The mouth of Pygmy Cave (Photo: dangcongsan.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Tours of three caves, including theworld’s fourth largest Pygmy, in the central province of Quang Binh, have beenopened, giving tourists a chance to explore some of the most magnificent caveshere.Quang Binh allowed Jungle Boss Co. Ltd toprovide the three-day and two-night tours in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park,Bo Trach district, from January 2018. Each tour serves a maximum of 14 touristsat a cost of nearly 10 million VND (over 440 USD) per person.On the first day, tourists depart at JungleBoss’s headquarters and get off cars at the 24th kilometer of Road 20 QuyetThang, where they will trek for about five hours to reach Ho Cave. They canalso swim for 300 metres in the cave if they want and then stay here on thefirst night.Over Cave is the next destination on the secondday of the trip. The cave is over 90m high and 3.2km long and boasts impressivestalactites and stalagmites. Notably, there are a number of terraced lakes withsapphire colour.Leaving Over Cave, tourists will walk for onehour to reach Pygmy, which is about 100m high and wide and 845m long. At themouth of this cave, they can see a system of ropes and bamboo tied together by localsto harvest salangane nests and bee honey in the past. The rope and bamboosystem is tens of metres high on the cave wall. [Video: Son Doong Cave hailed as lost world underground]Pygmy is also the stop on the second night ofthe tour.Both Pygmy and Over… [Read full story]
The entrance to Pygmy Cave is about 845 meters in length and 100 meters by 100 meters in height and width. This entrance is also a camping site where visitors can sleep during the tour Drinkable water trickles down from the cave roof. Sunlight penetrates the cave which helps ferns grow. The Cave Pygmy is considered the fourth largest cave in the world ranked by the British Cave Research Association. At the entrance of the cave, tourists can see ropes and ladders that locals used to climb to collect bird nests and honey. Local people discovered Pygmy Cave in 1997…... [read more]
The limestone mountain range on the Vietnam - Laos border has a lot of caves, in which there is Phong Nha - Ke Bang Cave. The surrounding area was recognized as a World natural heritage for its geologic and geomorphic features in 2003. Phong Nha - Ke Bang aims to be recognized the second time as a World natural heritage for its biological diversity. In the Phong Nha - Ke Bang cave complex, Son Doong cave was discovered in 1991 when Ho Khanh, a native found it by chance when he was sheltering from the rain in the entrance of…... [read more]
Both the cave and the jungle that surrounds it would be endangered by tourists, says a geomorphologist . While the discovery of the world’s largest cave to date has spelunkers and others all excited, at least one expert is saying… no tourists for now, please. Nguyen Hieu, deputy director of Faculty of Geography at the Hanoi University of Science told Thanh Nien Weekly: “The cave is very far out of the way. It's totally covered in jungle, and the terrain is very difficult.” Hieu went on to say that Son Doong was now an “active cave”, so it should be…... [read more]
Tour of exploring Son Doong cave has been closed from this month to the end of this year, announced director of Tourist Company Oxalis Adventure Tours Nguyen Chau A. According to regulations of the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province and British experts, Son Doong will not receive adventurers in the last months of the year for its environment protection and biodiversity conservation as well as giving porters and guides a chance to have a break. Son Doong cave tour in 2015 is full with about 482 local and international visitors. The US has the highest number of travelers…... [read more]
(Cinet) – On 8 May, the Kyodo (Japan) will come to Quang Binh to make a scientific film about the world biggest cave in Son Doong. The film maker includes 12 members, in which there are experts of the Royal British cave association who are the doctor Howard Limbirt and co-workers, Mr. Ho Khanh, who discovered Son Doong also participated with the role of showing the way. One member of the delegation said that, this is the first scientific film about caves by 3D technique, the film will tell the world to know what is the world biggest and…... [read more]
