Trip Code: HU1B
Activities: Sightseeing
Overview:
DMZ (Demilitarized Zone), with 5 km on either side of Ben Hai River, was marked as demarcation line of South and North Vietnam during the Vietnam-America war. However, the DMZ and its surrounding have become one of the biggest battlefields during the war. Even though the war has passed for more than 20 years, your visits to the sites during this trip will still bring you back to one of the hardest time in Vietnam’s recent history.
Itinerary:
You commerce the trip from Hue by a drive to Quang Tri province with some breaks on the way to visit the Frame of Church and Bo De school. At the Church, you can see lots of holes of fires as remaining vestiges from the war on the walls. At Dong Ha town, you log on the Highway No1 and visit Hien Luong Bridge which passes over Ben Hai River, acted as a demarcation line between the northern and southern zone of Vietnam during the war. The Bridge was bombarded by the Americans in 1967. You will cross to the north bank of the river to visit the Vinh Moc tunnels - a system of channels underground made by the Vinh Moc villagers after being bombarded by the US Air force. After having lunch in a local restaurant, you will come back to Highway No. 9, on the way visit the Dakrong bridge on Ho Chi Minh trail, old fire-bases: Rock Pile (from a distance) and Khe Sanh. You will arrive back in Hue in late afternoon.
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