UNDERGROUND WARFARE. THE TUNNELS OF CU CHI.

THE TUNNELS  OF CU CHI 

Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive to Cu Chi district , Ho Chi Minh city to discover The tunnels of Cu Chi which were built in 1948 and completed in 1968. They were the improvised response of a poorly equipped peasant army to its enemy’s high-tech ordnance, helicopters, artillery, bombers and chemical weapons.The Viet Minh built the first dugouts and tunnels in the hard, red earth of Cu Chi (ideal for their construction) during the war against the French. The excavations were used mostly for communication between villages and to evade French army sweeps of the area.When the VC’s National Liberation Front (NLF) insurgency began in earnest around 1960, the old Viet Minh tunnels were repaired and new extensions were excavated. Within a few years the tunnel system assumed enormous strategic importance, and most of Cu Chi district and the nearby area came under firm VC control. In addition, Cu Chi was used as a base for infiltrating intelligence agents and sabotage teams into Saigon. The stunning attacks in the South Vietnamese capital during the 1968 Tet Offensive were planned and launched from Cu Chi. In early 1963, the Diem government implemented the botched Strategic Hamlets Program, under which fortified encampments, surrounded by many rows of sharp bamboo spikes, were built to house people who had been ‘relocated’ from communist-controlled areas. The first strategic hamlet was in Ben Cat district, next to Cu Chi. Not only was the program carried out with incredible incompetence, alienating the peasantry, but the VC launched a major effort to defeat it. The VC were able to tunnel into the hamlets and control them from within.The site has over 120 km of underground tunnels, with trapdoors, living areas, kitchens, storage facilities, armoury, hospitals, and command centres.The tunnels served not only as living quarters, but as supply routes and hospitals for thousands of guerilla fighters. Many died there from malaria and other diseases, and a few were also born or married. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh city and drop you off at your hotel. END OF TOUR.

QUOTATION. ALL PRICES ARE BASED ON US DOLLAR.

TRIP DETAILS

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• Luxury air-conditioned minivan.
• Experienced English speaking tour guide.
• Entrance fees.
• Drinking water & tissue (02 bottles + 02 tissues/pax/day).
• Travel insurance.
• VAT and service charge.

WHAT’S EXCLUDED

• Lunch and beverage.
• Personal expenses, optional visit and other services unspecified.
• Tipping for tour guide and driver.

CHILDREN POLICY

• Children from 0 - 05 years old: Free of charge (*)
• Children from 06 - 10 years old: 50% of adult price.
• Children from 11 years old: 100% of adult price.

(*) One child traveling with two adults will be free of charge; the 2nd child will pay 50% of adult price

CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellation made within

• 07 days prior to departure date: 40% of reservation cost.
• 05-07 days prior to departure date: 50% of reservation cost.
• 01-05 days prior to departure date: 70% of reservation cost.
• Under 05 hours or no show to arrival: 100% of  reservation cost.

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