DMZ Discovery

We depart from the hotel at 7:30 am. This tour will introduce you to the time of the American War. You will visit some of the major historical sites of this time:

Doc Mieu Base: located on a low rise south of the Ben Hai River - part of the former Mc Namara line - this base was once part of an elaborate electronic system intended to prevent infiltration across the DMZ. Today, you can still see the remains of bunkers, craters and shrapnel.

Ben Hai River: once the demarcation line between North and South Vietnam.

Cua Tung beach: a long secluded stretch of sand where the last emperor, Bao Dai, used to go on vacation.

Truong Son cemetery: a memorial to tens of thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers from transport and construction that were killed in the Truong Son Mountains along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Con Thien firebase: US Marine Corps base established to stop infiltration across DMZ. In 1967, the North Vietnamese forces crossed the DMZ and besieged the base