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| Trip Information |
| Ho Chi Minh Saigon City Tour - Cu Chi Tunnels
3 Days 2 Nights |
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Grand/32 |
| Destination |
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VIETNAM ( Hochiminh City ) |
| Price |
: Upon Request
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| Duration |
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| Trip
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The area of Cu Chi was one of the most
pro-communist districts in the far south; indeed the VC used
the tunnels to organize the 1968 Tet Offensive. During the
American War the entire area of Cu Chi was designated a free
fire zone and was heavily bombarded: you can still see
numerous craters caused by 500 pound B52bombs. It was this
persistant bombing campaign that drove many of the residents
of Cu Chi together with the Viet Cong underground. Originally
the tunnels had been created as far back as 1948 to help
combat the French. Now they were rapidly expanded to include
innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas,
storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals,
command centres kitchens and even schools. Today the remaining
tunnels of this intricate network have been widened to
accommodate the larger western frame and have now become a
major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique
experience of what underground life in the American war must
have been like and a deep appreciation of the courage and
ingenuity of the Vietnamese people.
  
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| Itinerary
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| Day
1 |
Day 01: Bangkok – Ho Chi Minh
On
Arrival at Ho Chi Minh International Airport, you are
met and transferred to our centrally located hotel in Ho
Chi Minh
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| Day
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Day 02 : Ho Chi Minh City Tour - Cu Chi
Tunnels
Breakfast at Hotel. Pick up for City Tour Ho
Chi Minh. A Sight seeing tour of Ho Chi Minh, visit two
fine examples of French colonial architecture, The North
Dame Cathedral and Municipal Post Office. After the
continue to Cho Lon the city’s China Town, with a visit
to Thien Hau Pagoda and Binh Tay Market. At Binh Tay
Market, the largest in Ho Chi Minh City, these is 30
minutes free for shopping. Leaving China Town, visit a
lacquer ware factory and finish the tour at Dong Khoi
Street, the fashionable Rue Catinat of the old Saigon.
Lunch at Restaurant. After lunch we travel to Cu Chi
tunnels located in ad area know during the Vietnam War
as the “Iron Triangle” on account of the strength of its
Communist. Insurgency. The Cu Chi tunnels network was
established as a means of waging guerilla war against
superior French and later American firer power. The
network stretches over 250 km. And extends to tree
levels underground providing a remarkable insight into
the method and determination of Communist forces during
the Vietnam War. Return to Ho Chi Minh City for Dinner
and Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meal : B,L
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Day 03 : Ho Chi Minh – Shopping –
Bangkok
Breakfast at Hotel. Free at Leisure or
shopping till time to Departure flight. Transfer to
Airport for you departure flight to
Bangkok.
Meal
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B = Breakfast / L = lunch / D =
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Phone: +66 2 629-4262 FAX: +66 2 629-1563
