Water Puppet Show & Dinner on Cruise

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Dinner
Air-conditioned vehicle
Restroom on board
WiFi on board
Show ticket, Pick up and Drop off in district 1

Tip, Drinking, Personal cost...

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Please supply a correct hotel address (room number if available) in the heart of District 1 or near September 23rd Park. The tour guide will pick you up from the hotel lobby. You only need to sit there and wait for the tour guide.

Meeting point

203 Đề Thám, Phường Phạm Ngũ Lão, Bến Thành, Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
The Sun Tourist's Office.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.6:00 pm

Itinerary

Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Saigon River

2 hours 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions

Most travelers can participate
Infants are not encouraged to participate. In cases of infant participation, parents must ensure the safety of the baby and hold the baby in their arms.
We can accommodate dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc. If you have dietary requirements, please indicate them when booking.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 99 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.3

based on 7 reviews

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Puppet show great! Dinner cruise not so much.

aumshantihshantihsha, Aug 2025

The puppet show was unique and I would recommend it! The whole show, I was imagining how much coordination and imagination the puppeteers must have to create such a lively show that depicts Vietnamese culture. All said, I cannot recommend the dinner cruise. It was obnoxiously loud, far too overcrowded, music blasting like a night club the whole time, and not relaxing at all for what I imagined a dinner cruise would be. They literally sang happy birthday (shouting, loud, performance concert style) 5 times so what could have been a sweet celebration became just obnoxious and disruptive. Our servers also didn’t know English very well so it was difficult communicating. One of our servers (female) was also very rude when we asked if she could speak to us in English and was also rude to her coworkers. The dinner cruise seemed much more geared to local Vietnamese families and really not very tourist-friendly. I would definitely do the water puppet show but skip the dinner cruise unless you can confirm that it is the atmosphere you are looking for.

Water Puppet Show with Dinner on Cruise

Mandy_B, May 2024

The whole experience was terrible from start to finish. The driver turned up half an hour earlier than the time we had been given therefore when we arrived at the time we had been told, it made us late for the water puppet show so missed half of it. When we came out of the show we had to ring the driver twice and wait for him to come and collect us. This meant we were late for the dinner cruise. We were one of the last to arrive, there was very little food left and despite the company saying that the food was topped up, it was not topped up after we arrived and we ended up having a plate of rice. The crew were more interested in selling you drinks than anything else so that they could make money. I definitely would not recommend this, don’t waste your money. When I contacted the company to complain, they are not interested, just full of excuses.

Puppet and cruise

John_K, Nov 2023

We had a great night. Special mention to our taxi driver he was great picked us up on time had to deal with the traffic which was horrendous organised our tickets for the puppet show then was there to take us to the river cruise and then drop us back to the hotel. The puppet show was first class and the river cruise and food and service on the cruise was great too so over all was a fantastic experience would highly recommend it.

Ein sehr abwechslungsreicher und echt schöner Abend

Peter_C, Mar 2024

Das Puppenspiel war viel besser als gedacht, vor allem wenn sich zum Schluss auflöst wie sie bewegt werden. Das Essen auf dem Schiff und die Fahrt durch die Stadt waren super.