Ho Chi Minh Full Day - Mekong Delta - Water Puppet Show Tour

Ho Chi Minh Full Day - Mekong Delta - Water Puppet Show Tour

Ho Chi Minh full Day - Mekong delta - Water Puppet Show tour is the best experirence for your shopping, sightseeing, history tour 2 days from Ho Chi Minh.
 
Today, Ho Chi Minh City is a popular tourist destination due to its fascinating culture, classic French architecture, and sleek skyscrapers as well as ornate temples and pagodas. The city is also filled with rooftop bars that overlook Saigon and beyond, while fantastic restaurants offer a combination of French, Chinese, and, of course, local Vietnamese cuisine.

Day 1: Pick you up at Hotel or Airport – City Tour – Watching Water Puppet Show

¤ Our driver and car will pick you up at your hotel/ Tan Son Nhat International airport (Saigon airport - SGN) on time your arrival.
¤ First of destination we will visit the Notre Dame Cathedral Church and Central Post Office, which were two typical buildings built by the French in Ho Chi Minh City.

¤ After learning about the architectural art as well as meaning of the buildings we continue to visit the famous temple in Ho Chi Minh City that is Ngoc Hoang temple (Jade Emperor Temple). Many people come every day by spiritual and ancient of its. Special, beside visitors came here prayed for peaceful, healthy, and lucky. This temple also knew as good for the couples praying for children.

¤ We keep going to War remnants museum, the very important museum in Ho Chi Minh City for learning about the Vietnam war. It’s displayed so many photos and weapons used to during the war.

¤ 11h45 am, we have lunch at Vietnamese cuisine restaurant with lots of Vietnamese foods, specially is Vietnamese beef noodle soup (Pho).
¤ Visit the Saigon SkyDeck Tower (Bitexco Financial Tower) is 262m high compared to the ground. With the concept taken from the shape of lotus bud - the national flower of Vietnam, Bitexco Financial Tower is not merely a building surrounded by glass and steel, but also a symbol of beauty and development of the fast-paced economy of Ho Chi Minh City, the key economic region of Vietnam. Furthermore, Bitexco Financial Tower is also an example of outstanding creativity and design.

Ho Chi Minh Full Day - Mekong Delta - Water Puppet Show Tour

       Ho Chi Minh Full Day - Mekong Delta - Water Puppet Show Tour

¤ We are going to Ben Thanh market, this is the market as knew as good for tourist because they have nearly all of items souvenir featured in Vietnam. And they can communication with tourist by a few languages.
¤ Visiting the Independent Palace (Reunification Palace). The place was used to Generations president in South Vietnam Government. And also this place on 
April 30th, 1975 Sir Duong Van Minh the last president gave up power South Government and Vietnam the end the war.

¤ At 17:00 pm we will watch the Water Puppet Show at Dragon Golden Theater.

What dose mean of the Water Puppet Show?

Water puppetry "Making puppets dance on water" is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam.

The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large bamboo rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them.

Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play.
¤ The show takes 50 minutes.
¤ At 18:00 pm, we are going to hotel and then check in.
The first day tour ends.

Day 2: Mekong Delta My Tho – Ben Tre - Vinh Trang pagoda  

The Mekong delta is the region where the Mekong River approached and empties to the sea by network of river and canal interlaced.

The Mekong delta region is a large of portion of Southeastern Vietnam of 40,000 square kilometers with 18 million populations. As you know Vietnamese country is the country with main work is agricultural and most of peoples in Mekong delta working in paddy rice field, farm of fruits, and fishermen... this is the region gives the peaceful atmosphere suitable for ecotourism and exploring countryside in Vietnam.

● At 8:00 in morning you will take a private car rental with driver Ho Chi Minh to Mekong delta for your nice transfers tour. Travel 2 hours on the car we pass by a beautiful picture of paddy rice field and dragon fruit farms and we can see how is the Vietnamese farmer working in a large of field without machines, most of them working by traditional way using pair hands.

● After arrived at Mekong region, you will ride on a local motor boat and have a sightseeing tour of Dragon Island, Turtle Island (view from the boat) and stop at the Unicorn Island.

While at the Unicorn Island, you will visit natural pure honey at a bee farm, taste some honey tea. Walking around the island to see the local people daily life and watching Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) and seasonal tropical fruit can be tasted.

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● Especially is we have a chance to try ride a sampan boat (kayak boat) on a canal with both side covered by sea coconut. “Vietnamese call xuồng ba lá, three part of wooden connected".

● Leaving the unicorn island we pass by the phoenix island the riverside of Ben Tre to visit the coconut candy workshop (the famous candy in Mekong delta must taste).

● Getting another motorboat ride deeper we will stop at local restaurant for lunch.
● At 15:00 pm tour will the end after meals and drink a fresh coconut on the way back to mainland. 

● Visiting Vinh Trang pagoda, it is the most famous Buddhist architectural pagoda in the Southern Vietnam. The peaceful temple is like a palace with flower gardens and fruit trees. Special by architecture combination between Asian and Europe making for it’s more featured and interesting.
At 17:30 pm We arrive in Ho Chi Minh hotel.
The tour ends.