Water Puppet Shows in Ho Chi Minh City: The 4 Worth Your Day

1.Golden Dragon Water Puppet Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 81 reviews · from $16Our pick

Spend 45 minutes at Ho Chi Minh City’s Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater, where colorful puppets move across a water pool to live Vietnamese music and singing. Your mobile voucher covers admission, but not transport. Arrive 15 minutes early for check-in and seating. The show is in Vietnamese, yet its comic action and simple stories remain easy to follow.

“Air conditioned room with assigned seats. Interesting show! Didn’t need to understand Vietnamese to follow what was happening. A delightful end to our trip to Vietnam”

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2.Skip the Line: Golden Dragon Water Puppet Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 75 reviews · from $22

Head to Golden Dragon Theater at 55B Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai for a roughly 45-minute Vietnamese water puppet performance. Handmade wooden puppets act out rural legends on a water stage, controlled by hidden performers with bamboo rods and strings. Live traditional music carries the show, but there is no English narration.

“The pickup of the tickets was more or less seamless and the show is pretty engaging. The visuals, vocals, and puppet mastery are on full display for this hour long show. However, one drawback to this show is that there are no English transRead more”

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3.Ho Chi Minh City by Night including Water Puppet Show and Dinner on cruise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 59 reviews · from $82Top rated

Spend an evening with two classic Ho Chi Minh City experiences: a Vietnamese water puppet show at the Golden Dragon Theater and a two-hour dinner cruise on the Saigon River. An English-speaking guide and private air-conditioned vehicle handle the evening, with hotel pickup at 5:45 pm and return around 10 pm. Julia and Ming are among the guides praised for helpful service.

“Fantastic tour guide. A very entertaining evening! Highly recommended.”

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4.Saigon Evening: Water Puppet Show & Dinner Cruise Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · from $72

Start at 6:00 pm with District 1 hotel pickup, then watch a 45-minute Golden Dragon water puppet show before dinner aboard a classic junk boat. Tom and driver Jerry have handled transfers for some departures. Choose Vietnamese or Western food, but allow for a quick cruise and limited time for views while dining.

“The water puppet show was very entertaining Even though the commentary wasn’t in English we grasped the meaning It was very well presented The river cruise not so great A very quick dash about 45 minutes sailing total there and back Read more”

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