All tours to Son Doong cave, described as the world’s largest cave,in the central province of Quang Binh have been fully booked up to 2015.
According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department ofCulture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Ky, each tour to the cave willlast for seven days and six nights at a cost of 3,000 USD.
Dueto adventurous nature of the trips, each travel company is permitted tolaunch four tours per month and each of the tours will include at mosteight visitors assisted by tens of tourism workers, he said.
Apart from Son Doong tours, Quang Binh province has also designed otherssuch as Rao Thuong-Swallow cave, Dark cave-Mooc spring and Sinh Tonvalley-Aquarium cave.
Son Doong cave, which scientists say tohave been created 2 to 5 million years ago, was first discovered inPhong Nha-Ke Bang National Park by a local man in 1991.
The cave was later made public in 2009 by a group of Britishscientists from the British Cave Research Association after theirsurveying trip in the park.
Son Doong is foundto have a length of at least 6.5 kilometres and estimated to be 200metres in width and 150 metres in height. With its largest chamberjudged to be 250 metres in height, the cave is said to have enough spaceto accommodate 40-storey skyscrapers.
It has madeheadlines in prestigious magazines and on television channels, includingthe National Geographic in 2011. From August last year, tourists havebeen permitted to visit the cave.-VNA
According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department ofCulture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Ky, each tour to the cave willlast for seven days and six nights at a cost of 3,000 USD.
Dueto adventurous nature of the trips, each travel company is permitted tolaunch four tours per month and each of the tours will include at mosteight visitors assisted by tens of tourism workers, he said.
Apart from Son Doong tours, Quang Binh province has also designed otherssuch as Rao Thuong-Swallow cave, Dark cave-Mooc spring and Sinh Tonvalley-Aquarium cave.
Son Doong cave, which scientists say tohave been created 2 to 5 million years ago, was first discovered inPhong Nha-Ke Bang National Park by a local man in 1991.
The cave was later made public in 2009 by a group of Britishscientists from the British Cave Research Association after theirsurveying trip in the park.
Son Doong is foundto have a length of at least 6.5 kilometres and estimated to be 200metres in width and 150 metres in height. With its largest chamberjudged to be 250 metres in height, the cave is said to have enough spaceto accommodate 40-storey skyscrapers.
It has madeheadlines in prestigious magazines and on television channels, includingthe National Geographic in 2011. From August last year, tourists havebeen permitted to visit the cave.-VNA
