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Day 1: Saigon – Nui Dat – Vung Tau (-/L/-)
Day 2 : Vung Tau – Saigon (B/-)
DAY 1: SAIGON – NUI DAT – VUNG TAU (-/L/-)
08:00 You will be picked up at your hotel for trip to Vung Tau.
Your first stop is the sight of the former Nui Dat task force base. Little remains of this camp except the columns of the main gate. The former runway is now a wide street in the local village and the old heli-pad is now a soccer field. A school established by the Australians is nearby. Later we drive past the location of the Horseshoe (access not permitted these days due to mining activity) to the discourteous rubber plantation. Lunch in a local restaurant.
Then we visit the Long Tan Cross memorial, before continuing on to the Long Phuoc tunnels and to visit Ming Dam (no longer the “Secret Zone”) and Long Hai. We keep driving to Vung Tau city via to visit the massive War memorial at Back Beach (the previous site of the Australian logistics group and the Peter Bradcoe club). Then we visit Front Beach, Bao Dai summer house, the airport area, (previous home of “Wallaby Airlines”), the town centre and market area. Continue to make your way to Vung Tau and stop to visit Ba Ria markets on the way. A large antenna is still visible on Radar hill. Dinner on your own. Overnight at hotel in Vung Tau.
DAY 2 : VUNG TAU – SAIGON (B/-)
Breakfast at hotel, free at your leisure at this city near the coast. Enjoy your time at beach and manage your own lunch. In the afternoon, we transfer back to Saigon.
Back to your hotel at around 18.00pm.
