Tu Lan Cave - an emerging tourist destination in Quang Binh

Coming to Quang Binh tourism, in addition to the long-standing famous caves such as Phong Nha - Ke Bang, Son Doong, there is also a cave system that is still quite wild and mysterious, the beautiful Tu Lan cave system located in Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province. Exploring Tu Lan cave is considered one of the trips with the level of difficulty, just after exploring Son Doong cave 1 level. To experience all the beauty of Tu Lan, visitors need to have a perfect combination of walking, exploring caves, climbing and swimming.

To access this 2 million year old cave system, adventurous tourists must weave through giant stalagmites and stalactites along the paths in large, high, dry caves.

In some other paths located below water level, they are forced to swim on cool underground rivers or overcome waterfalls to conquer a series of consecutive caves. Perhaps this is also the most interesting point in the journey, both a challenge for courage and perseverance, and a test of climbing or swimming skills that have been carefully prepared before the trip of tourists.

The reward for the fatigue is a scene beyond human imagination: towering cave vaults with cliffs bearing traces of erosion when the water level rises during flood season, winding stone steps stretching underfoot or sparkling stalactites of all shapes and unbelievably round "pearls"...

In this mysterious world , experts have discovered some new species of animals that are extremely rare in nature. At the waterfalls that stretch up to 1km in Tu Lan cave, or in dry caves, if you are lucky, you can encounter strange white creatures that can only be found in this environment.

Song: Chi Hoa

Photo: Ryan Deboodt

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