Cu Chi under – ground tunnels

70 Km North – West from downtown, it is the typical construction of revolution troops to fight against French colonists and invading American as well as Sai Gon former forces. The secret combat trenches system had been dug under ground with the total length over 250 Km in 3 layers where the lower case reached 8 – 10m in deep. All trenches are connected to each other to set up the web under soils for hiding the soldiers. Amazingly to focus on how the life was going on down there, when most of trenches is constricted just to fit one person by one.

Stork Forest

Not yet explored but it is an ecological site on Thu Duc distric, 20 Km from the center. Here is the home of thousand storks in a wild but beautiful scene.

Sac salt – marsh Forest

The salt – marsh forest covers more than 40,000 hectares hiding plenty aquatic community of plants and wild – life. This is also the base of commandos of Vietnam’s Liberation Army during the war and has been given a name of history relict.

Lai Thieu Fruit Tree Gardens

Starting from Ho Chi Minh City, you pass the Binh Trieu Railway Station and travel for a further 20km until you reach Lai Thieu fruit tree gardens in Thuan An district, Song Be province. Lai Thieu covering an area of 1,230 ha has been famous for hundreds of years for its beautiful fruit tree gardens.

Visiting Lai Thieu you will enjoy fresh air amidst row after row of fruit trees, and sample durian, rambuttan, jackfruit, mango and other delicious tropical fruit. The district of Hung Dinh is at the middle of Lai thieu. A lot of fruit stalls are open for tourists at Cau Ngang. You can take a boat cruise along the Saigon River which is lined with verdant orchards.