The Ultimate Cu Chi tunnels Private Day Trip: Experience an Authentic Journey With a Local Guide
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Ho Chi Minh City
Embark on the ultimate Cu Chi tunnels private day trip and experience an authentic journey with a local guide. Discover this unique attraction off the beaten path and explore the Liberation Area from an authentic perspective. Book now!
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Saigon Square Shopping Mall - Your local private guide will pick you up from your hotel, the car ride is 70 minutes to the location
  • Cu Chi Tunnels - Stop 1

Experience the “Liberated area” feeling, and see how locals lived between 1960 -1975

Stop 2

Arrive at Ben Duoc Tunnels area and try out diverse activities

Stop 3

Watch an interesting documentary movie about the tunnels system

Stop 4

Visit the B52 Bomb Crater, see a secret entrance and a bamboo trap

Stop 5

Get inside the fighting bunker and fighting trench

Stop 6

Understand how the VC traps were made, in a workshop

Stop 7

Watch how locals used to make sandals for soldiers

Stop 8

Go through the Ben Duoc tunnels and experience different parts of the locals life during the war

Stop 9

Try out food VC ate during the war

Stop 10

Have a snack and a drink at a local place on your way back

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Get dropped off at your hotel and say goodbye to your guide

  • Ben Dinh Tunnels - Experience the Tunnels area of Ben Duoc, the most Authentic one of all Cu Chi Tunnels
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Private guide
  • Tickets for Cu Chi Tunnels
  • AC car
  • This tour is carbon neutral
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Imagine exploring the Cu Chi tunnels without the hassle of large tourist buses and audio guides? Good news, you’ve found the exclusive Cu Chi tunnels day tour you’ve been dreaming of!

Join your regional guide in Ho Chi Minh City and set off on a Cu Chi tunnel venture that lets you view this unique tourist spot from a new angle. Yes, prepare yourself for an authentic exploration of the Liberation Area with its highlights, detailed experiences, narratives, and cultural insights - personalized just for you! Don’t miss out on the Cu Chi tunnels, an essential visit when roaming around with your local guide.

Withlocals The Paramount Cu Chi tunnels Privately Guided Day Tour™ is a renowned tour belonging to Withlocals’ range of tours spread across top cities globally. We collaborate with enthusiastic local guides who are paid a reasonable wage. We foster local economies by exclusively providing local commodities and mitigate over-tourism by conducting only small, non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and deviate from the conventional tourist paths.

Location
Saigon Square Shopping Mall
81 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Ben Nghe, Quan 1, Ben Thanh Market
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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936gwendal
May 8, 2024
Fantastic tour to Chi Chu Tunnels - Huyen and our driver met us at the Port gate in Hi Chi Minh City where our ship docked. Huyen is an amazing tour guide, funny, interesting, knowledgeable and we had a fantastic day with her. We visited the Chi Chu Tunnels.....the ones the locals visit, which was awesome! We would certainly recommend Huyen whilst visiting Ho Chi Minh City, she is a genuine and very warm person. Can't wait to do another tour with her next time we are in Vietnam.
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08neena80
May 3, 2024
The only Cu Chi Tunnels experience you MUST do! - We knew Cu Chi Tunnels were going to be one of the highlights of our time in Saigon. We looked at many different tours and companies offering day trips to the tunnel, but they didn't feel immersive and authentic enough. The experience, education and learning was very important for us, aside from acutually experiencing the tunnels. We wanted to visit the tunnels to understand their history, their role in the war, impressions and insights of the Vietnamese people on their own history, the before and after of the war - in short, a living, breathing and immersive day trip into the history of Vietnam through the backdrop of the tunnels. This, and so much more, is what we got on this trip with Thien. What an incredible experience we had with her. Thien has so many personal stories to tell about the history, but also very contextual and relevant to the Vietnam we see today. Fun fact: There are two tunnels for visitors. If you're a tourist, you go to the tourist tunnels in a group. If you're a traveller / explorer / wisdom hunter, you go to the authentic tunnels on a private tour with Thien. We also did another tour around Saigon with Thien and unfortunately, we were short on time to do any more. If you want to do Cu Chi Tunnels, you MUST do it with Thien. From start to finish, it will be an entertaining, educational, informative, and immersive experience. Thank you Thien for making our time in Saigon so memorable.
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Juliely9060ru
Mar 15, 2024
Cu Chi Tunnels private tour - With Locals - I could not imagine anyone better to do this tour with than Thien. She arrived on time to collect us from the hotel with a driver, and we chatted away for the drive to the Cu Chi Tunnels. She has so much knowledge, and it was so interesting for us to learn new things and perspectives. Thien ensures that at the tunnels, you are kept away from other tourists and we had tunnels completely to ourselves. We felt so comfortable with Thien, like she was an old friend. We enjoyed a delicious freshly made local lunch at the tunnels and tried local treats. Thien clearly loves her job and she is definitely the perfect person for it. This tour is a must do and Thien is the best guide!
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T5739dssteves
Mar 11, 2024
Perfect tour from a perfect guide - What you really want when you go on a tour is a uniquely local experience from a uniquely local guide. Which is why our tour with Thien was perfect. We should apologise to her, for asking her questions about everything Vietnam from the moment we got in the car to the moment we were dropped off. It was an incredible learning experience for us and the kids. To top it off Thien gave us other sightseeing and food recommendations, which already a day on we have capitalised on. If you are looking for a perfect tour- this is it. Thank you Thien. Thank you.
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Glasgow153
Mar 10, 2024
In Depth Cu Chi Tunnels experience - Our 2nd day with Thien was a spent at the tunnels with a more in-depth tour than others we saw advertised. We learned about the lives of the locals and the origins of the tunnels before the war and how they were developed over time to what they are now. We found it quite hot so missed out the long tunnel so be prepared! Enjoyed some tasty local snacks all made on the premises before heading back to HCM. Thien has a good rapport with everyone at the tunnels and was missed by them when she took a holiday. We also enjoyed an unforgettable unique experience on the way back to our hotel.
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Donghyunk489
Feb 23, 2024
Excellent Cooking and Cu Chi Tour by Aura - Aura was an excellent tour guide, making sure that I was comfortable throughout the entire tour and waking up so early to meet me at my hotel. She thoroughly explained the background behind each ingredient of each dish we cooked and was indefatigable in her energy when cooking as well as guiding me through the Cu Chi tunnels. I 100% would recommend Aura and Tan's Cooking class to any future visitors - you will not regret it.
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73rolfm
Feb 5, 2024
Best tour you can imagine - The Tour with Huyen was absolutely fantastic. Very interesting, a lot of Infos on vietnam and its hystory. But as well simply a good time with a lot of laughing. And naturally the salt Coffee was another highlight. Thanks as well for the hints where to shop and where the good SPAs are. So to make it short, no need to search a tour guide. Simply book Huyen, it is that easy...
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Lucygj2936qf
Nov 10, 2023
Brilliant and interesting day out - We had a great day out at the Cu Chi tunnels with Thien. She was a brilliant guide, lively and engaging with a wealth of knowledge about the tunnels and Vietnam! I would thoroughly recommend this trip.
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607colint
Aug 12, 2023
Great tour, great guide - We did a similar tour to Cu Chi many years ago but on this occasion, Thien made the experience so much better. She is adept at providing a balanced perspective of that period of time, much of which comes from the experiences of her own family. And of course, she ensures that you are well taken care of during the day. I thoroughly recommend this tour, Thien as a guide and also Withlocals, who seem very focused on ensuring a great customer experience.
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P3164mhtiml
Jul 16, 2023
Cu Chi - Wow, what a great day we had with Thien at the tunnels in Cu Chi. We were picked up from our hotel in a smart air conditioned MPV and driven for a couple of hours to Cu Chi. All the while being entertained and informed by Thien giving us background and relating stories of what we were to experience. We enjoyed our tour and the great company as well as some traditional foods cooked freshly for us to try during the day. I would highly recommend seeing the non-touristy tunnels with Thien which was well worth the money. We had a great day and would do other tours with Thien if we had more time.
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