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ccording to Oxalis, the travel agency offering the
Son Doong adventure, their tours are fully booked
until 2016. What is more, over a thousand inter-
national tourists who applied to take the tour were
rejected due to a lack of fitness. The price of the tour is around
$3000 per person.
Son Doong cave is a very special place and only 224 tour-
ists are allowed to enter per year. The local authority also
limits the number of tours to four per month.
It is hidden in Phong Nha- Ke Bang National Park in Bo
Trach district, Quang Binh province, near the Laos-Vietnam
border. The name Son Doong means ‘mountain river cave’. It
was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding the
limestone underneath the mountain.
Son Doong cave in the central province of Quang Binh is well-known as the
world’s largest cave. Discovered in 2009, it is now one of the hottest spots
in Vietnam and the nation’s most expensive tour.
Duc Hanh
recounts her
experience of conquering this true natural wonder
Sheer cliff faces and peaceful, winding rivers are key features of the area’s landscape
A whole other world