Water Puppet Show and Dinner Cruise

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Ho Chi Minh City

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Experience a mesmerizing Water Puppet Show and a delightful dinner cruise on the Sai Gon River. Enjoy live music, traditional tales, and a delectable buffet.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater - Guests will be picked up from their hotel.
Enjoy a 45-minute Water Puppet Show. This vibrant venue showcases Vietnamese puppet performances on water, accompanied by live music.
Saigon River - Dinner Cruise On Sai Gon River
Set sail on a delightful dinner cruise along the Sai Gon River. Guests will enjoy a…

What's Included

Buffet/Alacarte meals
Hotel pick up and drop off
English-speaking tour guide
Photo taking and video editing
Water Puppet Show ticket
Grab Car/Motorbike transportation

What's Not Included

Tip
Holiday surcharge

Additional Information

Water Puppet Show & Saigon River Dinner Cruise
Begin your adventure with the renowned Water Puppet Show, a distinctive and ancient Vietnamese art form. Witness talented puppeteers animate traditional legends and folklore over water, using concealed rods, all accompanied by live music and narration. This captivating performance provides a vibrant glimpse…

Location

Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater

55B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.8

(28 Ratings)

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F9107rhleey

Aug 15, 2025

Water Puppet Show and Dinner Cruise on Saigon River tour - Went for the Water Puppet Show and Dinner Cruise on Saigon River tour. It was very meaningful and interesting. Dinner on cruise was very enjoyable and delicious. Tour guide was Kieran. Would recommend 10/10

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Kimberly_s

May 22, 2025

Great tour made amazing by awesome guides - The whole tour was amazing from the start with the motorbike ride to the water puppets, the show was great then back on the nines to the river cruise. The food was great, the boat and crew lovely and then to finish the tour with a motorbike ride through the city and to all the out of the way back alley real Vietnam experience. Loved every minute a big thanks to our tour guides Kieran and Levi

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Kimberlyslater75

May 22, 2025

Great tour made amazing with the best tour guides - This whole experience was amazing the two tour guides we had (Kieran and Levi) were so lovely, they took care of us for the whole tour and the night motorbike ride tour of the city was just incredible. If you are coming to Ho Chi Min do this tour you won’t regret it especially if you get to do it with Kieran and Levi❤️❤️❤️

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Jdubya111

May 11, 2025

Great tour with Kieran! - We had Kieran as a guide and he was excellent. This was a last minute booking so we were on a little different boat for dinner than they usually take, but I am glad it worked out that way. We started out with the water puppet show, which was surprisingly fun. Then we made our way to the dinner cruise, Tau Ben Nghe. It had all Vietnamese foods, they had live seafood onboard and took the fish we order fresh from the tank to cook it. We also had a seafood hotpot that was excellent. Loved the more local cruise as well as their traditional water puppet show to start the night.

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Diannewk3634nx

May 11, 2025

Fun and interesting evening. - Kieran was our tour guide and he was amazing. He was very friendly and knowledgeable. He made our outing fun and interesting. We will recommend Kieran to our friends travelling to Vietnam. The evening was a huge success.

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Curiosity65540286789

May 1, 2025

Great final evening in HCMC. - We had a great final evening in HCMC doing this tour. The puppet show was exceptional - charming and totally unlike anything I have seen before. And it was fun chugging along on the river, having supper and seeing the city lights. Be prepared for noise and chaos! When we went the ship was packed and karaoke was blasting out at full volume. Food was chosen from a menu with photos which helped - and it was fine. The city lights are beautiful. Its hard to see how we could have done this tour without our guide Kieran. He was exceptionally helpful and friendly, managed all the different taxis needed and took us to our seats/ table etc. He looked after us so well and answered all our many questions about life in Vietnam. Thank you and well done Kieron.

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Jason_w

Apr 29, 2025

Nice tour with Kieran. - We had Kieran as a guide and he was excellent. This was a last minute booking so we were on a little different boat for dinner than they usually take but I am glad it worked out that way. We started out with the water puppet show which was surprisingly fun. Then we made our way to the dinner cruise, Tau Ben Nghe. It had all Vietnamese foods, they had live seafood onboard and took the fish we order fresh from the tank to cook it. We also had a seafood hotpot that was excellent. Loved the more local cruise as well as their traditional water puppet show to start the night.

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Lulu

Apr 6, 2025

Lucas & Ryan Great Moped Trip - Very entertaining authentic show, highly recommend. Our lovely guides Lucas and Ryan were awesome driving us around on mopeds

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Chau

Mar 4, 2025

Nice evening in HCMC - We had a good time on the dinner cruise. We got a ship that was quite lively with locals singing karaoke throughout dinner. Our guide Oliver was friendly and knowledgeable. He was also able to speak English very well and could communicate with enceinte in the group.

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Nikkic284

Oct 6, 2025

Didn't live up to the expectation of a dinner cruise - Sadly, I wasn't all too impressed with this experience. This is mainly due to the cruise and food part of it. The puppet show was an experience and I enjoyed watching a traditional show that had been around for 100s of years. Unfortunately, it was only in Vietnamese with no leaflet in English to help you understand the story. We were advised to leave 10 minutes before the end to ensure we got to the cruise on time, due to traffic. This was the first little negative. When we got to the cruise, we were shown to the buffet restaurant, which was packed with very loud music from the live band. There was very little food left and what was, was luke warm at best. I appreciate it's mass catering but the tour description (private tour) has you believing everyone is doing the puppet show and then cruise, so you'd all be getting the buffet served at the same time. If I'd have known, I wouldn't have booked it. The food was a disappointment and it didn't live up to the promise of a 'dinner cruise'. Turns out the private tour part is having a guide meet you at pick up and accompany you throughout. If this makes the experience cost more, I wouldn't bother. FYI - this is in no way a reflection on the tour guide we had. She was lovely and I've no complaints with her. The cruise itself was pleasant, but there is very little space to sit outside when it's raining. We got some great views of the skyline at night but that was it. If you're looking for a quick and cheap means of cruising down the river then this would be OK. But if you're wanting more of a dinner cruise and have higher expectations of food, then I would book somewhere else.

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up to 15 guests

1 - Adult