Long Tan – Nui Dat battlefield day tour

Tour Itinerary

8.00 Pick you up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city and depart to Ba Ria – Vung Tau (about 90km away from Saigon City).

Arrive at Ba Ria. Our first point to stop is the Long Tan Cross Memorial in Long Tan village. At this site, you may encounter some Vietnamese veterans who had served in this fierce war and listen to them telling about what really happened in the past. You would understand more about the losses and devastated results of the war on the remaining both in Vietnam and in Australia. Then drive pass by the location of Horseshoe FSB (access is not permitted due to the continued presence of land mines) to the Discourtesy Rubber Plantation. Then go ahead to Long Phuoc Tunnels. Like other tunnels systems found in Vietnam, the Long Phuoc Tunnels included meeting areas, first aid stations, and fighting pits.

After lunch, we will continue our trip to Nui Dat – Task Force Base (Nui Dat SAS Hill) with the area of about 4 kilometer radius of the base. Little remains of this military camp today except for the columns of the main gate. The former runway is now a street in the local village, and the old helipad is now a soccer field. We also spend time at the Nui Dat Kindergarten which is built by Australian Veterans for children in the village.

Drive back to Saigon. Tour ends at your hotel around 18.00.