{"id":1111,"date":"2023-11-05T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2024-10-15T21:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:14:43","slug":"cu-chi-tunnels-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/cu-chi-tunnels-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Cu Chi Tunnels Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Cu Chi Tunnels just have to be explored on any visit to Vietnam &#8211; seriously, if you&#8217;re looking to <em>really<\/em> get an insight into the minds and souls of the Vietnamese people, the Cu Chi Tunnels are a must-do!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CuChiTunnels-bs-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"cu chi tunnels\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" style=\"width:429px;height:285px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We did the Cu Chi Tunnels speedboat version of the tour and can highly recommend it (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/cu-chi-tunnels-a-must-see-reminder-of-vietnams-war-torn-past\/\">read my review of the tunnels here<\/a><\/strong>)! Below are a couple of videos to give you an idea of what to expect on the ride &#8211; it&#8217;s great fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cu Chi speedboat tour lets you feel the wind in your face, rather than you getting frustrated as you crawl through some of Vietnam&#8217;s crazy traffic on the standard ol&#8217; tour bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tour will pick you up at your hotel \/ accommodation in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/the-best-10-things-to-see-do-in-saigon\/\">Saigon<\/a><\/strong>, take you to the dock, whizz you along Saigon River to the Cu Chi Tunnels dock, take you on a tour of the tunnels, and even wrap up your tour with a decent meal (the budget-friendly Cu Chi tours largely don&#8217;t include a meal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it is a bit pricier than the cheap, tour bus tours, but not that much. There are a couple of pricey speedboat options, but the one we went with was half the price, around $43. Seriously well worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getyourguide.com\/ho-chi-minh-city-l272\/cu-chi-tunnels-luxury-speed-boat-half-day-tour-t194954\/?partner_id=1SPIGCY&amp;utm_medium=platforms_and_communities&amp;utm_source=ashleyp%40gmail.com&amp;placement=other&amp;cmp=CuChi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BUTTON-Book-Now-300x62.jpg\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GOPR9952.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GOPR9959.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cu Chi Tunnels just have to be explored on any visit to Vietnam &#8211; seriously, if you&#8217;re looking to really get an insight into the minds and souls of the Vietnamese people, the Cu Chi Tunnels are a must-do! We did the Cu Chi Tunnels speedboat version of the tour and can highly recommend it (read my review of the tunnels here)! Below are a couple of videos to give you an idea of what to expect on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[81,78,27],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tours","tag-cu-chi","tag-tours","tag-vietnam-war"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogogovietnam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}