Mekong Cruises Tours
Mekong Cruises Tours-Highly recommended on TRIPADVISOR offer to Visit the historical Cu Chi tunnels, the laidback backwaters of the lush Mekong Delta and the UNESCO-listed Can Gio Biosphere Reserve. We offer authentic experiences in areas that can only be accessed via the region's scenic waterways. Cruise between verdant rice paddies and mirror-like pools along the tributaries and canals of the river of nine dragons.Mekong cruises Travel - Private Day Trips is a tour operator based in Vietnam, offering not just private day trips in Ho Chi Minh city but also customized private journeys to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Founded in 2009 by Three local guides, We are now one of the biggest and most trustworthy local tour operators in Vietnam and Indochina, includes also Myanmar,Laos ,Combodia and Thailand.
- See a self-contained underground city at Cu Chi War Tunnels
- Learn all about the ingenious techniques of living underground for days on end
- If you choose, fire a real wartime rifle
- Visit the rice fields and learn about local farmers Mekong delta
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What You'll Do
- See a self-contained underground city at Cu Chi War Tunnels
- Learn all about the ingenious techniques of living underground for days on end
- If you choose, fire a real wartime rifle
- Visit the rice fields and learn about local farmers Mekong delta
Utility Private cu chi tunnels and Ben Luc rice paddies
8:00am: Depart from your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi Tunnels, just 70 kilometers away from Ho Chi Minh City. Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti-American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for its 220 kilometer-long tunnel system and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreigners to visit.
The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery is home to ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers along the side of road. You will find it hard to imagine the destruction and damage all over the area caused by bombing and mines when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone." The remnants in Cu Chi are evidence of the fierce battle that took place.
Visitors will arrive Cu Chi tunnels after a drive of 1,5 hours. Our tour guide will give you an overview introduction of Cu Chi and its legendary history. A documentary film about the tunnels will explain you about the tunnels histories and how fierce the war was in the area. You will be guided to the tunnels system including the weapon factory, hospitals, kitchens and crawl under the tunnels.
11:45 Enjoy a local lunch great dishes
13:30 Visitors will arrive Ben Luc rice paddies, crop season corn, peanut, soybean, vegetables, orange, grapefruit, mango and other fruits were grown on more than 16,000ha of paddies. Is the main rice season the area converted was not large, but it will increase as the year progresses, according to the department.
15:30 The bus will take you back to Ho Chi Minh City At 16:30 the tours end your hotel.
* What to Expect
An extremely complex tunnel system, the Cu Chi network covers a wide area of countryside near to Ho Chi Minh city and was an excellent way for the Viet Cong to move underground, undetected by American forces.
- The Cu Chi tour starts with an introductory video detailing its long 25-year construction. Then it is time to go underground in the infamous 120-mile Cu Chi tunnel system which offered a safe haven for soldiers and thousands of Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War.
- On display are booby traps, the remains of a US army tank and huge craters left by American B52 bombs. You will be able to admire lots of compelling photos and personal effects left behind.
- There is also the chance to play real war games firing an authentic AK rifle used during the war.
- Visit the rice fields and learn about local farmers Mekong delta
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