Cu Chi Tunnels & Saigon City Day Trip: Small-Group Tour
The tunnels are narrow enough that you crawl through them yourself, not watch from above.
This full-day small-group tour combines half a day exploring Saigon's war history with half a day at the Cu Chi Tunnels, one of the biggest battlefields of the Vietnam War. You visit the War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace in the city, then drive 1.5 hours to the tunnels, where you navigate authentic VC tunnel networks, see underground bunkers (kitchens, meeting rooms, ammunition stores), and explore weapon and booby trap exhibitions. A Vietnamese-speaking guide leads the group, hotel pickup and drop-off are included, and a 5-course Vietnamese lunch is served at a local restaurant on the return drive through countryside.
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Cu Chi Tunnels and Saigon City Tour
- Hotel pickup and drive to Cu Chi Tunnels
- Rest stop at lacquerware workshop
- Watch propaganda video at Cu Chi
- Explore weapon and booby trap exhibitions
- Navigate authentic VC tunnels and bunkers
- Visit firing range and try local tapioca
- Enjoy Vietnamese 5-course lunch
- Drive back to Saigon through countryside
- Visit Reunification Palace
- Tour War Remnants Museum
- Explore Ben Thanh Market
- Drop off at central location or hotel
- Cu Chi Tunnels Entry included 2h
- Ben Dinh Tunnels Entry included 1h
- Reunification Palace Entry included 30m
- War Remnants Museum Entry included 30m
- Ben Thanh Market 20m
What’s included
- Air-conditioned minivan transfer with hotel pickup and drop-off.
- 5-course Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant.
- entrance tickets to Cu Chi Tunnels and all Saigon sites.
- Vietnamese English-speaking guide.
- two 500ml bottles of drinking water per person.
- local tapioca and tea.
- Every day 07:30 08:00 08:30 09:00 09:30
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Small-group Cu Chi Tunnels tour from Vietnam with hotel pickup, 5-course Vietnamese lunch, and visits to the War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace.
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The experience
The day starts with pickup from your hotel and a 1.5-hour drive to Cu Chi Tunnels, with a stop at a lacquerware workshop on the way. Once there, you watch a brief propaganda video before spending the next hour moving through the tunnel network itself: crawling through narrow passages, ducking into underground bunkers used as kitchens and meeting rooms, and examining weapon and booby trap displays. You'll also visit a firing range and try local tapioca and tea. The tunnels are the real thing: not a museum recreation, but the actual VC network that functioned as a major battlefield during the war.
After the tunnels, you drive back toward the city on a 1.5-hour return journey through peaceful countryside, stopping for a 5-course Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant. The afternoon covers Saigon's war history on foot: the Reunification Palace, which marks the end of the Vietnam War and holds war-era artifacts; the War Remnants Museum, a sobering look at the effects of Agent Orange and the struggle for independence; and Ben Thanh Market, a bustling landmark that shows Saigon's daily culture and history. Your guide handles the route and timing. You can ask to be dropped at your hotel or any central location you choose.
The tour runs 9 to 11 hours total. You travel in an air-conditioned minivan with a small group, and the guide speaks English. Two bottles of drinking water per person are included. If you want to fire a weapon at the range, that fee is separate.
Top questions
Can I be picked up at my hotel?
You can choose: pickup at your hotel, or go straight to the meeting point. When you book, you choose your hotel from 499 pickup locations; if yours isn’t listed, you can type in your address.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (5 to 11 years); Infant (under 5): free.
What exactly do you do inside the Cu Chi Tunnels?
You navigate the authentic VC tunnel network yourself, crawling through narrow passages and ducking into underground bunkers that once served as kitchens, meeting rooms, and ammunition stores. You also explore weapon and booby trap exhibitions and visit a firing range.
How long is the drive to Cu Chi Tunnels from Saigon?
The drive is 1.5 hours each way. On the way out, the group stops at a lacquerware workshop for a short rest. The return journey takes 1.5 hours through countryside, and lunch at a local restaurant is included during that drive.
What war history sites do you visit in Saigon?
The tour includes the Reunification Palace, a historic landmark marking the end of the Vietnam War filled with war-era artifacts; the War Remnants Museum, which documents the effects of Agent Orange and the struggle for independence; and Ben Thanh Market, a bustling landmark showing Saigon's history and daily culture.
What's included in the lunch?
A 5-course Vietnamese set menu is served at a local restaurant on the return drive from the tunnels. Drinking water (two 500ml bottles per person) and local tapioca and tea are also included throughout the day.
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Cu Chi Tunnels & Saigon City Day Trip: Small-Group Tour
9h–11h · EN
from US$ 64 per person
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