VIETNAM TOUR SAIGON BY NIGHT – BONSAI CRUISE & WATER PUPPETS SHOW

Travel in Vietnam. Experience Ho Chi Minh City at night with dinner at a traditional Vietnamese restaurant followed by a water puppet show. With orchestral music in the background, the puppets act out scenes of daily life, rural folk tales, and other cultural legends.


 
Saigon by night – bonsai cruise and water puppets (Vietnam tour)

We will make our way to the theater to enjoy the Water Puppets Show in a pool of water with the water surface being the stage. Traditional content of water puppet performance like daily life of Vietnamese farmers (cultivating, tending buffalo, catching fishes…), communal entertainment (swimming contest, dragon dancing…), or historical legends (Le Loi returns precious sword…), with modest performance way have appealed audiences for centuries. Today's Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient Asian puppet tradition.(Vietnam tour)

After that, arriving at Bach Dang Wharf for a 19th century emperors dragon boat, the Bonsai. You will have a buffet dinner of Vietnamese and European favorites are served as the boat passes the downtown skyline. Enjoy after-dinner drinks and sip cocktails on the deck as the boat glides along the Saigon River and take in the city scenery as you meander past high rise buildings, shops and the occasional factory. Moreover, you can enjoy a western music show performed by the Philippine band and also enjoy traditional folk style and other interesting entertainment.