🗓️ Cu Chi Tunnels – Cao Dai Holy See – Ba Den Mountain Tour Itinerary
☀️ Morning: Pickup, Underground History & Lunch
🚌 06:30 – 07:30 | Hotel Pick-up & Departure for Cu Chi
Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel or designated meeting point in central Ho Chi Minh City. Depart for the Cu Chi Tunnels, beginning a full-day journey combining history, culture, and iconic Southern Vietnamese landscapes.
🕳️ 08:30 | Explore the Cu Chi Tunnels
Discover the famous underground network once utilized as a subterranean city. Learn about wartime life, visit reconstructed areas such as Hoang Cam smokeless kitchens, meeting rooms, living quarters, storage facilities, and command bunkers.
Experience crawling through an authentic tunnel section suited to your comfort level, examine defensive booby traps, and sample traditional boiled tapioca with salted peanuts.
🎯 Note: Real shooting range experience with AK-47 or M16 is available at your own expense.
🍲 12:00 | Lunch & Rest
Enjoy a authentic set-menu lunch featuring regional Vietnamese dishes at a local restaurant, followed by a short break before heading to Tay Ninh province.
🌅 Afternoon: Sacred Temples, Mountain Peak & Return
⛩️ 13:00 | Visit the Cao Dai Holy See
Depart for the Cao Dai Holy See in Tay Ninh, renowned for its vibrant architecture blending Eastern and Western religious symbolisms. Explore the spacious grounds, admire intricate dragon pillars and the iconic Divine Eye, while learning about Caodaist philosophy. Subject to schedule, observe the solemn midday worship ceremony.
🚡 15:00 | Discover Black Virgin Mountain (Ba Den Mountain)
Continue to Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh’s most iconic landmark and the highest peak in Southern Vietnam (986m). Take the modern cable car up toward the summit, enjoying panoramic vistas of lush countryside and rice paddies.
At the summit, explore the spiritual complex, stand in awe before the majestic bronze Lady Buddha statue (Tay Bo Da Son), capture memorable photos, and embrace the refreshing mountain atmosphere.
🎯 Note: Cable car ticket self-funded
🚐 17:30 | Return Journey to Ho Chi Minh City
After completing the sightseeing program, board the comfortable bus for the return ride back to Saigon.
🏁 19:00 – 19:30 | Tour Ends
Arrive back at your original pick-up point, concluding an unforgettable 1-day Cu Chi Tunnels – Cao Dai Holy See – Ba Den Mountain adventure.