Tours for family in Vietnam, travel tips & guides for your family in Vietnam

Saigon City tour and Cu Chi Tunnel tour in 1 day

bluebelltours — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:08:04 +0000

Tranfer to Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Cu Chi Tunnel is about 70 km from Saigon(Ho Chi Minh City) and it will take about one and a half hour. Upon arrival, enjoy the documentary movie about Cu Chi Tunnel. Visit Cu Chi Tunnels (250 kilometers long) where the Viet Cong hid during the Vietnam-American War. It is an incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the long struggle for independence. We take you underground to experience the conditions where people lived and fought. In Cu Chi Tunnel, you will have chance to learn more about the war in Vietnam. After visiting Cu Chi Tunnel, transfer to Saigon for lunch. In the afternoon, visit Reunification Palace, War Museum and Catherin Church. Tour concludes.

Tours and Destinations for families in Vietnam (Cu Chi Tunnel Tour)

bluebelltours — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:52:39 +0000

Ok, now you need to get out of the Saigon City for awhile to Cu Chi Tunnel. Cu Chi tunnel is the most interesting place to see around Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Cu Chi tunnel was used to be more than 200 km long. It is a multiple tunnel systems that was dug by Viet Cong (Vietnamese communists) during French and America Wars. At fist, Vietnamese just dug a small tunnel just for one person to hide away from their enemies then later they found out that it could be much better if the could link these tunnels together and what they had made is the whole complex of tunnels under ground. There were meeting rooms; making weapon areas, hospitals …the daily life of Vietnamese people had to move under ground. Vietnamese created a lot of deathly traps to protect themselves from their enemies. You will be shocked by how human being manage to survive and kill each other in that way. But it is really worth to see that because it is a part of Vietnam’s history and it show how sorrow is the war and may be human being will have better behavior to one another and stop fighting each other. It does not matter who win but both suffer from sorrow that will never heal.

The entrance fee to Cu Chi Tunnel is 5 usd per person. There will be a tour guide from Cu Chi Tunnel administration board will accompany you and explain a bit about the tunnel (not much as they do not speak much English). There are bullets for sales in Cu Chi Tunnel (25.000 vnd / bullet) and you can try the AK47, the gun that Vietnamese used during the war. You can also see how they make rice wine and rice paper. There are not much souvenirs to buy, just some books, T-shirts and some VC hats. In the end of the excursion, you will get to the kitchen area where they will serve you some special tea and steam tapioca. It is nice to taste a bit to see how Vietnamese people ate at that time so you will understand more about their life during the war.

One thing that you cannot miss in Cu Chi Tunnel is crawling inside the tunnel. It is scary at first but it brings you the real feeling about living in the tunnel without sun and not enough air.

How to get to Cu Chi Tunnel? There are public busses starting from Bus station in District1, right in front of Ben Thanh Market. The fare is about 5.000 vnd. It would take you alost two hours to get there and I bet you do not like these bus much as you may find the local people are a bit noisy on the bus to Cu Chi Tunnel. And of course waiting for that is another story to tell.

An other way to get there is taxi but it will be a bit expensive or you can join the tours to Cu Chi tunnel offering by some travel desk just around Pham Ngu Lao Street with very cheap price but do not expect much from them. You should treat your tour as transportation and you still have to pay for the entrance fee any way. Those companies provide very lousy tour guides so do not bother to ask much, find the book and about it is much better idea.

If you really want to have a good tour to Cu Chi Tunnel, get a private Cu Chi tour with private guide you probably have to pay more but it is worth it since you want to know more about the war in Vietnam.

Roy Bui, Bluebell Tours Vietnam

bluebelltours — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:02:28 +0000

Tours for your family in Vietnam

bluebelltours — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:14:54 +0000

Tours and destination for your family in Vietnam

You are planning a holiday for your family in Vietnam and you are wondering where and what to see in Vietnam. Well, Vietnam is thin but long country. It is more than 2000 km from the North to the South of Vietnam. Vietnam has three main parts: North, Centre and South of Vietnam and each of those offers different tours and destinations for your family’s holiday in Vietnam.

So what is the plan now? If you have more or less than 10 days, may be you should think of one part of Vietnam and if you have about three-week holiday or a month long holiday, of course you can see the whole Vietnam.

Alright, go to the South of Vietnam first then. What to see and do in the South of Vietnam? Many people think of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and Mekong Delta, of course, what is there to think about when you decide to travel in the South of Vietnam. Ok so what you can see or which tour to take in Saigon and Mekong Delta?

There are not much to see in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) My suggestion is spend not more than 2 days in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). In you can take your family on a city tour around Saigon for a day. You can see Reunification Palace, Catholic Church and War Museum. Ben Thanh Market is mentioned in a lot of documents but I bet 15 minutes is enough if you plan not to shop there as it is quite expensive anyway. Dong Khoi area is quite interesting to take a walk around. There are some café around and you sit down and enjoy looking at the traffic. Oh, my writing is a bit too long already. Stay tune with my next post on Tours for family in Vietnam.

Have Good Day

Is it safe to travel to Vietnam with children?

bluebelltours — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:11:02 +0000

Dear all,

Vietnam is one of the great travelling destinations for travellers from all over the world. There are so many places that you can visit while traveling in Vietnam. You can spend a month travelling from the North to the South of Vietnam. How about travelling to Vietnam with small children? A lot of parents would worry of bringing their kids to a new country with new culture, new way of living, new environment,new food… There are too many things for you to worry about and the question is: Is it safe to take my kids to Vietnam? The answer is definitely”Yes”. Why i dare to say this for so sure? Because Vietnam is listed in one of the top ten safest destinations for travelling in the world.

The political system is very stable in Vietnam and it means that there is no thing for you to worry about demonstrations or insecure society.

Vietnam is called a new face of new Asia it means that the accommodations, transport, food… will be much better and more convenient for your holiday in Vietnam with your family.

There are so many places, areas that offer beautiful landscapes for your holidays in Vietnam like mekong Delta, Saigon, beaches of Hoi An or Nha Trang, gorgeous natural view of Ha Long Bay, sapa…

Vietnamese is just so friendly. You can see their smile more often than a lot of other parts of the world.

Vietnam is so rich in history and culture and that great for your children to learn some new knowledge or ideas while they travel in Vietnam. There are a lot of more reasons that make Vietnam become an ideal place for your family’s holiday. Just get planned and get there, you will find out a lot of fun from this “S” shaped country.

Stay tune with travel guides and tips for family travelling to Vietnam on my next post. Have great day and a lot of fun with your family.

Cheers,

Roy Bui, Bluebell Tours Vietnam