Cu Chi Tunnels Night Tour Officially Opens

TPO - According to information from the Management Board of the Cu Chi Tunnels Historical Site (Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City), from March 18, this site will coordinate with a number of travel and tourism companies to officially launch tours to the Cu Chi Tunnels at night.

This tour will take visitors to Cu Chi tunnels, known as the only “Underground City” in Vietnam and considered one of the most amazing tunnels in the world .

With the theme "War Zone Moon", the tour will recreate the life and nightlife of Cu Chi people in the liberated zone during the anti-American war, with real-life activities such as people participating in digging tunnels, working under the moonlight such as milling rice, pounding rice, boys and girls singing and responding to each other in the fields, going to the market... The scene of cultural performances serving soldiers, guerrillas and people along with the sound of bombs, artillery, enemy planes patrolling...

Visitors experience life and activities during the resistance war (Photo: Monument Management Board)

Tourists will also experience life in the tunnels to understand more about the life and nightlife of Cu Chi people. Through the tour, tourists can understand the life and spirit of Cu Chi people during this period, still in harmony with the heroic spirit of the nation, always maintaining optimism, confidence, and enthusiasm in fighting for the cause of national liberation and national unification.

According to the schedule, the night tour in Cu Chi will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 8:40 p.m. with many activities such as: from 6:00 p.m. to 6:50 p.m., visitors will watch the instructions on the sand table, watch a 3D movie recreating the CedarFalls sweep - one of the fiercest campaigns that the enemy organized to wipe out the Cu Chi tunnels and the headquarters of the Saigon - Gia Dinh Military Region located here. From 7:30 p.m. to 8:40 p.m., visitors will watch the "Moon in the War Zone" performance and immerse themselves in the lives of the tunnel people at that time.

Image of a female guerrilla sewing clothes in a bunker

The Cu Chi night tour will take place over 3 days, March 18, 22 and 25, with a flat ticket price of 399,000 VND/person.

Cu Chi Tunnels are located about 70 km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. Built in 1946, they were initially just separate secret shelters. Due to the impact of the war, local residents later linked the tunnels together to form tunnels. From 1961 to 1965, in the face of the fierce escalation of the war, the tunnels were built and strongly developed into a solid, interconnected, large-scale tunnel system spanning 6 communes in Cu Chi district with a length of about 250 km hidden underground.

Simulated image of command forces meeting in a conference room underground

During 30 years (1945 - 1975), Cu Chi Tunnels developed from secret tunnels, becoming a complete system including tunnels, traffic tunnels, combat tunnels, fortifications, living areas such as kitchens, meeting rooms, rooms for treating wounded soldiers, underground food and weapons storage... The above tunnel system contributed to ensuring that the people and soldiers of Cu Chi could take shelter, stay and fight in combination with production and create an underground village.

After 1975, some areas of Cu Chi Tunnels were preserved, conserved and put into operation, promoting their value to serve domestic and international visitors as well as being aneducational destination for the younger generation about patriotism and fighting against foreign invaders. Cu Chi Tunnels was ranked as a special national monument in December 2015 and by 2020, the city leaders assigned the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City to advise and prepare a dossier to submit to UNESCO for recognition as a World Heritage Site.

According to the Cu Chi Tunnels Relic Site Management Board, the development of night tours aims to create new tourism products to attract and meet the increasing demand of visitors to this special national relic. The tours also contribute to educating patriotism for future generations.

Trong Thinh

Source: https://tienphong.vn/tour-tham-quan-dia-dao-cu-chi-ve-dem-chinh-thuc-hoat-dong-post1621103.tpo