less crowded as you navigate the narrow passages and explore the bunkers. The Private tour works best if you want the guide's full attention and no schedule tied to other travelers. Standard group sizes up to 25 work fine if you're comfortable with a larger group and want the lowest per-person cost.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (5 to 11 years); Infant (under 5): free.
What exactly do I do inside the Cu Chi Tunnels on this tour?
You crawl through actual tunnel entrances, walk the maze of underground passages, and explore bunkers, storage rooms, field hospitals and command centers built into the system. The tunnels contain trap doors and narrow passages designed to confuse intruders, and you experience firsthand how soldiers moved through them during the war.
How long does the Cu Chi Tunnels tour take from start to finish?
The tour runs 7 hours total, including pickup from your hotel, the 3D film screening, time spent underground exploring the tunnels, the documentary, and the cassava tasting at the end.
What is included in the price for this Cu Chi tour?
Pickup from District 1, 3 or 4 hotels; entrance to the tunnels; an English-speaking guide; minivan transport with air-conditioning; tapioca and Vietnamese hot tea; wheat cake; bottled water; wet tissues; and travel insurance are all included.
What was the cassava tasting about, and why is it part of this tour?
Cassava was the most popular food soldiers ate during the war years at Cu Chi, so tasting it is a way to connect the history you've just experienced underground to the daily life people lived there. You also receive Vietnamese hot tea and wheat cake.
How many people go on this Cu Chi Tunnels tour?
Group size depends on the option you choose: the Luxury Group holds a maximum of 9 people, the Small Group caps at 12, the standard Group Tour goes up to 25, or you can book a Private tour for your own group.
What is the 3D movie at the start of the tour about?
The 3D film covers the largest American ground operation of the Vietnam War, providing context for the tunnel system and the conflict that shaped it before you descend underground to explore the tunnels themselves.
Cu Chi Tunnels tour: 7 hours underground with cassava tasting
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