The ceremony was attended by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Tran Tien Dung, representatives of Department of Culture – Sport and Tourism, Management Board of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National and some press agencies in the province.

Cutting ribbons to open “Va Cave and Nuoc Nut Cave, different experiences” tourism route

Nuoc Nut – Va caves route is a journey including walking, trekking, crossing streams… with increasing difficult levels. The new route has the total distance of a 10 kilometre. On reaching the cave, the tourists will wade through a 500 metre long stream in a dark cave, with a maximum water depth of 1 metre, then continue to pass 15 metre high wall for the next compartment, where has stalactite lakes with about 1,000 columns.

The route is exploited three tour per week, lasting from February to August with a maximum of 700-800 visitors a year.

Visitors can select two tours, including two-day tour titled “Hang Va Expedition” with the fourth-level difficulty and one-day tour titled “Nuoc Nut Experience” with the first-level difficulty with the total distance of 4 kilometres.

Visitors will get a chance to see beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Especially at Va Cave, the stalactites have formed around hard objects such as pieces of wood and sand at the bottom of the lake. The calcium from the water covers these hard substances, and over time, the stalactites become larger.

The Va and Nuoc Nut caves have the same water source as the Son Doong Cave, which has been recognised as the largest cave in the world.

The Va and Nuoc Nut caves were examined in 2000 by the British Caving Association.

In order to join this new route, visitors will be provided with safety equipment and conform guidance of experienced experts.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee and his delegation explored Nuoc Nut Cave

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee urged Oxalis Company to exploit this route towards sustainable development, ensuring environmental sanitation and natural landscapes as well as conservation of biodiversity and values of geology and geomorphology of world natural heritage site Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park.

By Nhu Y
(Source: Quang Binh Portal)