Horseback Riding in Mekong Delta: Cu Chi Tunnels & Coconut Island
Tunnels, then horse carts through coconut groves and sampan rides on quiet canals
A private full-day tour combining Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta in one itinerary, with hotel pickup and professional English-speaking guide. Start at the tunnels to crawl through VC-era passages and see weapon traps and bomb craters, then travel 100km to Ben Tre's Coconut Island for horse cart rides through local villages, a coconut candy factory, and a sampan ride on peaceful waterways. Lunch at a riverside restaurant and tropical fruit tasting included.
Step-by-step itinerary
Cu Chi Tunnels and Mekong Delta tour
- Pick up at hotel
- Arrive at Cu Chi Tunnels
- Watch documentary about Viet Cong
- Visit weapon traps and bomb craters
- Explore Cu Chi tunnels
- Try VC food and tea
- Depart to Mekong Delta
- Arrive at My Tho city
- Boat trip to Bee Island
- Enjoy lunch at Coconut Land
- Horse riding cart around village
- Visit coconut candy factory
- Biking through coconut lands
- Listen to Vietnamese music
- Take sampan in peaceful canal
- Cu Chi Tunnels Entry included 2h
- Mekong Delta 3h
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off at your accommodation.
- private minivan with air conditioning.
- professional English-speaking guide for the full day.
- entry to Cu Chi Tunnels.
- boat trip to Bee Island.
- horse cart ride through the villages.
- visit to the coconut candy factory.
- sampan ride on the delta canals.
- lunch at a riverside restaurant.
- bottled water throughout the day.
- tropical fruit tasting.
Times
- Every day 07:00 07:30 08:00
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Operated by Mekong Silt Tour
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The experience
The day splits into two distinct halves: history in the morning, then the river delta's slower pace in the afternoon. You're picked up at 7am and driven to Cu Chi Tunnels, where you descend into the narrow passages that sheltered Viet Cong fighters during the war. A short documentary sets the context, and you'll see the weapon traps, tank wreckage and bomb craters left behind. The tunnels themselves are the centerpiece. You crawl through them to grasp how fighters survived there, then try VC-era food and tea before heading out.
The 100km drive to Mekong Delta takes you through rural scenery. By 12:30pm you're in My Tho, a riverside city in Ben Tre province, and the pace shifts entirely. A boat trip visits Bee Island to taste honey and dried fruits, then you're driven to a small island called Coconut Land for lunch at a riverside restaurant. After eating, you ride a horse cart through local villages past coconut plantations, stop at a coconut candy factory, and bike through the groves. A sampan, a small flat-bottomed boat, takes you through quiet canals where the only sound is water and oars. Live music and tropical fruit round out the afternoon before the drive back.
The tour runs about 10 hours total and covers a lot of ground, but the guide handles all logistics and the air-conditioned minivan means you're not exhausted by the travel itself. Bottled water is provided throughout, and the itinerary is set, so there's no planning to do on your end.
Is this one for you?Book this if you want to combine two regions (Cu Chi's tunnels and Ben Tre's delta) in one day. Choose it over separate tours only if you're willing to spend 10 hours traveling to see both, rather than exploring either one deeply.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (3 to 9 years); Infant (1 to 2 years): free.
What exactly are the Cu Chi Tunnels and why do people visit them?
The Cu Chi Tunnels are a network of passages dug by Viet Cong fighters during the Vietnam War, used as shelters, supply routes and hideouts. Visitors descend into the actual tunnels to see how fighters lived and worked underground, and the site displays the booby traps, tanks and bomb craters from the conflict, plus a documentary explaining the history.
Can I actually ride a horse, or is it a cart pulled by a horse?
It's a horse-drawn cart ride, not horseback riding. You sit in the cart while a horse pulls it through the local villages and coconut groves on Ben Tre's Coconut Island, so it's a gentler way to see the landscape than walking.
How long is the drive from Ho Chi Minh City to Mekong Delta?
The drive to Ben Tre in Mekong Delta is about 100km and takes several hours, but it's included in the full-day itinerary and you travel in an air-conditioned minivan with your guide, so the journey is part of the experience rather than a separate hassle.
What's included in the lunch?
Lunch is served at a riverside restaurant on Ben Tre island and features local cuisine. The exact menu varies, but it's a full meal at a restaurant overlooking the Mekong, not a packed lunch.
Horseback Riding in Mekong Delta: Cu Chi Tunnels & Coconut Island
8h–10h · EN
from US$ 138 per person
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