News Releases from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
First foreign tourist group explores Son Doong Cave Thursday, 29 August 2013 06:02 This is the first foreign tourist group to have fully explored the world's largest cave. The group comprised of six members from USA, Russia, Australia and Norway. After spending seven days and six nights inside the cave, the foreign tourist group returned to Son Trach Commune. On behalf of leaders of Quang Binh Province, Tran Tien Dung awarded certificates to the six member group. Vietnamese woman spends US$3,000 to see Son Doong Cave Thursday, 29 August 2013 05:58 To mark her thirtieth birthday, a Vietnamese woman spent US$3,000 on a tour of Son Doong Cave--the world largest cave. Nguyen M.H, a freelance advertising executive working in Ho Chi Minh City, was determined to do something extraordinary to mark her thirtieth birthday.She decided to spend US$3,000 on an adventure tour of Son Doong Cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park with other Japanese and Canadian holidaymaker and US photographer Ryan Deboodt to see the inside of the world’s largest cave. Earlier, a foreign tourist group had been the first to explore the Son Doong Cave. QUANG BINH (VNS)-- Sunday, 16 June 2013 09:11 The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Binh has approved an experimental adventure tour to Son Doong Cave suggested by Howard Limbert, expert of the British Cave Research Association. Limbert recommended that due to unexplored nature of cave, the trial tours, to be held twice a month should consist of a group of only seven or eight visitors. Son Doong Cave, found in 1991 in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, is considered the largest cave in the world. It contains a large fast-flowing underground river inside its walls. A group of British scientists from the British Cave Research Association, led by Limbert, conducted a survey in 2009. Limbert also stated in addition to ensuring the safety of the tourists, authorities and travel companies should protect the primary site and the surrounding ecological environment. Exploration of the cave is preferential in dry season, between February and August. The trial tours will be launched next year before operating officially.
