Battle of Long Tan Tour: Journey of Past & Present

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Duration

5-8 hours

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English, Vietnamese

About this tour

Join our Battle of Long Tan Tour to explore the journey of the past & future, in which you will see side by side what happened and what has changed in the famous battlefield of Long Tan. Visit Long Phuoc Tunnels, where Operation Enogerra took place. Stand on Nui Dat – where Delta Company of the Australian army put their base.

Please keep in mind that, unlike other historical tours, the tour to the Battle of Long Tan is not for everyone. You will consider this tour worth doing if:

  • You are Australians who want to visit the famous battlefield of Long Tan, known by every Aussie
  • You are history lovers

Please check this emotional video for the tour:

Long Tan - Nui Dat - the main site of our Battle of Long Tan Tour
Long Tan - Nui Dat - the main site of our Battle of Long Tan Tour

Battle of Long Tan Tour information

Tour type

Private tour

Transfers

Private A/C car

Tour Price

Price per person (AUD)
2 guests3 guests4 guests5 guests6+ guests
14912911410589

 

Price per person (USD)
2 guests3 guests4 guests5 guests6+ guests
9985756959


*PRICE NOTE:

  • This tour is only available for 2 pax or above
  • For children from 5-10, price is 50% of the adult price
  • Children under 5 are free of charge
Vung Tau City visit
+15 USD (or 23 AUD)/ person

COMPARED TO OTHER TOURS

Why choose us?

Private & comfortable

Enjoy exclusive, comfortable touring with personal attention and privacy. Your tour guide will take care of you better.

Visualize

We design the Long Tan Battlefield Tour differently, with photos and story flows for you to understand the battle visually

Unlike many other agents, we did all of the Long Tan Tour research and specially trained only a few tour guides for it. We have exclusive photos, videos and documents that you can hardly find on the internet.

Here is feedback from a son of the Aussie veteran who served in the Vietnam War:

Real Aussie travelers feedback on Battle of Long Tan Tour by AN Tours Vietnam
Real Aussie travelers feedback on Battle of Long Tan Tour by AN Tours Vietnam
A review stated that the Battle of Long Tan Tour with AN Tours Vietnam is the most memorial one during their Vietnam trip
A review stated that the Battle of Long Tan Tour with AN Tours Vietnam is the most memorial one during their Vietnam trip

Itinerary

At 7:30 AM, our tour guide will come with a private A/C car to pick you up at your hotel. We will head to Long Tan, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, which is about 80km from Ho Chi Minh City.

Along the way, our tour guide will:

  • Get used to you and discuss Vietnam’s culture, history, and wars,… in general
  • Explain why Ba Ria – Vung Tau’s location (formerly Phuoc Tuy), where Long Tan belongs, is important to economics and wars

Or you can simply take a rest before we arrive at the site.

Battle of Long Tan Tour - Itinerary Summary
Battle of Long Tan Tour - Itinerary Summary

Our first stop will be Long Phuoc Tunnels – one of the lesser-known tunnel systems in the Vietnam War, however, it still contributed a lot to the battlefield.

But why visit this tunnel? It is right below the old Long Phuoc Village, which was destroyed during Operation Enogerra in June 1966 (2 months before the Battle of Long Tan). Now, we begin to walk through the timeline of the famous battle.

Long Phuoc Tunnels - A lesser known tunnel system in Vietnam War
Long Phuoc Tunnels - A lesser known tunnel system in Vietnam War

Next, we will visit the old Luscombe Airfield (or Nui Dat Airfield), the runway built for 1ATF – which is now turned into a road inside the town of Long Tan. Here we visit a local grocery store and have some cold beers before visiting the Long Phuoc Abandoned Kindergarten, which was built by Australians to restore the damage of the war.

In front of Long Phuoc Abandoned Kindergarten
In front of Long Phuoc Abandoned Kindergarten
Aussie guest at Abandoned Long Phuoc Kindergarten
Aussie guest at Abandoned Long Phuoc Kindergarten
Battle of Long Tan - visiting Abandoned Long Phuoc Kindergarten
Battle of Long Tan - visiting Abandoned Long Phuoc Kindergarten
Aussie guest at exactly where Luscombe Airfield was
Aussie guest at exactly where Luscombe Airfield was

The journey takes us to Nui Dat Base (or Nui Dat 1), where the Australian Army put their base when the Battle of Long Tan took place. Although the area has been turned into a quarry, we can still see some similarities with the old photos from the past, which our tour guides will show you one by one.

Here you will follow the Battle of Long Tan from the dawn of 17/08/1966 (when the Australian base was suddenly attacked) to the midday of 18/08/1966 (when the concert took place in Nui Dat).

After that, we will get in our car to the rubber plantation, where Delta Company 6RAR fought the Battle of Long Tan.

Nui Dat Base - Long Tan
Nui Dat Base - Long Tan
Aussie guest at Nui Dat Base
Aussie guest at Nui Dat Base
Battle of Long Tan - visiting Nui Dat
Battle of Long Tan - visiting Nui Dat

Inside the rubber plantation, our tour guides will show you the Battle Maps to see what happened during the Battle. After finishing, we will go inside the area of Long Tan Cross, the memorial of those who fell in 08/1966. Here you will give them some flowers, and incense to show respect to their sacrifice.

Long Tan Cross - Story and visitor guide
Long Tan Cross
Aussie guest visiting Long Tan Cross
Aussie guest visiting Long Tan Cross

The journey through the past has ended. Now it is time to go to the future – the peace that was built from all of the sacrifice of of those who have fought for their country.

Please note that this part of the tour is an extra part (with 15 USD/ person or 23 AUD/ person additional charge). We will visit Vung Tau City if you choose this option. Or else, we will have a local lunch and return to Ho Chi Minh City.

However, we highly recommend doing Vung Tau City because:

  • Our Battle of Long Tan Tour is quite a short trip (~5-6 hours)
  • The tour is heavy on history and wars, a trip to Vung Tau will help you relax
  • A bonus Vung Tau City Tour only costs 15 USD (23 AUD), which is considered very good value
  • Explore some hidden sites of Vung Tau City
Vung Tau City - with biggest Jesus statue in South East Asia
Vung Tau City - with biggest Jesus statue in South East Asia

In Vung Tau City, we will visit:

  • The Biggest Jesus Statue in Asia (optional – if you have health problems – as it requires some climbing)
  • Thang Tam Temple – the 200-year-old temple with an 18-meter-long whale skeleton – a culture of coastal areas in Vietnam (optional)
  • The Grand Hotel Vung Tau (formerly Bum Bum Bar) that was mentioned in the song “I was only 19” of Aussie soldiers
  • Visiting the peaceful beach of Vung Tau
  • Having a local lunch

After that, we will return to Ho Chi Minh City (app. 3 – 4 PM to your hotel).

Thang Tam Temple - a hidden gem in Vung Tau
Thang Tam Temple - a hidden gem in Vung Tau

Highlights

  • Private tour to Battle of Long Tan
  • Visualized tour with photos
  • Side-by-side comparasion between the past and present
  • Visit the hidden gems

Included/Excluded

  • Air-conditioned private car
  • Private tour guide
  • Battle of Long Tan photos & documents
  • Hotel pick-up/ drop-off (District 1, 3, 4 only)
  • Bottled water, 2 cold beers
  • Entrance tickets
  • Local lunch
  • Flowers for Long Tan Cross
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips (not required)

Durations

Fullday

Language

English
Vietnamese

Locations

HCMC - Saigon

Tour's Location

From: $59,00

Owner

AN Tours Vietnam

Member Since 2022

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