Cu Chi Tunnels Mekong Delta Private Full-Day Tour
Cu Chi Tunnels and the Mekong Delta in one day, by private vehicle and rowboat
A private full-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City combines Vietnam's wartime history at Cu Chi Tunnels with rural life in the Mekong Delta. You'll explore the underground tunnel network, then travel by motorboat and rowboat through islands and waterways near My Tho, stopping for honey tea, seasonal fruit and folk music. Hotel pickup and lunch are included.
Step-by-step itinerary
Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta tour
- Pick up at Ho Chi Minh City hotel
- Drive to Cu Chi tunnels
- Watch documentary about tunnels
- Learn about bamboo traps and rice products
- Explore underground tunnels
- Drive to My Tho in Mekong Delta
- Cruise by boat along Mekong River
- Observe local daily life activities
- Rowboat trip through small waterways
- Visit fruit orchards and coconut groves
- Enjoy honey tea, fruit, coconut candy, and folk music
- Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City
- Drop off at hotel around 17:00
- Cu Chi Tunnels Entry included 2h
- My Tho 3h
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Ho Chi Minh City.
- professional English-speaking guide.
- private vehicle transport for the full day.
- bottled water.
- lunch.
- motorboat and rowboat rides in the Mekong Delta.
- honey tea, seasonal fruit and coconut candy tasting.
- all taxes and fees.
Times
- Every day 07:00
Before you book
Operated by Elegant Travel
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The experience
The day starts with pickup at your Ho Chi Minh City hotel in the early morning. Your English-speaking guide drives you about 60 km to Cu Chi, where you'll watch a documentary about how Vietnamese resistance fighters built and used the tunnel network. Then you'll walk into the tunnels themselves (a web of passages dug by hand), and see how locals made bamboo traps, rice paper and rice wine during wartime. The tunnels are the core of what makes this stop different from standard city tours. They sit outside the usual tourist loop and let you stand inside the actual history.
After Cu Chi, you drive to My Tho, a province in the Mekong Delta. A motorboat takes you along the upper Mekong past islands named after animals in Buddhist writings: Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Turtle. You'll watch how daily life here depends on the river: fishing, farming, the rhythm of the region. Then a rowboat carries you into the smaller waterways through fruit orchards, coconut groves and bee-keeping farms. You stop to taste honey tea, fresh seasonal fruit, coconut candy and listen to southern Vietnamese folk music. Lunch is included, and the boat rides let you move at a pace that lets the landscape sink in instead of rushing through a checklist of stops.
The return drive to Ho Chi Minh City takes the afternoon. You'll be back at your hotel around 5 p.m. The private vehicle means no waiting for other passengers, no shared schedule, and the guide can adjust timing if a stop holds your interest.
Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to see both wartime history and rural river life in one day without managing your own transport or timing. The private vehicle and guide let you move at your own pace between the two regions, and the boat rides through the delta are the part most travelers can't arrange alone.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 10 years). Children under 4 can't be included in the booking.
What exactly are the Cu Chi Tunnels and what will I see there?
The Cu Chi Tunnels are an underground network dug by Vietnamese resistance fighters during wartime. You'll enter the tunnels themselves and walk through the passages, then see how people made bamboo traps, rice paper and rice wine inside them. A documentary film at the site explains the history before you explore.
How much time do I spend on the boats in the Mekong Delta?
You'll take a motorboat ride along the upper Mekong past the four named islands, then switch to a rowboat for the smaller waterways through orchards and farms. The boat portion is the second half of the day after Cu Chi, and the pace is slow enough to watch the landscape and daily life as you move.
Is lunch included, and what kind of food will I eat?
Lunch is included in the tour price. During the Mekong Delta portion, you'll also stop for honey tea, fresh seasonal fruit and coconut candy, which are part of the experience. If you have specific dietary requirements, let the operator know at the time of booking.
Will I be in a group or is this just my party?
This is a private tour, so you travel with only your own group in a dedicated vehicle with your guide. No other tourists are added to your booking.
What time does the tour start and end?
Hotel pickup happens in the early morning. The tour lasts about ten hours total, and you'll be dropped back at your hotel around 5 p.m.
Cu Chi Tunnels Mekong Delta Private Full-Day Tour
10h · EN · at your hotel
from US$ 159 per person
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