Dam Sen Park (Vietnamese: Công viên Đầm Sen) comprises several areas in Ho Chi Minh City. This tourist area is the most attractive “cooling spot” in Saigon. Let’s explore what Dam Sen Park offers for you.
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General information about Dam Den Park
Dam Sen Park is located at 03 Hoa Binh Street, Binh Thoi Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. Stretching across a 50-hectare plot of land, including 20% water and 60% trees and flower gardens, divided into two main areas: Dam Sen Cultural Park (also known as dry park) and Water Park. Each location has its own main gate and a connecting gate between the two parks.
Dam Sen Cultural Park was built in 1976 based on a wild swamp. This place is designed to combine Eastern and Western cultures, blending classic Roman beauty. To date, Dam Sen Park remains the largest and most diverse amusement park in Vietnam, with thousands of games, service areas, tourism, entertainment, and cuisine.
Dam Sen not only brings freshness to the whole city but is also a place where all Saigon residents can easily and quickly relax after tiring days of studying and working. Especially for families with children, Dam Sen would be a place to help them learn and play.
Tickets to Dam Sen Park
Dam Sen Park ticket prices are tiered based on the tour you choose. You can buy tickets from the main gate, inside the park or from the water park gate.
Ticket price for sightseeing
Tickets to Dam Sen during the day for only sightseeing, excluding games and tram services.
- Buy at the gate of Dam Sen Cultural Park: 120,000VND/Adult; 80,000VND/child.
- Buy at the gate of Dam Sen Water Park: 80,000VND/ Adult; 50,000VND/child.
Package ticket
The Dam Sen package ticket includes games only; trams and the aquarium are not included.
- Buy at the gate of Dam Sen Cultural Park: 280,000VND/Adult; 200,000VND/child.
- Buy at the gate of Dam Sen Water Park: 220,000VND/ Adult; 150,000VND/child.
Silver Ticket
The Silver ticket includes games, day tours, private entrance, fish massage, and access to the aquarium, and does not include the tram.
- Buy at the gate of Dam Sen Cultural Park: 380,000VND/Adult; 200,000VND/child.
- Buy at the gate of Dam Sen Water Park: 340,000VND/ Adult; 150,000VND/child.
Things to do at Dam Sen Park
With a large area, Dam Sen Park is divided into 30 areas: Electronic game area, Fairy tale stage, Fairy castle, Square stage, Miniature West Lake, Rockery – Aquarium, Dancing Island, Water Puppet, Natural Bird Garden, Giac Vien Ancient Pagoda,… with all kinds of sightseeing, and diverse amusement and entertainment areas for both adults and children.
Explore the amusement park at Dam Sen
Relieve stress with exciting games at Dam Sen Cultural Park, including 10 thrilling games, 5 virtual, interactive games with modern technology, 5 relaxing games, and 12 games for children.
The most popular games are the spinning coaster, whitewater boat, speed wheel, and horror castle.
spinning coaster
If you are a technology lover, like virtual interaction, then don’t miss the impressive castle, watching Cinemax 8D, 9D Virtual Reality movies, Turbo Racing and run raider shooting… You guys!
For visitors who prefer a “gentle” experience, visit Bang Dang (Snow House) and check in amid the cold scenery at minus 10 degrees, with magnificent shimmering ice sculptures and architectural works featuring famous saints. of Vietnam and the World.
Snow house in Dam Sen
In addition, if you want to “travel” to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Dam Sen, there are a Ferris Wheel (also known as a cage Ferris wheel), a Pedalo duck ride, and an Aerial tram (also known as a Monorail, which will meet your needs.
The amusement park attracts many families with young children for a fun day. Here, there are games for children, including a childhood merry-go-round, a wooden horse merry-go-round, a jumping frog, a flying dragon, a flying horse, and a flying hot air balloon.
The games are diverse in age, so they not only attract young people to relieve stress but also serve as an ideal weekend entertainment destination for families.
Explore the zoo
In Saigon, if you want to get back to nature and see the animal world in real life, you can only go to Dam Sen Park or Saigon Zoo. Dam Sen Zoo houses more than 100 animals, ranging from familiar to rare, including long-tailed macaques, Asian elephants, black bears, African hippos, Golden-cheeked gibbons, Sea Elephants, and mountain goats.
Among them, the most prominent are the Aquarium and Bird Garden.
Launched in 2013, this project is shaped like a sea crab and is built to the world’s leading technical standards. The entire water used for the project is sourced from the Vung Tau sea. This is where more than 6,000 individuals live. Coming to the Dam Sen Aquarium, visitors will see beautiful, strange, and colorful fish in artificial models. Typical models are: Shark Lake, Legendary Atlantic City, Ali Fish Lake, Mekong River Basin, Colorful diversity of tropical waters, Biodiversity of the Amazon River, Colors of the ocean Positive.
The aquarium also has many endangered species, such as: Red-lipped Velvet Peach, Phu Quoc Velvet Peach, Ocean Ocean… And many fish species were collected from the Mekong River system and the Amazon River basin. In addition, there are also fish species brought from the Truong Sa waters. Including blacktip sharks, star rays, giant fish, queen fish, emperor fish…
Sightseeing in Dam Sen Park
With its large campus, Dam Sen offers plenty of beautiful corners and scenes to contemplate and explore virtually. Some places are also regular event venues; it is a place of historical nostalgia, or admire the architectural beauty of some famous works… typically:
Hung King Square
This square has a total area of nearly 1000 square meters. Including a ceremony yard paved with Granite with a sun pattern placed in the middle. At the top is the incense-offering area, featuring three temples. In the middle is the main hall, with a 1.7-meter-high statue of the Hung King, made of copper-coated composite material, placed on a 0.8-meter-high stone pedestal.
Hung King temple in Dam Sen
Besides, there are also temples of the man who built the country: Tran Hung Dao, who defeated two invasions of the Yuan-Mongol army (in 1285 and 1288).
The second famous general is Hai Ba Trung, the first two national heroines of Vietnam, waving the flag of rebellion.
And established a nation with the capital at Me Linh. Then Ms. Trung Trac ascended the throne, becoming the first female king in Vietnamese history.
Au Lac Square
This is the most frequent event venue at Dam Sen Cultural Park. On average, there are 3-4 events each month. Au Lac Square is located right at the main gate of Lac Long Quan Street.
You will see statues of Lac Long Quan and Au Co. Festivals are held here, including the spring flower festival and the classic car festival. There are also many brand promotion events held here by businesses.
Ancient Rome-themed Square
Unique European-style designs. The area is decorated with fresh flower pots, especially roses, and surrounded by pine trees.
Like Au Lac Square, this is not only a tourist destination at Dam Sen but also a large event venue with a capacity for thousands of attendees.
Cuu Khuc Bridge
The bridge has nine sections spanning the lake, creating a beautifully poetic landscape. In the middle of the bridge, there are four stops for visitors to admire the scenery. In addition to sightseeing, Cuu Khuc Bridge is also one of the event venues at Dam Sen.
These include the drum festival and the Ao Dai festival, Flyboard performances, dragon boat racing, RC canoe racing… And an indispensable event on the country’s major holidays – a fireworks display.
Nam Tu Thuong Uyen garden
The central flower garden at Dam Sen features an orchid garden, a cactus garden, and valuable bonsai trees.
Enjoy having fun at Dam Sen Water Park
Dam Sen Water Park is an indispensable piece when you choose to have fun at Dam Sen Cultural Park. There will be numerous water-related activities to help visitors stay cool on hot days.
Boomerang: This game offers refreshing, extraordinary moments for everyone. You will have the opportunity to float and slide along the winding water. This is also one of the activities that effectively relieve stress.
Water jet massage and fish massage: At Dam Sen, you’ll not only have fun but also enjoy a unique water jet or fish massage. Thanks to the system of 12 water jets with high and low pressure, it will target areas of the body to help circulate blood and provide a massage-like effect. Besides, you can let small fish help you circulate blood and detoxify your body.
Kamikaze Waterfall: Those who love thrills will have the opportunity to show off their abilities at Dam Sen water park with Kamikaze Waterfall. You will experience the feeling of sliding at an increasingly faster speed from a height of 19m to take on water when trying the super-fast waterfall game.
Rope Swing Overcom waterfall: Similar to ziplining, you can try ziplining over the waterfall at Dam Sen wate park. This game not only helps you test your endurance but also gives you experiences that evoke strong emotions, especially moments filled with laughter while drinking water.
In addition, there are more than 100 enjoyable games here waiting for you to explore. In addition to adult play areas, Dam Sen offers activities and play areas specifically for children, from dry to underwater, so parents can feel confident letting their children experience them.
Performance stage
Dam Sen has 2 stages serving cultural and artistic activities capacity to accommodate thousands of guests and an animal circus.
The stages are equipped with full sound and lighting systems and can accommodate 800 people. Music and drama events featuring renowned artists, as well as children’s music shows, often take place here, attracting large audiences.
The animal circus is located in area B, in front of the bird garden entrance. Every Saturday and Sunday, there are always fun shows here.
The actors all come from the wild world, such as monkeys, elephants, orangutans… with performances such as the orangutan Samutra wearing an ao dai and cycling to school, or monkeys riding cyclos and walking on stilts, and dogs performing jumping through circles. The purpose is to help children have a more friendly view of wild animals.
Experiential education area
In this area, young people will have the opportunity to participate in activities such as visiting the aquatic vegetable garden, trying their hand at farming, and harvesting vegetables. At the house, animal specimens are displayed – a place to store intact animal specimens to serve out-of-school educational programs. Pupils will find specimens of tigers, bears, zebras, orangutans, and crocodiles arranged in an eye-catching display using light and color effects.
Moreover, the park has a system of counters selling fast food, souvenir shops, a tea store…Thuy Ta – a 400-seat restaurant with nice menus, food attractively prepared and ready to serve customers.
Source: collected by An
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