Attraction - Cu Chi Tunnels Review
- Michael
- Dec 10, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: May 27, 2020
Insightful & Fun
5*
We reached the Cu Chi Tunnels using Vietnam Adventure Tours. Our guide for the day, Khao, made our experience interesting and fun! We opted for the morning tour as by my calculations it seemed a bit tight for time opting for the afternoon tour, though I'm sure it's feasible else why would they run it.
The entrance fee to the tunnels isn't much, I think it was two tickets, one was 20K VND and the other, 90K VND (I don't know what each one was for) - also this was included in our tour price. There is a video you can watch but our guide honestly stated that it was pretty biased and a bit boring so he explained things himself. There are some great displays, but not so much that you get bored. The displays consist of reconstructed shelters, a demonstration of all the types of traps they used and so on. There is also a live shooting range, not included in the entrance fee, that pretty much anyone can try out. We didn't give it a go but some of the people we were with enjoyed it (I have included a picture with the prices below [as of November 2019]).
Of course, the main attraction and what most people come for is the tunnel experience; this did not disappoint. Khao convinced most of us to go in and it was exciting moving through the cramped and dark passageways, obviously not for the faint hearted! The experience also helps you reflect on what it was like during the war, apparently the section of tunnels for visitors is some 30% wider than original, and yet I could still barely fit down them!!
The only other comment I have to give is that it gets extremely hot walking around, despite the fact that most of the experience is under a jungle canopy, so make sure you have water and a hat etc.
If you're visiting southern Vietnam, do not miss out on the Cu Chi Tunnels!
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