Tickets sold out before the whole year, need abundant physical strength and it is important to have…. money
Son Doong is one of the names that can explode the world’s media, helping to put Quang Binh’s name on the “world tourist map”, announced by National Geographic and BCRA as the largest natural cave. world 2010. Not only that, the attraction of travel enthusiasts to Son Doong is the beautiful wild beauty here. And because of that wild beauty, visiting and discovering Son Doong is not as easy as other places.
The hottest tour today, sold out all year in advance
The harsh natural conditions and strict regulations to ensure the preservation of the unspoiled values of this land make it easy to discover and learn about this “wonder” of Vietnamese people and friends around the world. world becomes much more difficult. Currently, the Quang Binh provincial government also only permits Oxalis Adventure to be the only unit exploiting tourism at Son Doong, Hang En, Hang Va, and Nuoc Nut caves and is the management unit of the Tu Lan cave system. , including Hang Tien 1 & 2.
According to information on the website of this unit, the tour “Conquering Son Doong – the world’s largest cave” has sold out all tickets for visitors in 2022 and is continuing to sell tickets to visit in 2023. also opened ticket sales for 2023 and so far, the first 100 guests have reached the tour, of which 80% are foreign visitors. All of this proves the great attraction of this cave complex.
Explore Son Doong in the top of the world’s great adventures.
Son Doong Cave is located in the Phong Nha – Ke Bang cave complex in Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province. Inside the cave is a rich natural flora like a tropical forest including many growing trees, an underground river 2.5km long, stalactites columns up to 70m high, coral populations and relics. fossil animals. Since being surveyed in 2009, the fascinating and harsh nature of Son Doong has always made adventure travel lovers “craving” to visit to experience and challenge themselves.
The tourism product “Conquer Son Doong – the world’s largest cave” has sold out all 1,000 tickets for domestic tourists in 2022 (Photo: Oxalis Adventure).
The cost is as expensive as traveling around Europe
In order to ensure the integrity of the natural landscape, each tour can only serve up to 10 guests, but it requires 30 attendants, including cave experts, international guides, safety assistants, inspectors, etc. Rangers, cooks and porters bring a total of about 600kg of equipment in and out of the cave.
Huge, beautiful stalactite that visitors can visit on the tour. (Photo: Oxalis Adventure).
Currently, the price of a tour to explore Son Doong cave is up to 64.5 million VND, equivalent to 3,000 USD/person for 7 days and 6 nights. Including 5 days and 4 nights in the cave and 2 days in Phong Nha and Dong Hoi. USD 660 is also included in this fee, which is the entrance fee and forest environment service fee paid to the management board of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park.
In addition, visitors must prepare necessary personal items but still have to ensure the requirements of the tour such as quick-drying clothes, swimwear, medicine, biodegradable shampoo and shower gel to use. In rivers, walking shoes in slippery terrain.
Despite such an expensive cost, many people still think it is extremely worth it to ensure their own safety while on an adventure tour as well as to preserve the wild beauty of this place for a long time.
Challenging terrain requires extremely good physical strength
Had enough money and luck to book a tour ticket, but the difference that makes the rigors of this tour is in the mandatory requirement that participants must be 18 years or older, in good health, Follow the training regimen before 3-6 months, run 20km every day and practice climbing within 1 month.
Son Doong Tour is rated at a difficult adventure level with a total walking distance of more than 60km. That is, visitors have to walk nearly 10km every day.
Miss H’Hen Nie also had the opportunity to experience climbing on the craggy rocks in this cave.
Visitors have to swim in a flooded cave in a section located in Son Doong cave. (Photo: Oxalis Adventure).
Personnel and equipment are equipped to ensure the utmost safety for tourists: The expedition included 2 caving experts of the British Cave Research Association, a guide, an assistant guide To ensure the safety of visitors, the luggage porter team carries all necessary equipment and prepares meals, rescue medical equipment and satellite TV (only for expedition experts). caves), camping equipment including tents, sleeping mats, sleeping bags, exploration equipment and protective equipment such as helmets, headlights, harnesses, gloves… however, because of the cave location slippery, craggy, so this tour still has to clearly ensure the responsibility of the parties by asking guests to sign the Waiver.
Because of these things, no matter how magnificent and famous this cave is, there are still few people who can have enough health and courage to challenge themselves to this place.
The tour has 1-0-2 where nature is absolutely respected
When entering the cave, visitors will feel like they are back in the primitive life: No internet, no phone signal or TV. The expedition team will provide maximum support for visitors with environmentally friendly personal hygiene, without affecting the ecology. In particular, everything brought in must be brought out of the cave, including human waste.
Son Doong expedition tour is also designed with criteria to ensure compliance with European safety standards.
The breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest cave. (Photo: Oxalis Adventure).
Because of the above characteristics, Son Doong cave is not just a simple visit or a gentle resort, but an extremely adventurous and difficult journey, only for those who really want to challenge themselves. . However, when you can “enjoy” the magnificent and unique scenery like Son Doong, you can feel like “going to heaven”.
In case you can’t afford to explore Son Doong, many other famous places of Quang Binh province such as Rao Thuong – Hang En, Hang Va – Nuoc Nut cave, Tu Lan cave, Tien cave are also worth experiencing in the trip. this summer.
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