Located over 50km 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 Original tunnels system of 250km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreign travelers nowadays.
The peaceful rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers along side the road. Travelers will find it hard to imagine the destructions, damage caused by bombing and mines, when Cu Chi tunnels was "A Free Target Bombing Zone“. Cu Chi still has its evidences to prove the fierce battleground that took place there and travelers will see the remnants. Heading to Mekong delta. Enjoy local lunch here - My Tho after over one and half hour bus drive passing rice field. After that, take a boat on the Tien River to visit Unicorn Island. pass through Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle Islands. You will enjoy the special Southern Vietnamese Folk Music, it is performed by the local citizens who are living on the Island. After visiting the Coconut Candy Factory, enjoying honey tea and how local people grow bee. Then boarding amazing rowing boat trip on the small canal, through coconut forest, you should not miss. Then you are in Ben Tre - “the home of coconut“, to see a home agriculture model call “Garden - Pond - Cage”. Boat trip back to My Tho City and head back Ho Chi Minh, you enjoyed a full day of tour.
Tour highlights
+ Visit Cu Chi Tunnels with mystery underground tunnels system, and Mekong Delta.
+ Enjoy boat in Mekong Delta, listening local folk music, local fruits.
