Itinerary

1. DMZ Tour From Hue - Private Tour

   • Option A: It takes around 5 hours. You will visit La Vang Holy land, Hien Luong Bridge, Ben Hai River, and Vinh Moc tunnels. This is an easy and light tour suitable for people who don’t have much time and are not in excellent health.

   • Option B: It takes around 8 hours. You will visit La Vang Holy land, Hien Luong Bridge, Ben Hai River, Khe Sanh Combat, Vinh Moc Tunnels, Darkrong Bridge, and Rock Pile Hill.

   Morning:

   • At 8 am, the Vietnamese driver will come to pick you up at your hotel in Hue city and start the DMZ Tour From Hue.

   • Around 9:30 am, come to La Vang Holy land. As you know, La Vang holy land is the famous Pilgrimage place of the Catholics in Vietnam. According to a story, the Virgin Mary came out in this area in 1978 to bless the Christians in difficulty and accidents. So they built a holy shrine close by the three banyan trees.

   • Continue with the tour as you go on highway No. 9 to visit Rock Pile Hill. It was a substantial military base of the U.S. From 1966 to 1968, it was the watchtower of the U.S army to control and monitor the Vietnamese army activities. 

   • After that, in the midway of highway No.9, have a chance to visit the Dakrong bridge. As you know, it was an essential part of the Ho Chi Minh trail. It is easy for you to get to “Hamburger Hill” from this bridge. 

   • Continue the tour and visit the Khe Sanh combat base. As you know, early in 1968, it was attacked by the Vietnamese military in the North.

   • After visiting the Khe Sanh Marine combat base, get back the Highway 1 to have lunch at a local restaurant.

   Afternoon:

   • Around 2:30 pm, continue visiting the Ben Hai River and Hien Luong Bridge with your Vietnamese tour guide. After the Geneva agreement, they are the demarcation lines between the North and South of Vietnam. In the middle of the Hien Luong Bridge, they paint a white line as a remarkable border of both sides. 

   • Last but not least, visit Vinh Moc Tunnels. It is a famous masterpiece of local Vietnamese in Quang Tri province. Under the ground, 30 meters deep, Vinh Moc tunnels were used to survive the American’s bombs. The complex of Vinh Moc tunnels includes water wells, kitchens, rooms for each family, meeting rooms, toilets and spaces for healthcare. Sixty families lived inside, and 17 children were born under the tunnels.

   • Around 4:30 pm, we will drive you back to your hotel in Hue to finish the tour.