Our family really enjoyed this tour with David from lee hogan tours. The tunnels were slightly challenging but we were given options of how far we wanted to go in & how narrow we were comfortable with. It's a fair drive from ho chi minh but very worth it.

There are plenty of reviews telling you what's happening her so here are a couple of additional pointers. Firstly, if you can afford it go up or back (or both) by the river. It adds a magical element to the whole thing, puts the tunnels in a new context. Secondly, there are two sets of tunnels the main differences are that this one, the more touristy one, has a narrower (less widened) tunnel for you to try out but all the underground bunkers are reachable from the surface via steps. The shooting range is right here too. The other site, Ben Duoc, has wider tunnels but you have to use them to access the bunkers and rooms which are fully underground and inaccessible by any other means. There's also a memorial pagoda to Viet Cong fighters here and, as a consequence, the shooting rand is a little farther away, off site. Which is more authentic? You probably need to experience both, which is very do-able. At neither location will you find any reference to the Australian troops who were the first to explore the tunnel system and reveal its extent and strategic significance (as related in my book Tunnel Rats). By the way, Danny and Zan visit the tunnels in the novel Tunnel Vision, which is where he gets the idea of remaking the somewhat hokey propaganda film that tour groups are obliged to sit through. But to summarise, if you have the time and the money, visit both sites and do it by river. These pics were taken at Ben Dinh.

Some reviewers seem to think this site is Cu Chi Tunnels, which are located about five kilometers north. The Ben Dinh Tunnels do not have the same expansive network, but the purpose was the same. Viet Cong soldiers constructed tunnels and topped openings with fake termite mounds. From the mounds, they fired rifles at opposing forces. By the time the opposition tossed a grenade at the mound, the Viet Cong were long gone, winding their way through Munchkin-sized tunnels. Throughout this maze, specifically along pathways, holes were dug and horrendous traps were laid, most with spikes drenched in bacteria-laden filth. One scratch on a soldier’s leg and death was certain within a few days. I was surprised to learn that the purpose of one soldier falling into a trap was to disband the approaching group. American soldiers did not know where there may be another trap, so they walked slowly at the edge of paths. This allowed Viet Cong time to skitter away. After all, they knew where the traps had been laid. This is a sobering reminder of a war that spanned two decades, and cost the lives of 3.5 million people. The accompanying photos are of some of the traps reconstructed for display purposes. Gruesome!

What a waste of time took 2 hours to get there and almost 3 and a half to get back to Saigon. We might have been on site for 2 hours at the very most. To just see the odd replicas. There were about 5 main things they showed us. They have done a good job on the replicas of the in ground traps displays. You will spend more time at the gift shop/restaurant/gun range than actually seeing anything. Who ever thought it would be a good location was a gun range thought wrong. It feels like you are sitting in the middle of a war zone while trying to eat or shop. If you are trying to listen to someone talk you can not hear anyone over the firing of the guns. Plus they do not give you ear plugs or anything. There is so many tour groups there all trying to huddle around the same small thing and talk at the same time that you have no idea what you are listening too and you are lucky if you can even see what they are talking about! Save your time & money. Or spend a bit more and don’t sign up for a group tour out of Saigon. Saigon has so many better things to offer. We chatted with one of my spouse uncles who had just been there and he said our guide didn’t take us to even half of the stuff they saw. So maybe it was just our guide. here is also 2 different sites you can visit. So he might have went to that one.

It's definitely not a place to visit, especially in a grouped tour. It looks like an overcrowded theme park. You will walk through different spots, showing you traps built during the war, ventilation system... Moreover the place is extremely loud, especially when you get near the shooting area, where you have the opportunity to spend your extra money. In the end, you will see an inaudible propaganda film.

Localisation is confusing for turists, the TripAdvisor shows it is in the town, while the tunels are 60 km further :(

Shows ingenuity of the local people. Was impressed by the intelligence and tenacity in times of strife. Very informative guide who also brought light-hearted moments to an excursion which can be somber.

Beware! Theres two separate sites both named loosely as the 'Cu Chi Tunnels' and confused by visitors. The 'proper site' is here at Ben Dinh, some way out of town, but many people (including me alas) left reviews for the other site which is titled Cu Chi Tunnels. So check you're heading to the right one! Crawl through a genuine tunnel, there's over 100 metres but dont worry there's 'escapes' every 20 metres or so, for a real feeling of what life underground was like. You dont have to be very fit (I'm 61 and on the large size), but you do need to be OK on hands and knees, and not afraid of confined dark spaces. A small torch or cellphone with flashlight mode is very handy. Sensible clothing advised. Above ground displays include a live ammunition shooting gallery and gruesome mantraps used by the Vietcong. Of course the whole point was concealment so don't expect elaborate above ground fortifications.

We had been advised to visit the Ben Dinh tunnels as they are much less touristy than the nearby Cu Chi tunnels which contained many coaches as we drove by. We enjoyed a very leisurely tour of the tunnels with just a few other visitors around, and it was a fascinating experience. Even though the tunnels have been enlarged for Westerners, it was a harrowing experience to walk through them and then to close the entrance for complete darkness. There are also several exhibits and displays depicting life in the tunnels and the vicious traps used by the Vietcong. We were amazed at the ingenuity that had gone in to building this incredible network of tunnels. A very unique experience, not to be missed.

Got a private car for 40 USD and it's a 2hr drive each way. Ticket prices are 90vnd for anyone higher than 120cm. So tall kids become adults. Place is great and you get a local guide with some enough taking you around. Take a torch if nervous but otherwise not too scary. Gun range at end is expensive and 1.5km away so if you want to pay by the bullet on a machine gun bring a lot of cash as they don't take card.