1. about Son Doong, explore Son Doong cave

Son Doong cave is located in Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province, in the Phong Nha – Ke Bang cave complex.

According to researchers, Son Doong cave was formed about 2-5 million years ago. Overall, the cave has a width of 150m, a height of more than 200m, a length of up to 9 km. Estimated capacity of Son Doong cave is 38.5 million cubic meters.

With such a large size, Hang Son Doong has become the largest natural cave in the world. This is the pride of Vietnam as well as the people of Quang Binh when naturally gifted with an extremely precious masterpiece.

2. Discover the birth of the mysterious Son Doong cave exploration journey

Son Doong Cave was discovered in 1991 by Mr. Ho Khanh – a painter who went to the forest to find agarwood. After encountering heavy rain, he looked for a cliff to temporarily hide, suddenly seeing the phenomenon of clouds flying up a lot from the shop with a roar inside.

It wasn’t until 2006, when Howard Limbert’s British Royal Caves Association expedition came to Vietnam to explore this area, Mr. Ho Khanh informed them.

After many failed attempts to find the way, it wasn’t until 2009 that Mr. Ho Khanh and the expedition managed to locate Hang Son Doong. The cave is located deep in the old forest, the terrain is difficult, far from the main road and cannot be found on Google Earth.

With the event on April 5, 2009, after discovering and exploring Son Doong cave, the British expedition shocked the world. The discovery of Son Doong cave is likened to finding the top of Mount Everest underground. Many major foreign newspapers such as Daily Mail, The Sun, Breitbart, Telegraph, etc. simultaneously published about Son Doong cave.

Since Mr. Ho Khanh was the one who discovered this cave, the expedition asked him to name it. He took his own name to name the cave, called Ho Khanh cave. But then the expedition asked him to rename the cave Son Doong and he agreed.

The name “Son Doong” was created by combining the pre-existing place name “Doong” with the Sino-Vietnamese word “son”. Near the entrance of Son Doong cave, there is a village of Van Kieu people called Doong village.

3. Is Son Doong Cave Exploration Tour worth 3000USD worth you to experience?

After being announced as the world’s largest cave, in 2013, Son Doong cave was put into operation in the form of adventure tourism.

Currently, only one unit is allowed to organize Son Doong cave exploration tour that has been selected by Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee, which is Oxalis Adventure with the support of the Royal British Cave Association.

Son Doong Cave Exploration is a type of world-class adventure tour designed according to safety and European standards.

Each tour has 10 guests but up to 30 waiters. In which, there are cave experts, guides, crew assistants, posters, chefs carrying a total of 600kg of equipment in and out of the cave. All waste, domestic waste during the tour is also taken out.

Son Doong tour currently costs 3,000 USD / person and is always full 1 year in advance. Each tour only accepts up to 10 guests to ensure the safety and conservation of the cave. With the careful preparation of the tour and the danger when participating in conquering Son Doong cave, the tour price is also completely reasonable.

Son Doong is a dream destination for many people, but you need to exercise very well to be able to participate in conquering Son Doong adventure.

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To get to Son Doong cave, it will take you about half a day to cross the forest and wade through streams to reach the cave entrance. The cave section has a width of about 92m, the arch is nearly 244m wide, can accommodate a 40-storey building in New York, USA.