What is the Cu Chi tunnels history? our private car rental with driver Ho Chi Minh agents organized a good experience for Cu Chi tunnels - fruit farm tropical tour from Ho Chi Minh.

At 8:00 am, our guide/ driver will pick you up at your location and travel 1h30 minutes to Cu Chi tunnels by main road.
 ¤ Located 70 kilometers Northwest of Ho Chi Minh city, the Cu Chi tunnels are an underground network made up more than 200 km of tunnels.

It took around 20 years to dug. This network underground tunnels in Viet Nam which has been preserved by the Viet Nam Government and has become a popular tourist attraction.

¤ The Cu Chi tunnels were used to hiding during Viet Nam war by Viet Cong soldiers and operation as transfer communications, supplies foods and weapons for the Viet Nam army. They also used the underground tunnels to continue their daily life such as eating, sleeping, meeting, fighting..

¤ At 9:30 am we arrive at Cu Chi tunnels (Ben Dinh tunnels). Then we watching a short document video about the tunnels and fighting for survive of the soldiers.

¤ Next hour we walk around the tunnels area to exploring and learning how to dug the tunnels, how they go in and how were a few thousands of guerrillas managed to stay underground many days at a time. And also seeing many traps were used to during the war.
¤ For extra experience, we have a chance try to shooting a real gun such as Ak47 or M16.
¤ At 12:00 noon we have lunch in Cu Chi tunnels area Ben Dinh riverside restaurant or local restaurant.
 
¤ Afterwards, we are going to Trung An fruits garden (number 464, An Hoa hamlet, Trung An village, Cu Chi District) at Cu Chi area. We have a chance to try to enjoy for many seasonal fruits in the large garden. Walking around to take photos with fruits and picking up any fruits you like. Most of fruits here are rambutan, longan, mangosteen.

¤ Take a break at garden and enjoying fresh atmosphere.
¤ 16:00 pm back to Ho Chi Minh city for watching the Water Puppet show at 18h00.
¤ Water puppetry "Making puppets dance on water" is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of Hanoi capital of Vietnam. The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large bamboo rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them. 

Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play.

¤ The show takes 50 minutes.
¤ We back to hotel at 18h50pm.
► The tour ends at the hotel or drop off at Ben Thanh market.