Water Puppet Show Tickets in Saigon: The 4 Best Seats

1.Golden Dragon Water Puppet Ticket

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

At Ho Chi Minh City’s Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater, you’ll watch a 45-minute performance of Vietnamese village tales acted out by lacquered puppets on water. Live musicians sing and narrate in Vietnamese while puppeteers work unseen below the pool. Your mobile voucher covers admission, but you must arrive 15 minutes early.

“Absolute must see. Traditional live orchestra, intricate puppet display with an easy to understand plot (though in Vietnamese), and very comfortable seating. This show made our trip for us. Fire!”

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2.Skip the Line: Golden Dragon Water Puppet Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 75 reviews · from $22

At Ho Chi Minh City’s Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater, you’ll watch handmade wooden puppets act out Vietnamese village tales on a water stage, backed by live traditional music. Choose the 6:30 pm show, collect your allocated seat at 55B Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, and enjoy about 45 minutes of colorful folklore.

“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

See Vietnamese folklore brought to life at the Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater, then enjoy a buffet dinner aboard a two-hour Saigon River cruise. Your English-speaking guide and private vehicle handle the evening, with hotel pickup and return included.

“The water puppets are something unique to Viet Nam and fun to see. Some sort of list of the little episodes in English would have been useful. The dinner was mediocre and the "cruise" was kind of a waste - you don't see much. Having someone pick us up at the hotel and facilitate our activities was useful.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · from $72

At 6 pm, a District 1 pickup takes you to the Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theater, then on to dinner aboard a classic junk boat on the Saigon River. Expect Vietnamese or Western food, city views, and English-speaking guide support. Tom and driver Jerry have handled some departures.

“Really enjoyed the puppets, so well done and the cruise was restful & food very nice ) we could not eat all of it.”

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