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.
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Hang is part of the underground system connected khổng lồ 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 lớn avoid the rain.
By some time in 2006 when the expedition Association Royal cave to this area, the Ho Khanh new poll to lớn 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 và collecting scientific data. They also spent a great honor for this cave named Ho Khanh.
April 22, 2009, the delegation Association Royal Cave Limbirt led by Howard announced the cave & found that the kích thước of Son Doong cave is actually the world’s largest. In January 2010, the explorers returned lớn Son Doong lớn 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 & 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 lớn 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 thủ đô new york city (USA).
In caves the researchers found a 2.5 km long underground river and has a high stone columns up to lớn 70 m.
Son Doong Expedition has welcomed over 5000 guests since its official opening in 2013 và is nearly always full. A customer usually makes a reservation at least six lớn twelve months in advance. The world’s largest cave expedition is not by chance a strong tourist attraction, a popular filming location, and a top truyền thông brand. Particularly, it is regarded as a world-class experience tour. Let’s find out why.
A MOST unique UNDERGROUND WORLDSon Doong Cave is well-known for its enormous size by volume, as well as a cross-section that has been meticulously measured. The main huge passage is over 5km long with sections reaching up khổng lồ 200m tall and 165m wide, large enough to house an entire 40-story thủ đô new york City skyscraper. Thereby, Guinness World Records recognized Son Doong Cave as the largest cave in the world in 2015.
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This is considered khổng lồ be the first & only cave on Earth that has its own lush tropical jungle, underground river, và unique climate. Son Doong’s two giant dolines allow sunlight lớn penetrate into them, while also combining with groundwater to form a quality ecosystem unmatched anywhere else in the world. The National Geographic team has described this as one of the most captivating caves in the world.
Thanks to its impressive scenery, Son Doong Cave has become a favorite destination for film crews of various famous television channels around the world. These include National Geographic, BBC, ABC, NHK, Hong Kong, Singapore. Son Doong Cave was the main background for the music video Alone Pt. II by a world-famous artist – Alan Walker. The new york Times ranked Son Doong cave as one of the world’s best destinations in 2014. It has been named among the đứng đầu 10 “most breathtakingly picturesque places to lớn visit on the planet” by Global Grasshopper. Besides, National Geographic, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Trip Advisor, Huffington Post, etc have also hailed the beauty of Son Doong.
AN INCOMPARABLE WORLD-CLASS ADVENTUREThe detailed itinerary of the Son Doong Expedition is carefully designed by the operations team, with the safety advice of British Vietnam Caving Expedition Team . It’s not easy to lớn conquer the world’s largest cave adventure. The 4-day expedition requires participants khổng lồ have a high cấp độ of fitness và previous trekking experience khổng lồ successfully pass through the challenging route. You will experience 17 km of trekking jungle with many river crossings, 8 km caving, 90m ascent of the “Great Wall of Vietnam” with safety harness & ropes và the help of a safety advisor. Many tourists thought that this section was too difficult và they were afraid that they would not be able to complete it wholly. But when they took on the challenge of climbing that calcite wall khổng lồ get out of the cave, they really felt happy and proud to lớn overcome their own fear. Also, the trip is a pleasant way to lớn escape from social media and the hustle, & bustle of work. Experiences here will relax your mind.
Great! Son Doong is the 8th wonder of the world. The trip was very challenging but totally worth it! 99% of the world’s population have not yet experienced this in their lifetime. Son Doong has impressive scenery. Its pristine và pure natural beauty makes you feel lượt thích you are on another planet, Andy H from Canada said.
US Ambassador – Ted Osius, who joined the Son Doong expedition in 2017, shared that he has been khổng lồ many places, made many expeditions, but Son Doong is different. It’s incredibly picturesque và this is one of the most wonderful places in the world.
Son Doong Expedition was voted a top adventure tour in năm trước by National Geographic Adventure Magazine because of these wonderful experiences. In 2019, the trip also was ranked fifth among the 20 greatest adventures ever on the planet by the UK’s Dave TV.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM and COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTSon Doong cave, unlike other types of tourism, is one of the few in the world that limits the number of participants. For conservation purposes as well as lớn ensure customers have the finest experience, each year the number of visitors allowed is limited to 1,000. Each tour is organized in small groups of up khổng lồ 10 people. The tour only lasts from January lớn August every year, the rest time is used to restore the ecosystem.
From the start, Oxalis Adventure và The British Vietnam Caving Expedition Team team have embraced environmental conservation as a way lớn preserve quang đãng Binh’s homeland. Visitors are guided along strict paths mix up within the caves to minimize erosion and protect delicate formations. There is no permanent infrastructure và everything that is brought into the jungle or caves is also taken out. Composting toilets are set up at campsites to lớn protect the jungle and waterways from raw waste.
Besides nature conservation, Oxalis has highlighted local community involvement. We employ local human resources – people who previously did not have stable jobs or used to go khổng lồ the forest and hunt illegally. As we continue khổng lồ grow, more locals are employed. Now, there are very few people who vị such illegal things and that has also contributed khổng lồ the overall protection of nature & the ecosystems of the area.
