Top 10 caves in Quang Binh that you must visit in your lifetime

Phong Nha Cave

Phong Nha Cave was formed hundreds of millions of years ago due to weathering processes occurring in the heart of limestone mountains and was evaluated by the British Royal cave expedition team as a typical wonder for its aesthetic and geological value. natural world. According to explorers, Phong Nha cave meets 7 criteria: having the most beautiful underground river; a high and wide cave entrance; beautiful sandy beaches and reefs; a beautiful underground lake; a large and beautiful dry cave; a magical and magnificent stalactite system and the longest water cave.

Phong Nha Cave in Quang Binh is a cave in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park and is a world natural heritage recognized by UNESCO. With its vast architecture and magical views, the cave has a length of more than 7,729m including 14 caves and an underground river up to 13,969m long. The cave entrance is about 10m high, 25m wide and has many large rooms with high ceilings, creating a large and poetic space.

Address: Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park.

Ticket price: 150,000 VND/person/turn.

Paradise Cave

Thien Duong Cave is located in a complex of limestone mountains over 190m high, located entirely in the primeval forest of the ecosystem of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. 

With a length of 31.4 km, Thien Duong Cave is considered by the Royal British Cave Association to be the longest dry cave in Asia with a majestic beauty that must rank among the top in the world. At the same time, Thien Duong cave is also a world natural heritage recognized by UNESCO.

Visitors will have to climb more than 500 steps to reach the cave. Stepping through the cave entrance is a large space with countless stalactites and stalagmites. The inside of Thien Duong cave always has a temperature difference of about 16 degrees Celsius compared to the outside.

Address: Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province.

Ticket price: 250,000 VND/person/turn.

Son Doong Cave

Son Doong Cave is not only a unique destination in Vietnam but also the largest and most majestic cave on the planet. In 2009, National Geographic magazine honored Hang Son Doong as the largest natural limestone cave in the world. In 2013, Hang Son Doong was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest natural cave on Earth.

With a total length of nearly 9km and a large cave dome, Son Doong Cave has a huge volume of up to 38.5 million cubic meters. This makes it far surpass other natural caves in the world and become the largest cave on the planet. 

Son Doong Cave is located in Phong Nha Ke Bang national park. Adventure tour has the highest difficulty level in Vietnam. To protect the environment and animals in the cave, the number of tourists allowed to visit Son Doong Cave each year is very limited. This makes the experience special and rare.

Address: Tan Trach, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh

Tour price: $3,000/person

Cha Loi Cave

Cha Loi Cave is a beautiful cave located in the south of Quang Binh. Here with many different experiences and many emotions. Cha Loi Cave with unforgettable experiences during the tour. Cha Loi cave system combines 3 caves: Van cave, Kieu cave and Cha Loi cave.

With moderate difficulty level 3, it will be an extremely attractive experience for young people and business organizations. In addition to visiting unique cave experiences, visitors can also trek under primeval mountains and forests and beautiful cold water streams. Experience this adventure tour with just the right level of difficulty.

1-day tour price 1,650,000 VND/person

Tour price 2 days 1 night 4,370,000 VND/person

Kong Collapse

Kong Collapse is one of the leading adventure tourism products in Vietnam today. In addition to trekking, explore caves like other adventure tours are exploiting. At Kong Collapse , visitors can participate in adventurous ziplining activities. To participate in this tour, you must be trained by the travel company before departure.

The Kong Collapse exploration tour is held for 4 days and 3 nights.

Hang En (  Swallow Cave )

Hang En is the third largest cave in the world located in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park. If you go to Son Doong, you will stop by and stay 1 night at En Cave. To conquer Hang En, you have to cross a hill with quite a difficult slope. You also pass through a Doong village where people of the Bru Van Kieu ethnic group live.

The reason this cave is called En cave is because in spring and summer this is the place where thousands of swallows live and reside. This creates an extremely unique landscape when thousands of birds fly through cracks and small holes in the cave to feed and sing to invite their mates.

Chay River - Dark Cave

Dark Cave Chay River, also known as Dark Chay River, is one of the unique and interesting tourist destinations when traveling to Quang Binh. 

At Chay River, visitors can fully enjoy the combination of sports and beautiful nature. When you row a boat on the river, you not only admire the beauty of the mountains and forests and the flowing river, but also have the opportunity to admire the creatures living underwater. 

Dark Cave is a place that still retains its wild beauty and has never been affected by tourism activities. In this cave, natural jade stone formations have many unique shapes and diverse styles. The cave is also the habitat of many animals such as swallows, bats and Ha Tinh langurs... creating a mysterious and attractive atmosphere for those who like to explore nature.

Address: Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province.

Sightseeing ticket price: 450,000 VND/person/package ticket.

Tu Lan cave system

Tu Lan cave system is located in Tan Hoa, Minh Hoa district. This is one of the adventure tourism destinations in Quang Binh. Here, dozens of caves of different sizes are put into tourism exploitation. Coming to Tu Lan, visitors will participate in a 1 to 3 day tour.

From Phong Nha, visitors will travel about 90km to reach the Tu Lan cave system. From the operations center you will trek to explore the destinations in this tour program.

Tra Ang Cave

Tra Ang Cave is a water cave located in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park. Coming to Tra Ang, visitors can visit and swim in the cool water of the cave. Or walk in Phong Nha Ke Bang national park.

Tra Ang Stream is a stream starting from the mouth of Tra Ang cave, flowing parallel to 20 Quyet Thang Street, more than 04km long, then flowing underground into the Ke Bang limestone massif, merging into the Phong Nha underground river, and eventually joining Phong Nha cave.

Ruc Mon Cave

Ruc Mon Cave is a cave that is exploited in the form of adventure tourism in Minh Hoa. This is an attractive tourism product with a beautiful underground river experience. The cave is associated with the Can Vuong movement

Ruc Mon Cave is covered by towering limestone mountains dating back hundreds of millions of years. Because the cave has not been exploited much for tourism and conservation by local people. So Ruc Cave today still retains its impressive wild features. These are large limestone blocks, cool green rivers and sparkling stalagmites and stalactites.

Pygmy Cave

Pygmy is the world's fourth largest cave, located deep in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, discovered in 1997. The cave entrance is about 100 m high and wide, 845 m long. During the day, light can penetrate the cave. The cave's exit is also a camping area.

In the Pygmy cave, there is water flowing from the ceiling, used for drinking, cooking and living. The light shines deep into the cave, helping many ferns grow green. At the exit, visitors can see many forest ropes and bamboo tied by local people to swing up into caves to exploit bird's nests and honey.

Mooc Water Spring

Mooc Spring in Quang Binh is hidden in the mountains and forests, creating a peaceful and poetic space when arriving here. The highlight of the stream is the rows of clear blue waterfalls and fresh lakes, creating an extremely beautiful landscape

At the same time, Suoi Mooc is suitable for those who want to leave the noisy urban life and enjoy a peaceful, quiet space. This is the ideal place to relax, immerse yourself in nature and relax your soul.

Chau Khe Nuoc Trong Cave Nature Reserve

A prominent tourist attraction that has recently been put into operation for tourism is Chau Khe Nuoc Trong Cave. The People's Committee of Quang Binh province has just assigned NETIN LLC to test exploit products to conquer Duong Cam and Cong Troi waterfall at Chau Khe Nuoc Trong Cave natural reserve. This is the only attractive canyoning experience in Quang Binh.

On the tour, visitors will trek at Tien stream with a total length of more than 8km. The first zipline over the waterfall in Quang Binh. You will get lost in the primeval forest with many large trees, considered the remains of the Jurassic period.

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