07:30 AM: Get picked up from your hotel in the center of Ho Chi Minh.
Morning: Depart for Cu Chi Tunnels, located just 60 kilometers outside the city (takes approximately 1.5 hours).
- Enjoy the countryside with a large farm and scenic jungle views.
- Watch a short documentary about Cu Chi during the war, available in many foreignlanguages.
- Discover the hidden entrances ofsecret tunnels and explore the incredible network of CuChi tunnels.
- Crawl through the narrow tunnels, all hand-dug by people.
- Gain more knowledge about history, weapons, and damaged self-construct traps, etc.
- Try to shoot with AK47 or M16 rifles in a well-supervised area (optional with surcharge).
- Taste the main dish that locals ate during wartime: Boiled tapioca with hot pandanus tea. Headtothe Mekong Delta. Pass by green rice fields before arriving at the beautiful rural MyTho. (takesaround 2 hours).
Noon: Enjoy lunch at the local restaurant with a delicious meal.
Afternoon: We will reach the port to take a leisurely cruise on the Tien River to see 4 islets whicharerepresented as four mythical creatures in Southeast Asia: Dragon, Kirin, Tortoise, and Phoenix, forourmain activities:
- Walk through orchard gardens, then taste some fresh seasonal tropical fruits, and enjoytheartof“Don ca tai tu” - traditional Southern folk music, which is an indispensable spiritual culturalactivity in locals’ lives.
- Hop on a horse wagon and relax on the hand–rowed sampan to recall local people's lifeinthe19thcentury, and take a short walk through a quiet village to feel the countryside atmosphere.
- Explore villages, canals, and rivers by motorboat and rowboat. Travel back to Saigon. Endofthetour. See you again.