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Great to meet you, I am Ben. I founded the local guide team in Ho Chi Minh city with knowledgeable and passionate co-hosts Daniel, Bob, Emmie, Den, Lily, Urri, Hani, and others who are well-trained. We are university students who are from rural areas Vietnam and come to Ho Chi Minh City to study at the university. Our interest is that we like to show people around our city and share our perspectives and stories. We know the hidden gems and have a very deep passion and love for our city, which we like to share. Each local guide comes from a different rural area Vietnam with a different background. With difficult life in rural areas, we all embrace big dreams and are ambitious when we come to Ho Chi Minh City to find opportunities to change our life. We are so grateful to our guests who have chosen us and given us opportunities to be your local guide to show you the best things about our country's life, food, culture, and history. This amazing job gives us a lot of opportunities to learn English, get money to pay for school fees, and meet a lot of people around the world to share and exchange our culture, and learn from our guests as well. We keep up the excellent service and appreciation for our guests! That’s why we are very proud of receiving the reward, “Certificate Of Excellence 2023” issued by Trip Advisor, and Guruwalk. Absolutely! Maintaining that sense of authenticity is key to ensuring that our guests have a memorable and enjoyable experience. It’s clear that you value the personal connection and the feeling of spending time with friends rather than just going on a typical organized tour. Great experiences for our guests are never accomplished by one person but by a team. Thanks for our team’s dedication to providing exceptional hospitality. Why choose us? 1. Our slogan is "SATISFACTION - WE LIVE IT. YOU'LL LOVE IT" 2. We are local guides with knowledge, passion, and personal perspectives 3. Connect: Warmly welcome guests, turning strangers into friends
Embark on a group tour to Cu Chi Tunnels and rustic countryside sightseeing. Explore the war's history with a documentary, crawl through reconstructed chambers, learn about handmade weapons, savor guerrilla food, and even try shooting at the range
These are the highlights of the trip and what you will do with me:
1. Upon arrival, watch the documentary about the Vietnam War.
2. Learning how we made tunnels and booby traps
3. Walking and crawling underground tunnels
4. Eating lunch with tapioca.
5. Visting shooting range.
The itinerary of the tour:
Get picked up at the meeting place and then we will travel beyond the typical city tourist spots to a local neighborhood of Cu Chi, where you feel tranquil, peaceful, and happy while driving through many green rice fields, rubber plantations, and water buffalos.
When you arrive, we will do the following activities:
1: Watching a documentary film about the Vietnam War. Subsequently, we show you the diagram of Cu Chi tunnels and how it constructed with kitchens, bedrooms, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers.
2. We will see booby traps and trapdoors. The trip's highlight is to experience of crawling and walking through the cramped and narrow passageways. There are now reconstructed chambers for you to see, as it was in the time of war
3. Learning more about the handmade weapons and traps used during the Vietnam War. Learning how the local guerrillas made the sandals from truck tires too
4. Drink hot tea and eat tapioca (guerilla food during the war) at the last stop. And last but not least, if you are interested, we can visit the shooting range, at an extra cost.
5. Lastly, We will go to the main road and catch the local bus again to return to Ho Chi Minh City.
Note:
- First option: This tour is run by bus as a group tour, so we need 5 guests to start the tour.
This tunnel tour lasts 7 hours because the tunnel is not located in the city, it is 60 km away from the city center. and It is run by local bus. We will met at the park called 23/9 Park, Pham Ngu Lao Street, in district 1. The tour is around 7:30 Am - 3:00 Pm
Please prepare a small bill cash in Dong to pay for the local bus ticket ( around 2$ USD for round way) , and the tunnel entrance fee ( 125,000 VND)
- Second option: If we don't get enough walkers to start the tour, you can consider to choose this option as private car (please let me know if you want to do this option after booking)
We will meet at the meeting place - Saigon Bus Station.
Ben Thanh Market which is our meeting point
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
