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
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 guests
3 guests
4 guests
5 guests
6+ guests
149
129
114
105
89
Price per person (USD)
2 guests
3 guests
4 guests
5 guests
6+ guests
99
85
75
69
59
*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
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.
Long Tan - Nui Dat Tour Itinerary
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
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
Battle of Long Tan - visiting Abandoned Long Phuoc Kindergarten
Aussie guest at exactly where Luscombe Airfield was
After that, we will have a short walk through the rubber tree plantation to visit the hidden RAR Memorial Nui Dat. The memorial was built during the last years of the Australian Army in the Vietnam War (1969-1971).
Visiting the 2RAR Memorial Nui Dat
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
Aussie guest at Nui Dat Base
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
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
See some great photos of Vung Tau during Australian stay in Vietnam War, compared to nowadays
Vung Tau City - with biggest Jesus statue in South East Asia
In Vung Tau City, we will visit:
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
Vung Tau Church
Having a local lunch
After that, we will return to Ho Chi Minh City (app. 3 – 4 PM to your hotel).
A look at Vung Tau now and then
Highlights
Private tour to Battle of Long Tan
Visualized tour with photos
Side-by-side comparasion between the past and present