Cu Chi Tunnels Mekong Delta Private Tour from Ho Chi Minh City
Underground tunnels, then a full day on the Mekong Delta by boat
A private tour from Ho Chi Minh City combining the Cu Chi Tunnels with a Mekong Delta day trip to My Tho. Your English-speaking guide picks you up at your hotel and drives you 60 km to the tunnels, where you watch a documentary and walk through the underground network dug by Vietnamese resistance fighters. After lunch, you cruise by motorboat through islands named after Buddhist animals, then take a rowboat through waterways lined with fruit orchards, coconut groves and beekeeping farms, stopping for honey tea and seasonal fruit before returning to your hotel around 7pm.
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 motorboat on Mekong River
- Rowboat trip on small waterways
- Visit fruit orchards and coconut groves
- Tour beekeeping farm
- Enjoy honey tea and tropical fruits
- Listen to Vietnamese folk music
- Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City
- Drop off at hotel around 19:00
- Cu Chi Tunnels Entry included 3h
- My Tho 3m
What’s included
- Air-conditioned vehicle.
- hotel pickup and drop-off in central Ho Chi Minh City districts.
- English-speaking guide.
- entrance fees to the Cu Chi Tunnels.
- motorboat and rowboat trips on the Mekong.
- lunch with vegetarian options available.
- mineral water.
- honey tea and seasonal tropical fruit at the delta stops.
Times
- Every day 07:30 08:00 08:30
Before you book
Operated by Indochina Heritage Travel
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The experience
The tour starts with hotel pickup in the early morning and a 60 km drive to Cu Chi. A documentary film sets the context for what you're about to see (how locals made bamboo traps, rice paper and rice wine inside the tunnels), then you explore the web of underground passages yourself. The tunnels are the physical record of how Vietnamese resistance fighters lived and fought, and walking through them gives you a sense of the scale and ingenuity of the system.
After Cu Chi, you drive to My Tho in the Mekong Delta. The motorboat leg takes you through a region with four islands named after Buddhist animals: Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Turtle. You watch the daily rhythms of regional life along the river (fishing, farming, transport), and see how the Mekong shapes everything here. Then a rowboat carries you into smaller waterways where the agricultural richness becomes immediate: fruit orchards, coconut groves, beekeeping farms. You stop to taste honey tea, seasonal tropical fruit and fresh coconut candy, and listen to southern Vietnamese folk music. The drive back to Ho Chi Minh City takes you to your hotel around 7pm.
Is this one for you?Book this private tour if you want to avoid group crowds and control the pace of your day. The fixed itinerary (tunnels in the morning, Mekong Delta in the afternoon) fits both sites into a single 10-hour departure, so you don't need to choose between them.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 9 years); Infant (under 4): free.
What exactly are the Cu Chi Tunnels and what will I see inside them?
The Cu Chi Tunnels are an underground network dug by Vietnamese resistance fighters. You'll watch a documentary explaining how locals made bamboo traps, rice paper and rice wine inside the system, then walk through the tunnels themselves to see how they were constructed and used.
What food and drinks are included during the Mekong Delta portion?
You'll taste honey tea, seasonal tropical fruit, and fresh coconut candy at stops during the rowboat section. Lunch is also included in the tour. Vegetarian options are available.
What time does the tour end and how do I get back to my hotel?
The tour returns you to your hotel around 7pm. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included for hotels in districts 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of Ho Chi Minh City.
Is this tour suitable if I'm not very fit or have mobility concerns?
The tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels. However, the Cu Chi Tunnels involve crawling and walking through narrow underground passages, and the boat sections require getting in and out of small vessels, so consider your comfort with those activities when deciding.
Cu Chi Tunnels Mekong Delta Private Tour from Ho Chi Minh City
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