11 Vietnam War History Tours in Ho Chi Minh City Worth Booking

1.Adventure Cu Chi Tunnels: Vietnam War Underground Network AM/PM

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,726 reviews · from $13.99Our pick

Explore the Cu Chi Tunnels from Ho Chi Minh City with hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, optional lunch, and a small group.

“Disappointed…. I’m sure we were just unlucky… we booked VIP trip as a treat… our guide had a hangover which he was proud to share… we started late and finished early… didn’t get much info all was rushed… had to explore ourselves just as well we did the museum the day before… Hope my next trip that we have booked with Viator will not disappoint us… Erica & Andy UK”

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2.Cu Chi Tunnels Half-Day Tour: Vietnam War Underground Network

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,587 reviews · from $23.75

Review of the Cu Chi Tunnels tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with transport, tunnel access, guides, costs, timing, and practical booking advice.

“There’s a reason you only find great reviews for this trip! Our guide, Anthony, was fantastic. His grandfather fought in the war and so Anthony brought a great perspective to the trip. He really made the long drive there pass quickly with history Read more”

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3.Cu Chi Tunnels Half-Day Tour: Big Group Vietnam War Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,386 reviews · from $19.70

Review of the $19.70 Cu Chi Tunnels half-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with Ben Duoc tunnels, transport, guide, and practical tips.

“Great tour to see the Cu Chí Tunnels. The guide was friendly and informative. Great price on the tour and is perfect duration for a day trip (approximate departure of 8am and return around 2pm in HCM). Take this trip if you want to skip the river portion the other tours do. Try going into the Tunnels. It's quite the experience.”

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4.Long Tan and Nui Dat – Australian Battlefield one-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 115 reviews · from $119

Review of the Long Tan and Nui Dat tour from Ho Chi Minh City, including itinerary, guides, price, lunch, transport, and practical tips.

“Very interesting tour with our tour guide Hill Billy Jack. Jack had put much effort in researching the history of the area. Used photos to show what it would have looked like in War Time.”

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5.Private Tour to Long Tan – Former Australian Military Base

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 94 reviews · from $98.10

Review of the private Long Tan tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with battle sites, veteran guides, transport, costs, tips, and practical advice.

“TUAN was our guide. He was a Veteran of the Vietnam war and was able to show us photos he had taken during the war. It was great to have a guide who had first hand knowledge of all of the sites. The Australian Memorial was the highlight for us. Thank you Tuan you gave us a great tour.”

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6.War Remnants Museum – Ho Chi Minh City Half Day Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 88 reviews · from $39

Explore Ho Chi Minh City’s War Remnants Museum, Reunification Palace, and French colonial landmarks on a small-group tour with lunch.

“A well presented account of the Vietnam war and it’s horrific impact. A sobering reminder.”

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7.Long Tan, Nui Dat & Vung Tau Highlights – 1 day Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 82 reviews · from $158.98

Review of the private Long Tan, Nui Dat and Vung Tau day tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with war history, markets, lunch and practical tips.

“We found the tour guide to be a bit abrupt and a little rude at times, we were not sure if this was because of his culture or not, he was knowledgeable about the tour history though, the traffic was terrible and all together it just wasn't the best trip”

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8.Cu Chi Ben Duoc Tunnel & War Museum – Original, Less Touristy

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 80 reviews · from $27

Explore Ben Duoc Cu Chi Tunnels and the War Remnants Museum on a small-group Ho Chi Minh City history tour for $27.

“Nick was a great tour guide who was very knowledgeable about the history of Cu Chi and the tunnels! He was friendly, accommodating, and provided a wonderful experience!”

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9.From War to Peace: Long Tân & the Australian Base Today

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · from $91.19

Review of the Long Tân battlefield tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with Long Tan Cross, Long Phuoc Tunnels, Nui Dat, lunch, and practical tips.

“If you have a very limited time in HCMC then this is a good option. Hotel pickup was a disaster. They said pickup would be at 7:30, they finally got there at 8:15. The operator never confirmed my pickup location despite Viator confirming it whiRead more”

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10.Cần Giờ Eco-Tour with Monkeys, Crocs & War History

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 59 reviews · from $32.89

Review of the Can Gio Eco-Tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with monkeys, mangroves, crocodiles, seafood lunch, transport, value, and booking tips.

“This tour was rather disappointing. After we booked the dinner cruise online we were then told that the cruise boat was not operating that evening because of Lunar New Year Holiday. So the dinner was swapped for one in a local restaurant. Read more”

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11.Long Tan Battlefield Day Tour – “Lest We Forget”

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · from $90

Review of the Long Tan Battlefield tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with stops at the memorial, tunnels, rubber plantation, lunch, and practical tips.

“This was an excellent tour, even if there's not many war remnants left. Driving through the rubber plantations was really interesting and the memorial was quite emotional. Our guide, Tu made the day really good with his informative and at times, personal stories. This was one of our favourite tours.”

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