In 1991, a local man named Ho Khanh found Son Doong Cave when he heard the whistling sound of the wind and the roar of a rushing stream from the entrance. However, until 2009, it was officially discovered by the British Cave Research Association. The cave has been opened to the public since 2013.
Son Doong cave is magnificent inside
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Son Doong Cave is more than 5 kilometres long (3.1 miles), 200 metres high (660 ft) and 150 metres wide (490 ft). According to Haward Limbirts – the member of the British Cave Research Association team, with these numbers, the cave is five times as large as nearby caves like Phong Nha Cave and Hang En. Accordingly, Son Doong cave overtook Deer Cave in Malaysia to take the title of the world’s largest cave.
The sparkling entrance of the world’s largest cave
The sparkling entrance of the world’s largest cave
The cave contains some of the tallest known stalagmites in the world, which are up to 70 m tall. Behind the Great Wall of Vietnam, there are pearls found inside the cave with the large size of baseballs.
It is estimated that Son Doong cave was created 2-5 million years ago by the river water eroding away the limestone underneath the mountain, where the limestone was unstable. The ceiling collapsed and created huge skylights.
The natural beauty of the cave
The natural beauty of the cave
This cave is near the Vietnam-Laos border. It is very deep and has a big lake inside. Jungles emerge from inside the cave, misty clouds enveloping the whole scene, and fossil passages were considered the proofs of the cave’s ancient existence.
It attracts a lot of adventurers
To reach Hang Son Doong, tourists have to first go on foot across the Ban Doong ethnic minority village, the only village located inside the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park with the population of less than 40 people.
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