CU CHI Tunnels in Vietnam

A book written on the famous Cu Chi Tunnels.


The Cu Chi Tunnels is a system of tunnels deeply underground, with three floors, a labyrinth of intricate ways and windings over 220 km lone, wherein are sections for accommodations, meeting and preparing for battles.



Traps for the enemies.



The tunnels opening in the jungle.



Cu Ci revolutionary guerrilla fighters or what we know the Viet Cong.

They always move in group of 5 with one woman. She is responsible to provide food for the group.

Self-made Weapons gallery


Traps for the


The preparation for war including making all the weapons.


Making of rice flour covers for use in food preparation ie. spring roll.

The hole in the tunnel is quite deep underground.


A typical tunnel in the jungle surrounding.



Shoes & Slippers making workshop.

Making clothings for the Cu Ci guerrilla fighters.


A B52 Bomb Crater.


A tunnel where you can try to crawl through. Anybody who cannot take the struggle to move in the dark tunnels, can climb up the ladder into the opening in the jungle every 30 m long.



Smoke in the Kitchen is diverted to a opening many metres away to prevent the enemy pinpoint the kitchen for air raid.


The air vent in the surrounding is for supplying air to the three floors in the tunnels.

It is very interesting to see for yourself how the Cu Chi Tunnels are made and operated by the Cu Chi guerrilla fighters against the mighty Americans during the Vietnam War. You are given a opportunity to crawl through a section of the tunnels.