DMZ deluxe tour from Hue with Khe Sanh combat base
Duration
1 Day
Departure time
07:00 AM
Departure
Hue
Tour Type
Private tour
Overview
DMZ deluxe tour from Hue with Khe Sanh combat base is a very interesting DMZ tour for those who are interested in American War in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s Demilitarized Zone or DMZ is the area around the former border between North and South Vietnam. Historically it was a narrow band of terrain extending from the Laos border to the coast, five kilometers on either side of the Ben Hai river, roughly on the 17th parallel north of latitude.
In a full day of DMZ deluxe tour, you will learn about the perspective on the Vietnam war, and its historical values when visiting the top historical sites of the former DMZ, discover the diversity of Vietnamese culture by meeting the ethnic minority people, experience underground Vinh Moc tunnel…
| Group | 1 | 2 | 3 – 4 | 5 – 7 | 8 – 12 | 13 – 15 | 16 – 20 |
| price/ person | 149 | 98 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 52 | 45 |
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Explore about the war between Vietnamese and the Americans between 1954 and 1975
- Travel up the famous Highway 9, which more or less follows the 17th parallel across Vietnam
- Visit the Khe Sanh combat base
- Discover the battleground demarcation line between the Communist North and free South that divided Vietnam into 2 separate states – Ben Hai river & Hien Luong bridge
- Experience the amazing Vinh Moc tunnels, a complex tunnel system located deep in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
Itinerary
07:00 AM
Our driver will pick you up from the hotel in Hue city and drive to Dong Ha City (around 70km from Hue) to get to Dong Ha city to do the DMZ tour.
08:30 AM
08:30: We arrive Dong Ha town, the closest major city to the DMZ, or Demilitarized Zone, the area around the former border between North and South Vietnam.
The first destination in this tour is Rockpile: a memorial site in DMZ tour. As the name says, it is a pile of rock in the middle of a flat area with cliffs going straight up to the 240-meter-high summit. It was built by the French as the West-East corridor Highway 9 follows along the demilitarized zone, the boundary between north and south. Its location on the northern edge of South Vietnam takes a strategic importance to U.S army to stop the Ho Chi Minh Trail supply lines. Days after days by weather, this location cannot be remained their initial nature.
Next, we move to Dakrong Bridge. Taking about 40 mins of driving, we will see Dakrong bridge. During the war, the bridge was the essential access point to the trail and also being bombed and rebuilt repeatedly throughout the conflicts. Although there is nothing relating too much to the Vietnam War, it’s a marker point of the former Ho Chi Minh Trail.
After visiting the bridge, we headed to Khe Sanh Combat Base, a large combat base attacked by a large force of the North Vietnamese Army in early 1968. Khe Sanh was built on a hilltop located 10 km from the Laotian border was the westernmost in a line of Allied defenses south of the DMZ designed to prevent communist infiltration into South Vietnam.
Then, you have lunch (with your own budget)
In the afternoon
Get on the car we will come back in Hue city.
Tour DMZ deluxe tour from Hue with Khe Sanh combat base ends at a hotel in Hue.
Thank you and see you again on other tours: Hue city tour one day by car and Dragon boat, Phong Nha daily tour from Hue with Elephant Travel, Hoi An city tour half day from Danang…
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Included/Excluded
- High quality car with air condition
- English speaking guide
- Entrance fees
- Sweet cake
- Local travel insurance: 30,000,000vnd/ case/pax
- Mineral water: 2 bottles of water/pax
- Wet Tissue
- Lunch
- Drinks (solf drinks, beer…)
- Personal fees
- Tips for guide and driver
- Tax
Policy
Children policy
- Under 1.0 m: free (parent pays the fee if there is any arising)
- From 1.0 m – under 1.3m: 85% fee of adult
- From 1.4 m above: 100% fee as adult
Cancellation policy
- Cancellation 10 days in advance is subject to 30% of the total cost
- Cancellation 6 – 9 days in advance is subject to 50% of the total cost
- Cancellation 3 – 5 days in advance is subject to 75% of the total cost
- Cancellation 2 days in advance is subject to 100% of the total cost
- Cancellation of the booking must be requested by email or by phone (Zalo/ Whatsapp/ Viber)
- Elephant Travel is not responsible for any unreceived and unconfirmed cancellation requests to you. In this case, a cancellation or cancellation fee will apply.
Notes
- Other languages speaking guide should be contacted us in advance
- Please kindly understand that the places in itinerary can be exchanged orderly some times to make the route most suitably
- If you wish to visit other places without including in our estimated itinerary, please contact us in advance
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