Cu Chi Tunnels Tour – Journey to explore Cu Chi Tunnels

Introducing Cu Chi Tunnels – Historical Tunnel System

Cu Chi Tunnels is recognized as a national historical relic. This is a historical tunnel system that made an important contribution to Vietnam’s two long resistance wars. Below is the history of its formation, operation and significance:

History of formation

Cu Chi Tunnels is an underground defense system first established in 1948 in the area of ​​Tan Phu Trung and Phuoc Vinh An communes. The reason for this location’s creation stems from the need for hiding and shelter of the soldiers and civilians in the communes in Cu Chi district during the Indochina War.

During the period of resistance against the French and then the resistance against the Americans, the people of Cu Chi continuously developed the defense system. By digging more tunnels, linking the tunnel branches together to create a continuous system capable of hiding and secretly connecting and circulating between the communes in Cu Chi district.

Cu Chi Tunnels – Symbol of Vietnamese spirit

It can be said that Cu Chi tunnels are not just a simple historical relic. The important role of this defense system in the long resistance war of the locality and the nation is indisputable.

Besides, Cu Chi Tunnels is also a symbol of the Vietnamese spirit. The reason why we can say that is because the construction of a tunnel system with a solid and relatively complex structure requires many factors, such as:

• The patriotism and determination to participate in the resistance war to save the country of the local army and people of Cu Chi represents the indomitable spirit of the Vietnamese people.
• The construction of the tunnels demonstrated the determination to successfully carry out all assigned tasks and the spirit of never giving up in serving the people’s resistance.
• Cu Chi Tunnels symbolizes the solidarity of the Vietnamese people, all people united to build works to serve the resistance.
• Cu Chi tunnels also symbolize Vietnamese intelligence and the spirit of creativity and learning to build a defense system for the resistance war to save the country.

Unique experience in Cu Chi Tunnels Tours

Joining Cu Chi Tunnels Tour, visitors will have unique experiences. Cu Chi Tour provides visitors with the following service package contents:

Explore the tunnel system

Visitors can explore the complex and unique tunnel system of Cu Chi tunnels, gaining a more detailed view of the construction and spirit of the historic defense system of the Cu Chi army and people.

The Cu Chi Tunnels have a rather interesting structure built on highly durable soil, the characteristic laterite clay of the area. The tunnel system is located deep underground and can withstand the pressure and destruction of heavy bombs.

Cu Chi Tunnels is divided into two parts: the basement and the tunnel system. While the basement is 3-8m high, the tunnel is divided into 3 floors with different heights used for hiding, protecting against small artillery shells or the deepest tunnel is about 8-12m used to protect against large bombs.

The Cu Chi tunnels can be imagined as a modern defense system with full functions from transportation, shelter and common activities of our army and people. The tunnel system has a backbone and has branches forming interconnected branches. Between the basements there are camouflaged hatches used for going up and down.

Join the shooting in Cu Chi Tunnels Tour

Cu Chi Tunnels Tour not only offers visitors the opportunity to visit the historical tunnel system, but also allows them to try their hand at hands-on activities. Shooting at the shooting range can be considered an exciting experience that many visitors look forward to.

Try your hand at shooting at the National Defense Sports Shooting Range located in the Cu Chi Tunnels. There is a small fee for this activity, but it is exciting as everyone can test their marksmanship.

The shooting range offers a variety of guns used during historical wars such as AK47, K54, M16 (AR15), RPD Machine Gun, Assault Rifle. The National Defense Sports Shooting Range provides a safe shooting experience environment where everyone can participate with peace of mind.

Besides, there is a simulation game of fighting with paintball guns for groups of tourists who like to play group shooting. This game helps tourists to relax, exercise and strengthen the spirit of collective solidarity.

Enjoy food, wartime life

Food and wartime life are also provided to tourists by Cu Chi Tunnels Tours. This helps tourists experience and feel a part of the wartime life of our army and people.

The wartime life of the Cu Chi soldiers and civilians is recreated right in the tunnels, allowing visitors to experience it firsthand. By participating in the eating and resting activities in the basement living areas of the tunnels, visitors can go back in time to imagine how our soldiers and civilians lived during the war.

Not only that, Cu Chi Tunnels Tour with its service package helps visitors enjoy wartime dishes. Specifically, some dishes you can enjoy in Cu Chi Tour are:

• Steamed cassava, cassava with salt
• Salt and pepper rice balls, braised anchovies, grilled fish,
• Rustic dishes such as rice paper, sugarcane juice…

Types of Cu Chi Tunnels Tours

Cu Chi Tunnels Tours offers tourists many types of tours to choose from. Tourists can choose tours according to their needs for sightseeing and experience (cultural history, cuisine, etc.) or choose by time (half day, day tour or short day tour).

Cu Chi Tunnels Tour offers different packages for participants to refer to and decide such as:

Historical and cultural tours

With the cultural and historical discovery tour, tourists will visit the Cu Chi tunnel system in a comprehensive way. The historical site has many places that people can visit such as Ben Duoc tunnels, Ben Dinh tunnels, Ben Duoc temple. Eco-tourism area, area to recreate the liberated zone and the American extermination belt, temples, stele houses, etc.

Discovering culture from Cu Chi Tunnels Tour, visitors will visit historical and cultural relics. Visitors can enjoy films recreating the history of the resistance of the Cu Chi Army and People, films set in the Cu Chi tunnels.

In addition to documentary films about people’s lives during wartime, a number of film projects about the history of Cu Chi tunnels have been and are being completed to provide to tourists.

The cultural beauty of the people of Cu Chi land through visiting tours of traditional craft villages, markets, and landmarks in Cu Chi and surrounding areas. The tour experiences the daily life and customs of the people here.

Food Tour

Cu Chi Tunnels Tour offers culinary tour packages to domestic and foreign visitors. The Cu Chi Tunnels culinary experience offers visitors many choices with wartime cuisine and wartime dishes.

Besides, there are regional specialties from Cu Chi land. The dishes are both unique in flavor and rustic, offered by Cu Chi Tour to meet all the needs of tourists.

Some typical attractive dishes that cannot be missed when coming to Cu Chi are: Steamed cassava with coconut milk, grilled fish, Cu Chi rice paper. Special dishes include fresh bamboo shoot salad mixed with shrimp and meat, Cu Chi beef, durian sugarcane juice…

Cu Chi Tour Experience

For experiential tourism, Cu Chi Tunnels Tour offers visitors the option of trying their hand at shooting at the Shooting Range. Paintball shooting activities, testing marksmanship with rifles, M16s, machine guns… guns that were used in the war.

Experiential travel with physical activities for tourists who love to move. Cu Chi Tunnels Tours  offers options such as:

• Kayaking, swan pedaling at the East Sea simulation lake
• Join the single bicycle, double bicycle, and electric car service to see the natural scenery
• Swimming pool, canoeing,
• Camping around the simulated lake….

In addition, Cu Chi Tunnels Tours also offers offshore tours, port tours combined with tourism to Cu Chi and nearby localities.

Tour options by time and vehicle

Cu Chi Tour  offers time-based tour options for visitors to choose from. Tour duration is flexible from 8 – 10 hours, half day, full day or short-term tour packages.

Customers can choose the tour time provided by Cu Chi Tunnels Tours. The sessions of the day such as morning, afternoon and night have suitable time slots for everyone to visit and experience the activities.

Tourists can also choose tours by means of transport provided by Cu Chi Tunnels Tour. Service packages include car tours, bus tours, boat tours, etc. The service prices are relatively suitable for everyone’s current finances.

Notes for tourists when participating in Cu Chi Tunnels Tours

When joining Cu Chi Tunnels Tours, tourists need to have some notes to make the trip successful as desired. Below is the experience for everyone to have the most perfect Cu Chi Tunnels tour.

Note on clothing and belongings

Clothing and equipment when participating in Cu Chi Tour is something that tourists need to pay attention to. During your tour, you need to imagine that Cu Chi tunnels are a defense system located in the basement and in the forest area. You will have to face harsh conditions and natural enemies if you want to explore this place.

The climate conditions will have certain differences for the plain area. Besides, the tunnel is not a place for normal recreational activities but the harsh conditions of air, humidity, stuffiness and suffocation.

Therefore, some notes about the clothes and items you need to bring are:

• Wear comfortable clothing for tunneling and climbing up and down basements.
• Wear clothes that cover the body but are comfortable,
• Prepare insect repellent and insect bite treatment medicine for prevention.
• Bring water and some convenient food if you are ready for a long tunnel conquest.

Respect historical sites

Respecting historical relics is the spirit that tourists need to have before being ready to join Cu Chi Tunnels Tour. Not only because this is a national historical relic that needs to be protected, but also the spiritual and cultural values ​​that this place brings are very important.

Therefore, visitors should comply with all regulations on visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels management board. In addition, they must comply with all instructions from the tour guide. They must be absolutely conscious of protecting historical and cultural relics, respecting historical values ​​and maintaining the dignity of the landscape as well as the beauty of the relic site.

Choose the right tour

Equally important to the success of your journey to explore the Cu Chi tunnels is that you need to choose the right type of tour. To achieve this, here are some suggestions for you to consider choosing the Cu Chi Tour package:

• Tour time is suitable for visitors’ expected time
• Your purpose of coming to Cu Chi is to visit historical culture, culinary tourism or experience activities.
• Read carefully the content and activities of the Tours to choose.
• Refer to the price of Cu Chi Tour
• Choose a reputable Cu Chi sightseeing tour package provider like Cu Chi Tunnels Tour.