Cu Chi Tunnels near Ho Chi Minh City

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After an amazing lunch, we set out to tour the Cu Chi tunnels - part of a 200KM long network built in the 1960's by the Viet Cong. At its height, the tunnels stretched from Saigon (30KM away) to the Cambodian border. This tunnel system connected post offices, hospitals, weapons factories, and shelters allowing the Viet Cong to control large rural areas of the country. Our guide demonstrated how easily camouflaged the entrances to these tunnels were.

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Photos

Cu Chi Tunnel Map
This map shows the extensive network on underground tunnels used by the Viet Cong during the war.

Finding the tunnel entrance
Covered by leaves and debris, the tunnel entrances were difficult to find.

Guide entering the tunnel
This man weighed less than 100 pounds - the hole is very small!

Descending into the hole
Holding the debris covered lid, the guide begins his decent.

Going, Going, Gone
After lowering himself into the tunnel, the guide replaced the lid and poof - he was gone.