Son Doong cave
Vietnamese: Hang Sơn Doòng
Located : Quảng Bình province, Viet Nam
Length : Approx 9,000m / 30,000ft
Depth : Max 450m / 490ft
Discovery : Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in 2009 by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert
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Son Doong is a solutional cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Bố
Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam recognized as a world
natural heritage site by UNESCO. It is world's largest cave with more
than 200m high, 150m wide and 5km long, the Hang Son Doong cave in
Vietnam is so big it has its own river, jungle and climate.
It was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding away the
limestone underneath the mountain Where the limestone was weak, the
ceiling collapsed creating huge skylights...
The
entrance is quite small and mist from the cave, caused by the cooler
air inside meeting the hot air outside, rises into the surrounding
forest. Visitors must descend 80m down a steep wall with the use of
harnesses and ropes. The huge temperature difference also creates moving
clouds of mist, especially near the two karst windows, which gives the
cave its magically surreal atmosphere .
In
the afternoon – February 11, 2014 - A party for the Crown Prince of the
Abu Dhabi Emirate, who has successfully conquered the world’s largest
cave Son Doong, also was the first person to enter this cave in the year
2014...
In
the morning - May 13, 2015 - The world's largest cave, Son Doong cave
was broadcast live on the "Good Morning America" program of ABC
Television. This is a good chance for the province to promote Vietnam
tourism in general and Quang Binh tourism in particular to international
friend
ABC
invested $ 300,000, and have $ 85,000 sponsorship of a Vietnam tour
company to hire a helicopter, travel accommodation. The group included
12 Americans and 100 people in the cave to help turning.
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