Exploration journey the world's largest cave in Vietnam

(vietnam tours operator) On the road to the grotto Son Doong, the British expedition was blocked by a towering limestone walls, an estimated 60 meters. Titus overhead, they see the light shine down, but not the other side know what the stone wall.

Exploration journey largest cave in the world - for many years and the great photos of the cave has launched the world. Later this month, Son Doong will again distinguish the Japanese company NHK scientific presentation of the first 3D movies of the cave to 60 countries.

Son Doong cave attract attention and amazement of the scientists inside the cave by the forests, the world's longest underground river, and so far the explorers did not know what is the end of the cave.

This cave is part of the system of about 150 caves, hidden in the park of Phong Nha - Ke Bang in Quang Binh province. Many cave systems explorer has not been to, contains within him the mysterious beauty.

Limber Howard heads a team of cave explorers Caves Association in Britain, to be told that Vietnam was predestined. After applying, he and his wife allowed the expedition in 1990 and since then they started the journey to conquer the mysterious cave.

In 2009, the expedition started conquering Son Doong. They discovered more than 4 km in the cave before being stopped by a wall of mud and limestone to over 60 meters high. They named it the Great Wall of Vietnam. High above, the expedition saw only an empty space and light but does not know the other side of the wall is.


A year later, the British explorer 7 with some scientists and porters union workers back to climb over the wall if possible, measure the way in the cave and go forward, if possible, to the end of the cave. They position of the limestone wall above the nearby witnessed a large pile of broken limestone, probably from the high ceiling down.

Mark Jenkins, a member of the expedition, including the NatGeo: "The path before me appeared a huge debris, stones in the building had to work from the ceiling down to the cave. I look back neck but the vast space of the cave swallow the flickering light from the flashlight on my head, as if I were looking at the night sky without stars such. They told me to stand in that space enough for a Boeing 747 song I have no way to be sure. The darkness around me like my head was so covered by a sleeping bag.

"A major highlight overflows into the cave-like waterfalls. The light passes through a hole in the ceiling at least 90 meters wide," Jenkins told to. "Light - len deep inside the cave - reveal the enormous of Son Doong. Sugar in the cave is probably to 90 feet wide, nearly 250 meter high ceiling: enough space to accommodate a 40-storey high building like in New York. Near the ceiling also the light clouds. " 


Through expeditions later, the laser surveying instrument with precision, the cave explorer said Son Doong 200m wide rows, higher than 150 m, a length of at least 6.5 km. In the grotto is the height to 250 m.


Caves Association has recognized the Royal announced Son Doong is natural caves with the largest dome, the title is from a cave in Malaysia.

However, the expedition will not find a cave mouth, if not the help of local people. Mr. Limbert said: "Mr. Khanh worked with us from the beginning. Will not find anything without him. "

Ho Khanh wrote on Nat Geo: "I live in a village near the cave. My father died in war making as a child I had to seek a living in the jungle. For years I have been hunting over the Vietnam-Laos border, hiding in caves to avoid or evade the storm rain bomb ". 

"Make three expeditions I find this Son Doong cave. Mr.Khanh found from a young door but forgot to know where it is. He find it in 2009 and reported to us, "Limbert said. 

Expert Howard Limbert said: "We have 13 trips in 20 years of collaboration with the University of Natural Sciences in Hanoi (now) and just over 100 miles explored caves are found. It's just a small part of massive limestone blocks, as well as an area we arrived just a fraction of the entire massif. The potential caves here enormous. with speed as the current discovery, we it will remain impossible to know all the caves here. " 

 

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Son Doong cave received Viet Nam record.

Day 11/6, Centre for the record books of Vietnam - recognized Vietkings world's largest cave paint line (Quang Binh) is a cave with the largest dome of water. On this occasion, Quang Binh province received 10 different record.

Before being awarded a record in Vietnam, Son Doong Cave was known line in the world. Sites located in the cave systems, Phong Nha - Ke Bang was discovered in 1992.

Dated 22/04/2009, the Association caves Royal Limbirt led by Mr Howard has acknowledged this is a natural cave has the largest dome. With a width of 200 m, length 6.5 km, higher than 150 m, flow through the cave Son Deer Cave in Mulu National Park of Malaysia Gunnung to position the largest natural cave. In addition, the caves have some larger size, including stone columns as high as 14 m.

This record was given to 20h on 11 / 6 at The Eco Resort Paradise, in the closing ceremony of the "Week of Culture - Tourism in Quang Binh in 2011. "

On this occasion, Quang Binh Province has received 10 different record. The first is the title of Local largest cave system, with cave systems, Phong Nha - Ke Bang has more than 300 known caves, big and small. Next is the record such as: Local system has many underground rivers best: the Son River, river flowing river with a length of 20 km Trooc, Local Ho Chi Minh trail system (including the East Branch and West Branch ) Going through the longest of Quang Binh province, hot water stream cast is the highest temperature: Bang Mineral Springs, is a natural source of hot water injection on a 250 m long valley 600 m long distributed into three regions not equally, in which the center has 36 nozzles clear.

Son River, an underground river system meandering of Phong Nha - Ke Bang

Quang Binh provinces also: sand beach and the longest, narrowest width terrain, dry cave with a length of one: The Paradise of the dome of the cave system, located in sub-regional ecological restoration of cell production Phong Nha - Ke Bang, the Association of British royal cave discovered in 2005.

In addition, The Paradise also received the title of the record: the longest wooden bridge (path corridor system in the cave of Heaven is made of wood near the ship has a length of 1,000 m, width 2.1 m. ), The long dry stalactites system unique ...

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SAPA TOUR BY TRAIN (3 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS)

Vietnam has 54 ethnic groups and the area around Sapa is an exciting place to see the lives, culture and costumes of some of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities. In this part of the country the minorities still dress in their traditional colorful clothing – especially the women. Each group has its own distinct color and style of dress.

Day 1: Night train Hanoi - Lao Cai.
You will be picked up from your hotel at 20:00 for transfer to the train station. Take a night train to Lao Cai. The night train leaves at 21:10. O/N on train (soft sleeper, deluxe cabin).

Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat village - Sapa.
You arrive at Lao Cai train station early in the morning (around 05:30). Pick up and transfer to Sapa by bus(35km - about 1 hour drive). Check-in at Cat Cat Hotel. In the morning, you will have time on your own to enjoy the view of Fansipan (3.143m) on the other side of the Sapa valley and to explore the market where some of the different ethnic minority groups come into town to sell their products. In the afternoon, you will walk down to visit Cat Cat village and the beautiful valley, which is home of the Black H’Mong people. Black H’Mong is one of the biggest and poorest minority groups in the Sapa area. But they are proud of their culture and stick to their traditions and way of living. They have their own language and wear traditional indigio blue clothing.
Stay overnight at Cat Cat Hotel, Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa - Ta Phin village - Sapa - Lao Cai - Hanoi.
Today a jeep or motorbike will take you to Ta Phin village where you will experience the customs and life of Red Dao people. The Red Dao women have very colourful red embroideries and coins on their clothing. On the head they wear a deep red scarf. Some of the women have shaved off their eyebrows because a hairless face is considered to be very beautiful by the Red Dao.
Return to Sapa town. You have time to relax before the bus take you to Lao Cai train station. From here, you take a night train back to Hanoi. Sleep overnight on train.(B)
Arrive in Hanoi next morning, at around 05:00. The trip ends at Hanoi train station.

(B: Breakfast)

What to bring:
- Trekking shoes or boots
- Rainwear
- Warm fleece jacket in the winter
- Camera and film
- Passport

Including:
- Transportation from Hanoi to Sapa and return to Hanoi (deluxe trains in wooden cabin)
- Shared public bus Lao Cai - Sapa - Lao Cai;
- Accommodation as mentioned above;
- Admission fee at any sights;
- Food mentioned above;
- English - speaking guide.

Excluding: Drink, travel insurance, personal expenses and tips!

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HALONG BAY CRUISE - CAT BA NATIONAL PARK (3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS)

Halong Bay is a natural wonder of the world and one of Vietnam’s five UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Halong is made up of 1969 islands of various sizes. There are two kinds of islands: limestone and schist with over 3000 limestone islands emerge from emerald green water of Halong. 

 Day 1: Hanoi - Halong Bay. 
08:00 AM pick up at your hotel. Drive to Halong city with a 3 hour driving trip. Have a short break on the way. On arrival, drop off at Fantasea Adventures office (Halong city) for a welcome drink. At 12:00 PM board a beautiful wooden boat and start cruising on the bay. Lunch will be served on the boat while we cruise around the bay. Now you have time to enjoy the beauty of Halong Bay and take photos. Drop off for a guided visit of Sung Sot cave. Discover Titop area (or Luon cave area). Weather permitting you will be able to hike up Titop mountain as well as kayak and swim in the bay’s emerald waters. A Vietnamese dinner will be served on the boat. Stay overnight on boat. 

Day 2: Halong Bay Cruise - Cat Ba island.
Rise early for another chance to swim or rise later and have breakfast at your leisure. The boat will drop you off at Gia Luan pier on Cat Ba island. From here, a bus will take you to Cat Ba National park for some hiking and cycling. After the excursion, you will head towards Cat Ba town to check – in at the hotel on Cat Ba. Lunch will be served at the hotel. In the afternoon, you can relax at the hotel, shop along the sea-side strip, visit Cat Co beaches or go for a trip to Monkey Island with your tour guide. Free time to explore the town in the evening. Stay overnight at Holiday View Hotel (***)

Day 3: Cat Ba island - Halong Bay- Hanoi.
Rise early to enjoy the sunrise or sleep a little longer, but check out is at 8:45 AM. You will head back to Gia Luan pier by bus and board the boat to cruise back to Halong harbor. Lunch will be served on the boat. You will have more chances to admire Halong Bay before the boat returns to the habor. Pick up and drive to Hanoi. Have a short break on the way before you arrive in Hanoi city at around 16:00.

(Group size: maximum 16 pax)

PRICE: 100 USD/person

Including: Buses and drivers, English-speaking tour guide, Halong bay registration, boat cruise in Halong Bay, clean air-conditioned rooms with private washrooms on boat (first night), plate of fresh fruit and 2 water bottles per room on the boat, meals (3 lunches, 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts), cave entry fee, kayaks, bicycles, Cat Ba National Park entry fee and a room at Holiday View Hotel (second night).

Excluding: Insurance, drinks, tips and other private services

NOTE: 15 USD extra for a single room on the boat; and 15 USD extra for single room in hotel.

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Hanoi Brief History

Human habitation of Northern Vietnam goes back about 500,000 years according to archaeological evidence. The site of present-day Hanoi has been populated for at least 10,000 years. These first inhabitants formed a feudally organized society that first relied on hunting, fishing and gathering, later developing animal husbandry and agriculture. These tribes developed in relative isolation until about 2000 years ago.

The Han Chinese set up a military garrison near present-day Hanoi in 214 BC, using it as a base of operations that would eventually control most of modern Vietnam. The next 1000 years of Chinese rule introduced important technological innovations to the Vietnamese, including ploughs and irrigation systems. But rebellion simmered in every town, and the millennium was punctuated by revolution and resistance. This tradition of rebellion shaped Vietnam’s national character.

Vietnamese rebels saw their chance when China’s Tang dynasty collapsed. In 938, revolutionary leader Ngo Quyen gave the Chinese a sound whipping and established an independent Vietnamese state, but after his death the region fell into anarchy. In 980, Vietnam became a semi-independent client state of China, stabilizing the situation all for the cost of a biannual tribute.

For the next 400 years, the site of present-day Hanoi served as the administrative seat for all of Vietnam. The Grand Royal enclosure, now the city’s Old Quarter, was constructed and the nation’s first university, the Temple of Literature, was founded during the first century of home rule. Attacks by the Khmers, Chinese and even Kublai Khan were repelled by national forces. All this was done with little Chinese interference.

The Chinese never forgot their plum province, however, and in 1400 they captured Hanoi again. National hero Le Loi’s guerrilla tactics and peasant support eventually reclaimed Vietnamese independence. A period of nationalism and renewed interest in Confucianism followed, a reaction to increased discontent with Europeans, their values and their missionaries.
The missionaries didn’t take the hint, however, and in 1858 several were killed. The French had an excuse to invade, and by 1867 south Vietnam was a French colony. Hanoi was captured in 1874. The impotent imperial court was allowed to remain, indulging itself in various coups and capers, but the French controlled the nation.

Modern History

As it had under Chinese rule, Vietnamese nationalism simmered quietly throughout the country, waiting for an opportunity. Young Nguyen Tat Thanh, better known by his alias Ho Chi Minh, thought that the end of WWI was a good opening, so he tried to present a plan for an independent Vietnam to US president Woodrow Wilson at the 1919 Versailles Peace Conference. Evidently, self-determination was for Europeans alone.
When France fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, the Vichy government allowed the Japanese to put troops in Vietnam. The United States knew enough not to count on any French resistance, instead opting to pump arms and funding into the communist-dominated Viet Minh forces. Their leader, Ho Chi Minh, graciously accepted and began harassing the Japanese mercilessly.

After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Ho called for a general uprising known as the August Revolution, and on September 2, 1945, Ho and his National Liberation Committee (with US officials at his side) declared the Democratic Republic of Vietnam independent at a rally in Ba Dinh Square.
The French were not pleased, and fought the Viet Minh tooth and nail for eight years, despite a massive military aid package from the USA and formal recognition by both China and the USSR. On May 7, 1954, the French threw in the towel and surrendered North Vietnam to the Viet Minh. Fiercely anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem was elected (more or less; a lot of dead people voted in that election) president of South Vietnam. Soon afterward, the USA closed its consulate in Hanoi.
In 1959, Southern cadres asked that the North Vietnamese join them in ‘armed struggle’ against the Diem regime. Hanoi responded by agreeing to help the National Liberation Front (NLF), also known as the Viet Cong, who were mainly communist South Vietnamese resisters with little training. Without French troops, however, the South Vietnamese army was incredibly weak, and the Western world looked on nervously as Diem began losing control of the situation.

The USA sent 2000 ‘military advisers’ to South Vietnam in 1961, the number swelling to 23,000 by 1964. By then, Hanoi was no longer helping the NLF out with guns and training; they were sending trained North Vietnamese troops across the border. Despite small victories, Hanoi’s war didn’t seem winnable until the 1968 Tet Offensive, when Hanoi gained the upper hand.
The USA continued to throw warm bodies – to the tune of 3.14 million men and women – at the increasingly bloody conflict until the 1973 cease-fire. The USA evacuated almost all troops out of Vietnam in return for Hanoi’s commitment to keep communism above the 17th Parallel. They also cut off most financial and other aid to South Vietnam. By 1975, the southern half of the country was running on fumes.
North Vietnam launched a massive attack on the South on January 1975; Saigon surrendered in April. No one, least of all the leadership in Hanoi, was prepared for reunification. At least two million Vietnamese had died in the conflict and scars ran deep; the environment and economy were a shambles. The violence wasn’t over, either: In 1979, answering for Vietnam’s 1978 invasion of Cambodia, China attacked Hanoi. The Chinese were repelled within 17 brutal days.

The 1980s witnessed a devastating famine that left Hanoi with rice shortages and strict rations, a continuing guerrilla war with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and the opening of European communism. Surprisingly, Vietnam finished the decade in much better shape than it started.
In February 1990, the government called for more ‘openness and criticism’, but was unprepared for the seething discontent behind the floodgates. Hanoi backtracked, but began allowing more economic openness while keeping government structure (and media access) in a lockbox. In 1992 Vietnam signed a peace treaty with Cambodia, and in 1994, the USA lifted economic sanctions on the country. The two former enemies now maintain diplomatic relations.

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Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Location: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is located on Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.
Characteristic: It contains more than 10,000 objects, 15,000 black and white photos and hundreds of video tapes and cassettes which depict all aspects of life, activities, customs, and habits of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam.
 
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology opened at the end of 1997. Since then, it has attracted the attention of visitors as well as ethnographers and researchers from all over the world.
The museum has successfully recreated the daily life together with the religious rituals and the symbolic festivals of each ethnic group in Vietnam. Visitors have the opportunity to admire costumes, embroidery as well as outside stilt houses and habitats from the different groups.
All displayed objects mingle and supplement one another to create a colorful and diversified picture of Vietnamese culture. An open-air exhibition in the museum’s spacious and peaceful ground features ethnic houses from all over Vietnam.
The displayed object area is divided into 9 parts:
- Introduction.
- Introduction of Viet (Kinh).
- Introduction of Muong, Tho, Chut ethnic groups.
- The ethnic groups belong to the Tay, Thai, and Kadai groups.
The outdoor exhibition area is only large enough for the most popular architectural styles to be presented. Already presented are the E De long house, the Tay stilt house, the Dao house half on stilts and half on earth, the H’ Mong house whose roof is made of pomu wood, the Viet house with tile roof, the Gia Rai tomb, the Ba Na communal house, the Cham traditional house, the Ha Nhi house made with earth-beaten walls.
There are future plans to present the Co Tu tomb and the surrounding completion of the Viet house. Between the houses, there are trees indigenous to the area of each house, zigzagging paths and a meandering stream crossed by small bridges. The outdoor museum is being realized step by step.

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Bat Trang Pottery Village

Location: Bat Trang Pottery Village is located in the south east of Hanoi, passing Chuong Duong Bridge turns right and go about 10km along the dike of Red River. Bat Trang belongs to Bat Trang Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi.
Characteristic: This is a pottery village with a half-millenary historic development.

Some decades recently, the vitality of this village is still blown up by the thousands of pottery-kiln on fire day and night.
In the period about 12th – 14th century, there are a numbers of families in Bo Bat Pottery Village (in Thanh Hoa Province now). They were Bui, Phung, Tran and Vu families coming there to work pottery, selling it to people in city even doing business with foreigners. At first, it was called Bach Ho Group and when there are the thousands of pottery-kiln, it was called Bat Trang – the age of name is as approximately old as the age of group.
Who was the Bat Trang pottery ancestor? As a popular documentary he is Hua Vinh Kieu who gained a pupil scholar certificate under the reign of Ly. On the occasion of being sent to the north country under the Sung Dynasty ( China today) as King’s envoy, he learnt work and taught to people when he came back. He was regarded as the founder. But according to the “Dao Tuong Kinh Su Bi Ky” epitaph, Tran Hoe Doctor in Tu Chi built it. Quy duke, Nguyen Thanh Chau, in 1737. He was the founder. On the other theories, Luu Phuong was said to be the founder…
When it was seen on the Dai Viet administrative map, Bat Trang products were got the favor of people from the top citizen class in Thang Long to the poor peasant in country. Bat Trang family use items gone far abroad. From the early 15th century, China was the place with the tradition pottery work for the thousands of years and well known in the world but there were ever the tens of Bat Trang pottery sets in the tribute festival. Since then in every reign, in decline or prospect situations, Bat Trang Pottery Village still assured the worth of goods, kept position and passed every trial. It is proud of working, living, old origin in Bat Trang. In the Gia Lam proverb, there is a word: “living to be man in Bat Trang, dying to be tutelary spirit” that means it is very happy to be a man in Bat Trang because of the stable pottery work, big fortune. In Kieu Ki Village, there was a work of making Indian ink; material was the skin of buffalo. They had to kill buffalo and worship tutelary spirit so this tutelary was well off. Bat Trang likes a symbol of Vietnam traditional trade village.
It is a famous trade village, recently, there are over 6,000 people in 1,500 families with the total 153ha. The rate of pottery kiln in Bat Trang is the first rank at the other same villages in the world. Most men in Bat Trang follow the traditional work (nine of ten) except for person leaving home. After over an innovation decade, many traditional trade villages are recovered, the innovation and increase of Bat Trang Pottery Village are increasing unbelievably.
On the basic of tradition pottery technique, Bat Trang pottery workers have taken – abused-propagated greatly the progress of science technology into every stage in making pottery. It has made many types of top class pottery, that is useful and beautiful and it upgrades the sense of pottery art. The Bat Trang list of pottery getting high quality is longer more and more by day like bowl, dish, pot, cup, wine pot, a big flower-vase, leg lamp, lime-pot, big-bellied jar… It made by all sort of glazes as ancient pearl blaze, crackle glaze, dark glaze, indigo-blue flower glaze, grey flower glaze, melt glaze…
In 10/2004, Bat Trang Pottery Market was opened in the area of over 5.000m². It is not only the place to display and trade but also an interesting tourist site in Hanoi.

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Bai tu long bay in viet nam

Bai Tu Long Bay in Vietnam is located in the Gulf of Tonkin in northeastern Vietnam. Bai Tu Long Bay covers a sea area of Halong City, Cam Pha town and the island district of Van Don. South West Bay bordering the East Sea, west by land to the township of Cam Pha to the east and north Co To Island District. Bai Tu Long Bay includes hundreds of islands and in which many large islands and residents.

Legend of the Bay:

When the ancient Vietnamese people newly formed country was against foreign invasion. Jade Emperor sent Mother Dragon Dragons bring a child down to help fight the Vietnamese. When the enemy ships at sea from the shore, countless dragons sprayed pearls and escape into a myriad of islands in the sea, forming a solid wall to block the advance of the enemy boats. Labor union is the enemy ship quickly, blocked suddenly crashed into the rocky island crashing into each other or shattered. After the victory, Mother Dragon and Child Dragons did not return Heaven but stayed on earth, where the battle had occurred. Location Mother Dragon landed was Ha Long, Rong Bai Tu Long is a down. Forum dragon tails of white water was thrashed Long Vi (Tra Co peninsula today) with fine sand beach over ten kilometers long and

Climate:
Bai Tu Long Bay is the island's climate division 2 seasons: hot and humid summers and cold dry winters. The average annual temperature of 15 ° C-25 ° C; rainfall ranges from 2000mm - 2000mm per year. Bai Tu Long Bay have tidal system with the tide at about 3.5-4m/ngay. Salinity ranges from 31 to 34.5 MT in the dry season and lower in summer.

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