For a long time, Phong Nha - Ke Bang has always been dubbed the "kingdom of caves" by Vietnam. From 1990 to 2019, caving expeditions and research of the British Royal Caves Association conducted surveys at more than 350 caves in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. Among them, Son Doong cave is the most valuable discovery during the exploration journey over the past 30 years.
With a length of nearly 9km, at some locations, the ceiling height of the cave is up to 200m, 175m wide, Son Doong cave is really a unique place onmap tourism Vietnam's. This cave can overwhelm all who step into the adventure with its monumental size and mystical beauty. With an estimated total volume of up to 38.5 million cubic meters, Son Doong Cave has surpassed Deer Cave of Malaysia, having previously held the largest cave record in the world.
After many surveys and surveys of famous explorers in the world, there are many mysteries about this cave that are gradually being revealed. In it, there are also interesting facts that you will be surprised!
Son Doong Son Doong was discovered by Mr. Ho Khanh in 1991, on a forest trip to find agarwood. At that time, Mr. Khanh encountered a sudden thunderstorm, was looking for a place to shelter from the rain, accidentally discovered a cave arch. Intending to get into it to shelter from the rain, but when he came to the cave, Khanh caught a strong breeze blowing continuously from inside the cave. Not knowing it was a natural phenomenon, Mr. Khanh immediately thought of the legend of the streamers living in the cave that was blowing wind out, afraid of "creeping hair", Mr. Khanh did not dare to enter the cave anymore but nestled. by the cliff, waiting for the rain to stop and go on.
"It was the first time I came to the door of Son Doong cave, after that because my life was so hard, I forgot about it," - said Mr. Ho Khanh. At the time of discovering Son Doong cave, Mr. Ho Khanh did not know the value of the cave. Not long after that trip, he quit his job searching for agarwood and went back to farming. For the next 15 years, the cave's whereabouts remained in darkness.
In 2007, when an expedition of the Royal Society of England came to search for a new cave in Phong Nha - Ke Bang, Mr. Khanh brought his story to tell them. That is when the journey to find the old cave begins. Anh Khanh also took the expedition to find Son Doong cave for 2 days but could not find it.
During that trip, Mr. Howard Limbert himself, when observing the natural phenomenon of the surrounding area, asserted that Khanh must have a large cave recently. However, even with the help of advanced scientific equipment and Google Earth software, the expedition still could not find Son Doong cave. It was not until 2009 that Mr. Ho Khanh officially rediscovered the old cave.
According to geologists, Son Doong cave was formed about 2 - 5 million years ago, when river water flowed across the limestone area was buried along a fault line. The water eroded food and created a giant tunnel like today. The size of the Son Doong cave is very large with a length of at least 5km, equivalent to the capacity of about 68 Boeing 777 aircraft. Even this number may be larger because according to scientists, modern means. Today, most of the cave has yet to be discovered.
In Son Doong cave, experts discovered very large positions. A photo taken by photographer Carten Peter in May 2010 recorded a cave with a width of 91.44m and a high arch of nearly 243.84m - completely "stuffed" into a 40-storey building in New York. National Geographic even compared that cave to be as tall as stacking 25 double-decker buses.
The grandeur and grandeur of the landscape of Son Doong cave makes this place honored by the world as "The Great Wall of Vietnam" (roughly translated as "Great Wall of Vietnam"), like "The Great Wall" of China ”is the Great Wall of China).
Not only famous for its huge size but Son Doong cave is also known for its diverse landscape. In Son Doong cave, the explorers discovered a whole primeval forest with rich vegetation, there was no trace of humans. Experts have even called the forest in this cave a "garden of Eden" in honor of this rare beauty.
Another special feature of Son Doong cave is the huge cave stalactite system and "pearl" system. Over millions of years under the influence of external forces, Son Doong owns stalagmite columns as high as 70m.
In addition, it was discovered the cave "pearls" (jade jelly enveloped a kind of sea-like pearl of the sea, composed mainly of calcite) in the world in Son Doong. Normally, these pearls only have a diameter of about 1cm but in Son Doong, they are as big as a baseball.
One of the unique features of Son Doong is its own climate conditions that create diverse ecosystems. Therefore, even going deep underground, visitors can still encounter very strange creatures still exist. More specifically, you will have moments of startling people by the occasional monkey sneaking into the cave to find food.
With its beauty, Son Doong cave attracts a lot of tourists with 98% are foreigners. Among them, there are families of all three generations who have conquered this cave, or even supermodels like Jasmina Mala (Czech) and Crown Prince Ahmed Hamdan (from Abu Dhabi) have also explored the cave. largest in the world in Vietnam.
However, to make the Son Doong expedition, you will have to exercise physically and seriously before the trip because this is not a trip to enjoy for those who love to travel. is a challenging adventure, but exactly you will be the main character in the arduous journey. So Son Doong is a place for only those who have the spirit of adventure to conquer.
Coming to Son Doong, you will have to walk many days in unspoiled jungle without a shadow, soaked up to half wet when wading streams, wearing a hot sun on the head due to climbing with countless cliffs and cliffs as sharp as knives, or heart-wrenching episodes ... Son Doong is such a place, not to come for a walk but to explore with countless challenges coupled with thrills.
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