Phong Nha Ke-Bang National Park is a designated UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003. The park is south of Ha Noi and borders Laos. It has about 885 sq km of hundreds of cave systems. Only three caves are opened to the public with limited access. Phong Nha Cave has been open to the public for several years. Paradise Cave opened in 2006 and Son Dong Cave in 2014.
We flew to Dong Hoi and stayed at a hotel there. From Dong Hoi, we booked a private tour to visit two caves: Phong Nha and Paradise. The park is about 60 km northwest Dong Hoi and takes one and half hour to get to Paradise Cave. Paradise Cave extends for over 30 km and is the world's longest dry cave. Only the first kilometer is open to the general public. The next seven kilometers are open to experienced cave spelunkers.
In the cave, every time we turned around, there was another beautiful site.
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| Entrance to Paradise Cave. |
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| Going down into the cave. |
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| Tien's favorite, 'The Christmas Tree". |
In the afternoon, we visited Phong Nha Cave by boat.
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| The boats lined up to go to Phong Nha Cave. |
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| Cave entrance. |
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| Inside the cave |
It was a treat to see these two amazing caves.
The following morning we went by mini-van to Da Nang and then on to Hoi An by bus.
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