'Hide from the sun' in Phong Nha - Ke Bang, enjoy the breathtaking view of the mountains and forests

Dozens of tourist routes and destinations outside the caves in Phong Nha - Ke Bang are suitable for tourists who like to explore and experience in the hot summer, such as the botanical garden, Gio waterfall, Ozo region, Sinh valley. Existence, green cypress forest...

Dozens of tourist routes and destinations outside the caves in Phong Nha - Ke Bang are suitable for tourists who like to explore and experience in the hot summer, such as the botanical garden, Gio waterfall, Ozo region, Sinh valley. Existence, green cypress forest...

Besides nearly 450 large and small caves that have been discovered and explored, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh) also contains many other attractive tourist spots and routes.

Tourists who like to explore primeval forests, admire the limestone mountain landscape or wade in gurgling clear blue water streams or rushing waterfalls, associated with a number of large and small caves..., come to the forest area. Doong village, En cave, Khe Ri. Visitors will have different experiences in their lives. Because this is the tourist route with the most diverse landscape, with low and medium mountains on rocks, closed forest vegetation, ethnic minority villages, rocky mountain landscapes and karst caves...

Scenery of Mooc stream

Tourists following the Ho Chi Minh Highway (West branch), from km 39, will walk deep in the forest to Doong village, an isolated village in the core area of ​​PN-KB National Park, taking about two hours. On the way, tourists are often scared and worried because of the landslides with slopes on the positive and negative sides hundreds of meters high and deep, creating a breathtaking scene.

On the way to Ban Doong, visitors can encounter many animals such as douc langurs, civets, pig-tailed macaques, red-faced monkeys... jumping under the thick carpet of trees. The trees are several people in diameter. This area has a strange collection of fruit trees such as bamboo, mulberry, star apple, black canarium, white canarium, cyst...

During fruit season, visitors can enjoy the taste of fresh forest fruits picked by themselves on the spot, after hours of walking on steep rocks and wading in deep streams. The Doong forest area is a flat valley, with primeval forests, containing many types of rare animals and plants. Ban Doong, with nearly 20 households, is also the only village of the Bru - Van Kieu ethnic group living in the strictly protected area of ​​PN-KB National Park. Stopping at the village, visitors experience living the life of indigenous people with wild features amidst the mountains and forests.

Previously, this area of ​​Doong forest was inhabited by gaurs, so it was also called the Hung gaur area. There is an ancient tree with a diameter that can take 12 people to hug and is over 1,000 years old. The altitude of this region is over 1,000m, the average temperature all year round is below 25oC. Many spectacular multi-terrain, winding roads can be exploited for mountain biking at an international level. In many places on the forest floor, on the karst (limestone) fields, there are orphan rocks with strange and very impressive shapes. Steep limestone cliffs, canyon-shaped valleys and small caves... create an attraction for tourists who like to explore and adventure.

Tourists travel in this area on flat roads, weaving under the canopy of primeval forests in Rao Thuong valley, giving everyone a real sense of relaxation after hours of walking on mountain roads. There are many flat alluvial grounds created by rivers and streams. The stone terraces run along the mountainside, along the stream... There are small caves with the door located right next to the stream water, nestled under a stone roof, or submerged under the water surface surrounded by trees.

Mr. Cao Xuan Chinh, former deputy director of PN-KB National Park, once exclaimed: "It's so beautiful that you'll be stunned when you come to this area. If you give me a hut and a bag of rice, I will stay here forever."

This place also has En Cave, which is the gateway to Son Doong Cave - the largest cave in the world to date. Usually in the fall, there are tens of thousands of swallows coming to reside in the cave located in the diving waters of Rao Thuong stream. It is called the diving area because when the river water flows here, it suddenly drops down, disappearing into the ground, as if someone had drank the water.

Hang En was first surveyed in 1996 by British cave explorers. The cave is more than 1.6km long, the cave ceiling is 100m high in some places, 170m in its widest place. From Ho Chi Minh Road (West branch) to this cave, it takes 12 hours to walk and 4 hours to wade through streams. Therefore, tourists have to camp and sleep in the middle of the forest before returning to the starting place.

After sightseeing the forest and En cave, visitors will go to the Khe Ri cave area located along the stream, in the south of the strictly protected zone in the core zone of PN-KB National Park. The cave is more than 19km long in total, and the cave's ceiling is up to 120m high. Khe Ri Stream originates from limestone peaks up to a thousand meters high and flows very strongly into the cave entrance. The water from the source flows into many different cave entrances in the cliffs, merges in the main Khe Ri system and then connects to En cave, then dives into the ground to flow underground to the Phong Nha river system.

The road to the cave has to go through many zigzags with deep lakes and many small, very dangerous caves. After getting bored of wading and climbing, visitors will have to... swim many passages in the cave, then squeeze through small sections of rock. There are deep water channels inside the cave, creating strong feelings for visitors.

In this forest area, the terrain is very suitable for adventure tours, combined with tourism to explore landscapes and experience. Therefore, according to a survey by the University of Natural Sciences (Hanoi National University), the areas of Doong village, En cave, and Khe Ri here have all levels of adventure tourism from lowest to highest. The section from Ho Chi Minh Highway (West branch) to En Cave is at level 1 danger level, only challenging visitors' endurance. The section from the back door of Khe Ri cave is 1km deep and is at level 2 danger level. The remaining section is assessed at level 3 and 4 danger levels. The final section must cross dozens of kilometers of dangerous roads on rocky terrain. , rivers, streams, deep caves.

Here will test the courage and health of visitors when facing the darkness, steep and slippery cliffs and stalactites, or the steep rocky slopes of collapsed rocks, right below is the canyon. deep alley. Visitors also have to swim nearly 1/3 of the way in cold water from mountain rocks, under rolling waterfalls, boiling with white foam.

In the hot summer, visitors to PN-KB forest will fully enjoy the cool air of mountains, rivers, streams, trees... Along with that are "trophies" of discovery and unforgettable experiences in life. .

Coming to Quang Binh, visitors can also visit many other famous historical sites such as:

1. Hoang Phuc Pagoda

Hoang Phuc Pagoda originated as Tri Kien Pagoda, Kinh Thien Pagoda, commonly known as Tram Pagoda or Quan Pagoda, located in Thuan Trach Ward (now My Thuy Commune), Le Thuy District, Quang Binh Province. Over 700 years. Years of history, Hoang Phuc Pagoda still exists and develops with many restorations and restorations. In 1609, Lord Nguyen Hoang rebuilt the pagoda on the old foundation and named it Kinh Thien. In 1716, Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu visited the pagoda, repaired it, and placed two horizontal panels representing "Kinh Thien Tu" and "Vo "blessed land", and controlled 5 pairs of tureens hanging at the pagoda. See details

2. Rock Deo Pass

Da Deo Pass is located on the legendary Eastern Ho Chi Minh Trail associated with Vietnamese history. The 17km long pass is located in Thuong Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province. The reason people call it Da Deo Pass is because the pass lies across the top of a limestone mountain more than 10 km long. See details

3. Nguyen Huu Canh Mausoleum

Nguyen Huu Canh's mausoleum is located on a high, airy hill of the An Ma mountain range in Truong Thuy commune, Le Thuy district. Nguyen Huu Canh was a mandarin who had great contributions under Lord Nguyen in fighting the enemy, opening up the land, and shaping the Vietnamese territory into a unified country. See details

4. Dong Hoi Ancient Citadel

Dong Hoi Ancient Citadel is a part of the overall historical military relics of Dong Hoi during the Trinh-Nguyen conflict period, built on a key land area of ​​the trans-Vietnam road from North to South. Along with its favorable geographical location, bordering the Nhat Le river and estuary on the East, serving as both a place for reinforcements and contributing to stopping the enemy's waterway attack, this place has marked many events. important history, marking the victory in the Northern advance of the 9 Nguyen Lords, ending 200 years of civil war. See details

5. Trung Thuan War Zone

Trung Thuan war zone is located in the semi-mountainous area of ​​Quang Luu and Quang Thach communes, Quang Trach district, about 5 km west of Ba Don town. Once an important revolutionary base for the army and people of Quang Trach during the resistance war against the French colonialists and American imperialists, Trung Thuan war zone has become a heroic historical testimony and the pride of every person. people around here. See details

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Update day : 14/04/2024