Hang Én Cave in Phong Nha Caves in Quang Binh province in central Vietnam was voted last May by National Geographic Magazine as one of the most beautiful photos. However, it’s paradoxical that few visitors know the site. That’s why we are there.

 

In a short while, we were able to spot the mouth of Swallow Cave. Its beauty took by surprise. The mouth is almost 100m wide. Three huge water caves inside are separated by sloping hills which are filled with smooth sand and large rocks overlapping one another. The Swallow Cave is 1.645 m long and has three mouths. One is halfway up a mountain and two others are located on another mountain which has its foot on the south-east and north-west alongside Rao Thuong Stream. All of these make the cave different from other well-known caves in the country. At night, we went to this stream to catch fish. This stream was abounded with numerous kinds of exotic Because of their breathtaking beauty, many people have suggested ideas to plan and develop tourism activities for Swallow Cave and other sceneries in the Phong Nha Ke – Ke Bang National Park.

Hang Toi, the Dark Cave, so called, not because of the lack of light, but because of the dark stone within. This tour will pickup from Hue / Dong Hoi city or Phong Nha by mini van. You will do kayak on Chay River to explore the Dark cave with some basic instruction of team leader in a beautiful and rustic village

We also provide you headlight and specialized equipment, you can have wonderful experience of taking the adventurous tour to discover Dark Cave, swimming in the cool water of Thuy Tien lake inside the cave and taking mud bathing, very cool. Get to start now

Duration: 13 hours

Pickup from: Hue/ Dong Hoi/ Phong Nha – End: Phong Nha/ Dong Hoi/ Hue

Price: 882.000 vnd ~ $42 /person for group tour ( Pick up & Drop off from Hue/ Dong  Hoi)

Itinerary:

In the morning: 6.30AM. The bus and tourist guide pick up guest at Hue City. Depart for Paradise cave, stip at La Vang Hollyland and pass DMZ of Quang Tri, the Macnamara electronic line, 17th parallel, Ben Hai river, Hien Luong bridge.

Have lunch at the restaurant at Xuan Son town

In the afternoon: The bus pick up guest at Zipline Center:

– Fly like a bird gliding over the spectacular mountains and river in the exploration of Dark Cave.
– Explore the Dark Cave with specialized equipment, swim in the clear and fresh Thuy Tien Lake. Soak in the mud as a ealth therapy.
– Kayak in the romantic Chay river, float along with many intersting games in the river.
– Santo a sectaccula landing in the river and get ready for the new challenge.
– Back Hue about 7:30 – 8:00 PM. Tour the End!

Included:

• Bus (A/C)
• Lunch
• Safety equipment for the cave tour.
• Kayak, Zipline to Dark Cave, ” Bathing” Zipline.
• English speaking guide
• Water bottle and towel on bus ( 02 bottles/ day/ pax)
• Tourist Insurance

Excluded:

• Breakfast, dinner
• Personal expenses and things not above mentioned

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Son Doong Cave Clip

Hang Son Doong - Son Trach commune in Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province - is the largest natural caves in the world. This cave is located in the caves of Phong Nha-Ke Bang. 

Hang is part of the underground system connected to more than 150 different activities in Vietnam, located near the border with Laos. Limestone mountains Vietnam-Laos border region has many caves, such as the Phong Nha has been known for a long but Son Doong cave has been discovered only in 1991 when Ho Khanh, a local people stumbled out into the isolated store to avoid the rain. By some time in 2006 when the expedition Association Royal cave to this area, the Ho Khanh new poll to tell them. [4] it's really hard for his new find their store which is located deep in the jungle with quite dangerous terrain, away from major roads and can not be found on Google Earth. Under his guidance, they went deep into caves, photography, surveying and collecting scientific data. They also spent a great honor for this cave named Ho Khanh.

Son Dong Cave - the world's largest cave

April 22, 2009, the delegation Association Royal Cave Limbirt led by Howard announced the cave and found that the size of Son Doong cave is actually the world's largest.
In January 2010, the explorers returned to Son Doong to learn more about the cave system
Hang Son Doong is formed about 2-5 million years ago, when river water flows through the limestone was buried along a fault line. Water erosion and curettage as a giant tunnel under the mountains in the earth. In the soft places, the ceiling collapsed forming holes, hang long into the giant arch. 
Hang a width of 200 meters, 150 meters higher, at least 6.5 km long. The length can be still further, but due to technical limitations, the explorer of the Association Royal cave can not go all the depth of the cave to determine how long customers.
With such dimensions, Son Doong cave has passed Deer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Park of Malaysia (with a height of 100 m, width 90 m, length 2 km) to occupy the cave is the world's largest natural
Also in some the Son Doong cave has great size to 140 mx 140 m, including stone columns as high as 14 m. A stunning images by photographer Carsten Peter taken in May 2010 noted that the row width of about 91.44 m, 243.84 m-high roof of the cave - can reach a high building contains 40 floors of New York city (USA).
In caves the researchers found a 2.5 km long underground river and has a high stone columns up to 70 m.