Ba Den Mountain, Cao Dai Temple & Cu Chi Tunnels Day Tour from Ho Chi Minh City

Travel through three worlds in one day:
sky, spirit and underground

At 7:00 AM, you are picked up from your hotel in Districts 1, 3 or 4 and drive about 2.5 hours northwest to Tay Ninh Province. Visit Ba Den Mountain, a Cao Dai temple and the Cu Chi Tunnels in one day, experiencing nature, religion and wartime history together. Along the way, your guide shares the stories of each place.

Ride the cable car up Ba Den Mountain

From 9:30 to 11:30 AM, visit Ba Den Mountain (986 m), the highest peak in southern Vietnam. Ride the cable car over forests and rice fields to the summit, where you can see a 72 m bronze Guanyin statue and the 36 m Happy Buddha made from more than 6,600 sandstone pieces. There is free time to walk and enjoy the panoramic views. Cable car tickets are not included in the base price; without a ticket, you wait for the group at the foot of the mountain.

Watch the noon prayer at a Cao Dai temple

At noon, visit the colorful temple of Cao Dai, a faith that unites Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism and Confucianism. Under the symbolic Divine Eye, watch the faithful in colorful robes chant during the noon prayer ceremony. Then, from 12:45 PM, enjoy a Vietnamese lunch and rest at a local restaurant.

Explore the Cu Chi Tunnels in quiet Ben Duoc

From 3:00 to 4:30 PM, visit the Ben Duoc area of the Cu Chi Tunnels, less crowded than Ben Dinh. Once a revolutionary headquarters during the war, it lets you see hand-dug tunnels, secret entrances, ventilation shafts, underground kitchens and meeting rooms. You can crawl through a short tunnel section or explore above ground, and you also stop at the Ben Duoc Memorial Temple. In Cu Chi, taste boiled tapioca and local tea, then return to Ho Chi Minh City around 6-7 PM.

※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.