The Quang Binh authorities have okayed a plan to introduce Va and NuocNut caves as new tourist destinations at Phong Nha–Ke Bang NationalPark, Oxalis Ltd Company said.
The company will launch the new route in a few days.
Itwill organise a two-day trip to Va Cave per week in July and August forup to eight persons per tour. In the coming years, up to three Va Cavetours a week between February and August will be organised, drawingabout 750 visitors annually.
The new route includes a 10km trek.On reaching the cave, the tourists will wade through a 500m-long streamin a dark cave, with a maximum water depth of 1m.
The company said the tourists would get a chance to see beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
Especiallyat Va Cave, the stalactites have formed around hard objects such aspieces of wood and sand at the bottom of the lake. The calcium from thewater covers these hard substances, and over time, the stalactitesbecome larger.
The Va and Nuoc Nut caves have the same watersource as the Son Doong Cave, which has been recognised as the largestcave in the world.
The Va and Nuoc Nut caves were examined in 2000 by the British Caving Association.
In the first six months of the year, the province welcomed 1.7 million tourists, 29,300 of whom were foreigners.
QuangBinh province was ranked eighth among the top 52 ideal destinations onthe planet and the first in Asia in 2014, in a list published by the NewYork Times magazine.-VNA
The company will launch the new route in a few days.
Itwill organise a two-day trip to Va Cave per week in July and August forup to eight persons per tour. In the coming years, up to three Va Cavetours a week between February and August will be organised, drawingabout 750 visitors annually.
The new route includes a 10km trek.On reaching the cave, the tourists will wade through a 500m-long streamin a dark cave, with a maximum water depth of 1m.
The company said the tourists would get a chance to see beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
Especiallyat Va Cave, the stalactites have formed around hard objects such aspieces of wood and sand at the bottom of the lake. The calcium from thewater covers these hard substances, and over time, the stalactitesbecome larger.
The Va and Nuoc Nut caves have the same watersource as the Son Doong Cave, which has been recognised as the largestcave in the world.
The Va and Nuoc Nut caves were examined in 2000 by the British Caving Association.
In the first six months of the year, the province welcomed 1.7 million tourists, 29,300 of whom were foreigners.
QuangBinh province was ranked eighth among the top 52 ideal destinations onthe planet and the first in Asia in 2014, in a list published by the NewYork Times magazine.-VNA
