The temple sits in a working class district and is quite striking for the location. Intricately carved wooden religious motifs adorn the walls. Incense smoke wafts throughout the small complex. However, it's overrun with people selling lottery tickets, birds and turtles for worshipping, and it has a bad case of some type of fleas. Clean the place up and you've... More

Take couple of hours to visit this place for some contemplation and turtles watching. Was a bit hard to find. Pagoda as pagoda, not like those in Thailand - crowded outside very well shadowed by big trees, and smokey peaceful indoor. Big turtle pond on one side with gargantuan turtleZILLAs and little handsome amphibian beauties together with some white and... More

On attending this temple, my perception became a little distorted as there were people smoking in the court yard, children running around but this contrasting with the initially beauty and architecture of the building and the twisted trees with lanterns and flags all around I really wasn't quite sure where I was, due to the fact that I never seen... More

This is a real place of worship for the local community. We visited Saturday pm and the upstairs was full of robed chanting worshippers. The turtles are a little sad to see, several hundred, some quite large, packed into a small pool. For a very deep slice of foreign culture this is a great place to see. Can be hard... More

Pagoda is not maintained well, it is smelly. Visit only if interested in tortoise. Can easily be done in abouth 15-20 mins with pictures.

I was really disappointed when after walking for 20 minutes in the April heat to reach this prized pagoda. I was greeted by hundreds of stinky turtles in an overcrowded pond. There were also rats running around the premise which was hilarious but I guess normal for HCMC. The pagoda itself was tiny and unimpressive. There were cooking utensils, chairs,... More

Big turtle and fishes. Else than that the temple is abit too small to be a tourists attraction. You can buy birds and turtles to set them free!

Unlike many temples and pagodas we saw later in our tour, this one had a real feeling of being a part of the local people's daily lives, and the few tourists worked around worshippers. If travelling by taxi get it to wait / book a pick up afterwards because local traffic is a nightmare in the area.

Small but very beautiful pagoda bang in the middle of the city. A lovely courtyard to relax in away from the hustle and bustle, watching people and the terrapins!