Tim White's 1RAR Reunion Tour
See the areas of 1RAR’s operations in on both tours in Viet Nam. See Australia’s old operational areas.
Visit the end of the Ho Chi Minh Trail near Cambodia. Engage with locals including Vietnamese Veterans.
Be at the Long Tan Cross on Vietnam Veterans Day 2024
$AUD2685
14 - 24 August 2024
10
days
DESCRIPTION:
Tour of Old Saigon
See the NLF's secret arms caches and learn the hidden mysteries of the old wartime town.
Bà Rìa - Núi -Đất - Vũng Tàu
Visit the old Australian base area and explore the seaside resort that was Australia's logistics hub.
Long Hải - Long Tân
Take tea with the Old Man Of The Hills; be awed by Vietnamese base area concealed in the Hills; pay your respects at the Long Tan Battle site on Vietnam Veterans Day.
Biên Hòa - FSB Coral
See where the remains of 1RAR's MIAs, Richard Parker and Peter Gillson were discovered forty years after they went missing in action. Spend time exploring the site of FSB Coral.
Binh Long - Loc Ninh - Ta Thiết
Discover the NLF's secret jungle bases and uncover the facts about the Ho Chi Minh Trail at the place it terminated.
Bến Dược - The real Cu Chi
Visit the real Cu Chi Tunnels that 1RAR discovered on Operation Crimp in 1966.
WALTER PEARSON TOUR LEADER: - 53 YEARS CONNECTED TO VIETNAM
Two tour Vietnam Veteran, linguist, history and philosophy expert, fought in the Battle of Binh Ba in 1969, and was among those veterans who attended the first comemorative gathering in 1989 at the replica Cross in Long Tan Cross. Walter was central to the search for Australia’s MIAs.
A former journalist, he wrote and produced the documentary Vietnam Minefield and has advised and assisted various TV programs including Australian Story, In Their Footsteps, Foreign Correspondent, Who Do You Think You Are and the makers of THey'll Come Looking For You; The Coral and Balmoral documentary.
He has taken Australian War Memorial staff, Staff College groups, ships’ crews, and international VIPs around Viet Nam.
Walter is married to a Vietnamese and lived an authentic Vietnamese lifestyle for almost five years, in Binh Long, formerly An Loc, about 100 kms from Ho Chi Minh City. Since 2000, Walter has led tours by car, bus, train, plane and motorbike throughout Vietnam.
PRICE INCLUDES:
Price includes, accommodation, transfers, ground transport, permissions and entrance fees, and all meals. International airfares not included.
THE ACCOMMODATION
You'll enjoy quality three and four-star hotels.
THE WEATHER
You'll be visiting when the weather is very comfortable after the height of the rainy season in the south.
THE SCENERY
The scenery at this time of year is rich and abundundant.