Photo for illustration. (Source: Oxalis)Accordingly, Quang Binh allows a maximum of 900 tourists to explore Son Doong cave with an itinerary of four days and three nights. Tourists will exit the cave by a different route, instead of returning back the way they came, like previous tours. The new route offers favourable conditions and brings new experiences for conquerors, and is expected to attract more tourists to the cave in the coming time. Established in July 2011, Oxalis Adventure Tours effectively exploited the tour to the world’s largest cave, contributing to meeting the needs on studying and exploring the global outstanding values of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage site of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. BTA … [Read more...]
Proposing Quang Binh province to analyze Project of cable car system in Son Doong cave
(Cinet) – The UNESCO proposed Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee to analyze Project about cable car system in Son Doong cave – a world cultural and natural heritage of Phong Nha – Ke Bang national park. According to a regulation of world heritage, any world heritage must be built under an approval of the UNESCO. However, Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee does not have any information or reference from some experts. “We has waited for document. After receiving the Document, we will appoint some experts to make a report for the situation. In a case that the Project has negatively influenced on the heritage, we will give some proposals. From that, the UNESCO will give warning if the province does not take care of a title of the world heritage. In a contrast, the UNESCO will be invested if the project is approved.”Dr. Duong Bich Hanh said. About Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Deputy Minister Dang Thi Bich Lien also … [Read more...]
Son Doong cave- the World’s largest cave in Vietnam
(Cinet)- Son Doong cave was classified as the largest cave in the world by British Cave Research Association and selected as one of the most beautiful in the globe by the BBC news. Son Doong cave is located in Son Trach, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. It is found by a local man named Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in 2009 by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert. The name "Son Doong" cave means "mountain river cave", It was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding away the limestone underneath the mountain Where the limestone was weak, the ceiling collapsed creating huge skylights. Son Doong cave is more than 200 meters wide, 150 meters high, and approx 9 kilometers long, with caverns big enough to fit an entire city street inside them, twice as large as Deer Cave in Malaysia (currently considered the world's largest with 90 meters wide, 100 meters high and 2 kilometers long). Son Doong cave is hidden in rugged Phong Nha-Ke Bang National … [Read more...]
Ha Long Bay, Son Doong cave named among the top 10 of the most beautiful places
(Cinet)- According to the global travel website GlobalGrasshopper, Son Doong Cave and Ha Long bay in Vietnam has recently listed among 10 of the most beautiful places to visit on the planet. In the list for 2015, Ha Long Bay in northern Quang Ninh province ranked third while the Son Doong cave in central Quang Binh province, in the seventh place. Situated in the North-East region of Vietnam, Halong Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Tonkin comprised of regions of Halong City, the township of Cam Pha, and a part of the island district of Van Don. Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline. The majority of these land masses have not been touched by humans and have managed to retain their beauty since their creation. It is this that enabled it to be listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, GlobalGrasshpper said. Meanwhile, located approximately 500km south of Hanoi, the Son Doong cave, the largest in … [Read more...]
Places for a vacation: Son Doong Cave
VietNamNet Bridge – Son Doong Cave in Viet Nam's Quang Binh Province has been suggested by the American news website huffingtonpost.com as one of the places to visit in 20 years. In an article entitled This Is Where You'll Go On Vacation In 20 Years, the site mentions the cave – the biggest in the world – alongside 14 other places on the globe. Son Doong was discovered by chance by a local man in 1991 and first explored by some British cavers in 2009. The cave is more than 200m wide, 150m high, and approximately 9km long. It also has a jungle and a river, and could fit a 40-storey skyscraper within its walls. It was classified as the largest cave in the world by the British Cave Research Association and selected as one of the most beautiful in the world by BBC news. Other places that have been mentioned in the article include the massive Ferris wheel and river pool in New York, Mount Everest in Nepal, the Grand Canyon Escalade in Arizona, an underwater city and the … [Read more...]
Son Doong Cave: how can we balance between exploring and preserving the cave’s natural beauty?
Son Doong Cave gets top promotion Visa exemptions to help regain tourism New massive cave discovered in central Viet Nam national park Son Doong cave makes NYT travel list New tours of nation's biggest cave to be organised on trial basis Son Doong Cave. — Photo quangbinhtourism Son Doong Cave – the world's largest cave located in the central province of Quang Binh, has been named on a list of "28 incredibly beautiful places you won't believe actually exist" by Buzzfeed – a New York-based social news and entertainment website. The entrance to the cave was first discovered by a local man in 1991, and was further explored by a group of cavers from the British Cave Research Association in 2009. The cave, which is believed to have been created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding limestone underneath a mountain, has been opened to tourists. It costs about US$3,000 per person, and the tours are already fully booked until 2015. Only 220 permits have been … [Read more...]
Son Doong cave makes NYT travel list
Son Doong Cave gets top promotion Visa exemptions to help regain tourism New tours of nation's biggest cave to be organised on trial basis Experts confirm world's longest river cave in Quang Binh Province World's largest cave to open to visitors Bucket listed: Thien Duong, which is another cave in central Quang Binh Province. — VNS Photo Bao Huy HA NOI (VNS)— The Central Quang Binh Province has been included in a list drawn up by the New York Times of 52 global places to go to in 2014. The New York Times put the province in the eighth place on the list, behind other destinations in Africa, America, Europe and New Zealand. It has been selected for its cave system, especially Son Doong cave, the world's biggest. It is said to have been created 2 to 5 million years ago due to river water erosion of the limestone underneath a mountain. The cave, which was discovered in 2009 by British caver Howard Limbert and earlier by a local man, is said to have enough space to … [Read more...]
Son Doong adventure tours all booked for 2014 travel period
Bookings to Son Doong cave in Quang Binh Province are full for next year, according to Oxalis international travel company, the company permitted to pilot the adventure tour to the world biggest cave, Son Doong. Four hundred tourists have booked tours to the cave next year, at least US$3,000 each. Six hundred tourists worldwide contacted the company for the tour in 2015. — VNS … [Read more...]
Cable car will not pass through Son Doong
A corner of Son Doong, the world's biggest cave. The cable-car system will not pass through the cave as many people had thought. — Photo baotintuc.vn HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Authorities in the central province of Quang Binh on November 4 issued clarifications about the construction of the Phong Nha–Ke bang cable-car system. The public opinion had been that the 10.6km cable-car system project will have four routes and also pass through the world's biggest cave, Son Doong. However, Chairman of provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huu Hoai said that the project is being surveyed and will have two routes. The first route is from Phong Nha Cave's gate to Tra Ang Bridge, and the second from the Tra Ang Bridge to a point near Song Doong Cave's last gate. The two routes will be at a height of 50m to 250m from the ground and will not pass through the Son Doong Cave as many people had thought. Hoai said the province has asked the Ministry of Construction to plan the cable-car … [Read more...]
Maximum of 900 guests allowed to visit Son Doong in 2018
Oxalis tour operator, the only travel company allowed to organise tours to the well-known Son Doong Cave, in the central province of Quang Binh, officially opened its ticket sales to explore the world’s largest cave for 2018, with a route of four days and three nights. For the first time visitors are allowed to cross the Great Wall of Vietnam inside Son Doong, helping to cut down the time needed to explore the world’ largest cave. (Photo courtesy to Oxalis) According to Oxalis General Director Nguyen Chau A, his company offered 460 slots in the first sale. This morning, about 250 guests already bought tickets. In 2018, Quang Binh province will allow a maximum of 900 visitors to set foot in Son Doong cave. The expedition will be shortened to four days and three nights, helping visitors to cross the Great Wall of Vietnam for the first time, a stalagmite wall almost 100m high near the end of Son Doong. Visitors will get out of the cave by the “back door”, … [Read more...]