Coming to Quang Binh, what to do & see? Exploring Son Doong cave is an interesting experience when you travel to Quang Binh on your Vietnam journey. Discovering Son Doong cave tour allows tourists to admire one of the top caves in the world. 

Son Doong cave overview

Son Doong cave is located in Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province and a part of Phong Nha - Ke Bang cave complex. This cave is the largest natural cave in the world with 9 km in length, about  an area of 38,5 million cubic meters with the ceiling reaching 200m in height and 150 in width. 

Son Doong cave

According to experts, Son Doong cave has existed from about 2 to 5 million years ago and formed by the flow of a river across a limestone area. Some international channels had written about this cave. National Geographic evaluated Son Doong cave that is the best adventour in 2014 and 2019. Besides, the cave was ranked in top 5 adventure trips worldwide and voted its campsite in the world in  2017 by British Daily Mail. 

Son Doong cave Vietnam is honored as the first and only landmark to receive 3 world records from Guinness World Records (UK), World Record Association (Hong Kong), and World Records Union (USA and India).

Best time to visit Son Doong cave

The best time to visit Son Doong cave is from January to August. The average temperature is from 30C, the light sun and not rainy. You can explore Son Doong cave following your way, more comfortable and not feel exhausting. 

Don't come to Son Doong cave from September to December. At this time, the weather is rainy, windy and usually floods.

How to get to Son Doong cave?

If you stay anywhere in Vietnam, the best quickly is by airplane. You come to Dong Hoi airport, after you rent a private car from Dong Hoi airport to Son Doong cave. The journey is comfortable and enjoyable with car rental service from Vietnam Trust Car Rental. 

To save your budget, you should book a bus to Son Doong cave. The price is from 200.000 vnd - 5000.000vnd depending on the departure site.  You can book a train to transfer to Son Doong cave, Quang Binh. However ,transfer by train is so long, you should consider this vehicle. 

What to do in Son Doong cave?

Explore unique flora

If you see from exterior, you will only watch its towering rock walls. The deeper inside, you will be surprised  with a unique flora system. The flora in Son Doong cave is rich and beautiful due to its underground watercourses nourishing and the light from the cave's roof. 

Admire the underground river system

Not only is there diverse flora, Son Doong cave but also has a large underground river system and some small waterfalls. When the sunlight  illuminates the river through the cave ceiling, creating the majestic and captivating scenery that makes anyone seeing it wreck.

Visit majestic stalagmite

If you come to Son Doong cave, don't miss out on the stalagmite system with many unusual shapes. These stalagmites here are hundreds of millions of years old. Some stalagmite are more than 70m high, creating magnificent beauty. 

Admire the largest cave pearls in the world. 

Cave pearls are popular in caves. In the other caves, cave pearls are only 1cm in diameter, in Son Doong caves, the pearls have ones the size of baseballs. So, many experts recognized that Son Doong cave is the largest cave pearl in the world. 

Itinerary for Son Doong cave tours

Day 1: Coming to Phong Nha. 

You should need to be in Dong Hoi at 3:00pm due to its safety briefing at Oxalis's office at 5:00pm. If you don't attend the briefing, you can't enjoy the Son Doong tour and no refund your money refunded. 

At the briefing, you will receive some papers and get your gear. Continue, the express check your trekking shoes and backpack. You have a warm dinner at Oxalis Home. After, you go back to the hotel and prepare for the journey tomorrow. 

Day 2: Visit Doong village - Hang En cave

You will walk downhill with a distance of 350m in the national park. Continue walking for about 30 minutes to Ban Doong village. Visitors will have lunch here. After lunch, you come about 3 hours to Hang En cave to camingsite. You will stay overnight before you approach Son Dong cave the next day. 

Day 3: Hang En cave - Son Doong cave

Explore Hang En cave and admire the cool exit frm Peter Pan movie. To come to Son Doong cave, you need to come across a river and go up a steep hill. 

You will receive a safe descent into the cave. Continuing down the entrance slopes and crossing more rivers, you can see the "Hand of Dog" stalagmite. Tourist can bathroom at the first campsite of Son Doong cave which is "Level Playing Fields". 

Hang En cave

Day 4: Son Doong cave - Garden of Edam 

To come to "Watch out for Dinosaurs", or Doline 1, you must climb across tight caves. You will have the opportunity to see the beautiful views when the sunlight comes in. 

You can eat lunch here. After, you continue to walk on the calcite pathways  to the Garden of Edam at Donline 2. You will campsite here. Don't forget to take photos and enjoys the beauty of views. 

James Bond Sinkhole

 Day 5: Great Wall Of Vietnam - Son Doong Exit - Chay Lap Farmstay

Continuing the day 5 of Son Doong cave tour, you will take on the Great Wall of Vietnam, bringings the challenging experiences in Song Doong. Enjoy the lunch, you exist the cave, come across the rock part and trek to the forest to Ho Chi Minh trail. End the Son Doong tour. After, the guide takes you back to Chay Lap Farmstay. 

Day 6: Chay Lap Farmstay - Dong Hoi

Tourists can explore some attractions in Phong Nha such as Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Blue Diamond Camp, Chay Lap Water Sports Center and Paradise Cave.

Son Doong cave is one of the best place to visit in Quang Ninh, explore the stunning landscape, adventure experience with the biggest cave in the world. If you need a car rental with a driver, let's free contact us.