Hue – Quang Tri: DMZ Full Day

• At 7:00am – 7:15 am, our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hue city then transfer to Dong Ha Town to visit the Demilitarization Zone.
• Taking this tour brings you back to the Vietnam War in the 19th Century to learn about the fighting of Vietnamese. You go along 9th Road to visit Rockpile, Dakrong Bridge, the starting point of Highway 15, one of the main branches of the Ho Chi Minh Trail across the Thanh Han River. You also have a chance to meet Paco minority people in the Viet Nam Central. They have their own language and tradition different from Kinh people, the main race of Viet Nam. They live in stilt houses, breed coats, and cows to earn their living.

Khe Sanh Combat Base

• The next place of this day trip is Khe Sanh Combat Base – one of the famous battles in the war in Quang Tri. It is just east of the Laos border, was the site of a United State base which fell under attack in early 1968. You see, the old airfield of red dirt still remains. Enter to the museum of Ta Con Airport to see the things in nature of the fierce war, and how hard Quang Tri people fight against the enemy! Free to have your own lunch.

Ben Hai River

• This afternoon, you will continue to visit the war sites through National Highway 1A including Hien Luong Bridge, crosses the Ben Hai River at the middle of the DMZ and marks the former border between North and South Vietnam from 1954 to 1972 where the Museum, Ben Hai River, the 17th Parallel. Vinh Moc Tunnels – a network of tunnels built by villagers seeking shelter from bombings during the Vietnam War, and here is the place where an entire village lived for two and a half years. Visiting these tunnels, you can see and admire the specialty of Vietnamese people in the war, in this complex grew to include wells, kitchens, and rooms for each family and spaces for healthcare. 

Vinh Moc Tunnels

• Then the driver transfers you back to Hue around 18.00. Tour ends at a hotel in Hue.