About 70 km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi-an historic landmark, is famous throughout the world, acting extremely important in the fight lasted 30 years against the invaders, freedom of independence of the country of Vietnam. Cu Chi Tunnel Tour will bring you to see all highlights in the southern part of Vietnam.
As a legend of the 20th century, the Cu Chi Tunnels went into the heroic history of struggle of the people of Vietnam and became famous in the world. This is a unique wonders, with 250 km tunnels spread like cobwebs underground works and related tunnel as grooves, the harbor, where fighting, tunnels for eating, sleeping, the meeting, military activities, food preservation, water wells, Hoang Cam stove ..
To gain entry into the territory of the enemy, in the struggle against the French (1945-1954) the people of Vietnam have jointly conducted a secret tunnel built in many different ways, mostly underground. But the disadvantage of secret bunker is to be detected; it was easily controlled or killed by the enemy as they were crowded with more advantages. Therefore, it is deemed necessary to expand the secret bunker into the tunnel and on the ground with many secret door to both shelter and fight the enemy, and when necessary, to exit from the dangers to anywhere else.
Since then, the tunnel had been born with special meaning in combat operations, working for the soldiers and the people in the suburbs of Sai Gon – Cho Lon – Gia Dinh.
Tunnel system running squirming in the ground, from the “backbone” (Main Street) spreading branches of different lengths, connected together or independently to an end.
The tunnel is not too deep but potentially against heavy artillery and tanks, armored vehicles, combat section deep and small bombs. There are structural components of two to three floors: the top floor and lower floor. Set up and down between floors; there is a secret hatch covers. In the tunnel, takes the necessary stop to prevent the enemy or the toxic chemicals sprayed by the enemy. There are narrow passages, small to pass through. Along the tunnel, with discreet vents camouflaged on the ground and carved with secret door. Countless doors are structured like fighting, sniper gun emplacements very flexible. This is surprisingly not the enemy. Under the only tunnel in the insurance sector are important, content, nail holes, pitfalls…
Besides, there is also a pit big enough for the soldiers to rest after the battle. A tunnel contains the weapons and food storage areas, drinking water, wells, Hoang Cam kitchen (stove smoke hid in the ground), basement work of the leaders, commanders, tunnel surgery, animal nursing the wounded, a solid basement for women, the elderly, the children’s shelter. There is a large cellar, cool roofs, on camouflage for meetings, film screenings, musical performance…
Tourism in Cu Chi Tunnels
In the years after the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnam government conservation Cu Chi tunnels and builds a network war memorial park around the country
Tourists visiting will experience a lot of interesting things, such as crawl through some of the safer areas of the tunnel, the view command center and booby-traps, shooting an AK-47 rifle on a golf shot and even eat a meal of typical foods that soldiers live in the tunnel would have to eat.
With these values, the victory and efforts of thousands of soldiers, the people, the basement of the Cu Chi tunnels has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture as the National Culture- History Monument. Cu Chi Tunnels quickly attracted the attention of domestic and foreign everyone. Cu Chi Tunnels become a traditional destination of generations and the respect of friends in the world Vietnam.
