Toilet 4.8
Equipment 4.9
Location 4.7
Service 4.8
The Dark Cave is an adventurous and action-packed experience. Visiting this cave includes harnessed zip-lining over a turquoise river, swimming into the mouth of the cave (life jackets included), walking through the dark with only the head torch on your mining helmet to illuminate the way, having a mud fight in the buoyant mud baths deep in the cave, washing clean with a swim in the lake inside the cave, then kayaking back across the river to test your strength on the hanging obstacle course and open zip-line. The Dark Cave is named as such because it is one of the few caves that has had no artificial lighting installed. The cave is comprised of mostly basalt, in addition to limestone. Basalt is a black, hard rock; also contributing to the cave’s name. With this rock surrounding you, you squish through the narrow and muddy passage using only your headlamps to illuminate your path.
Paradise Cave is the longest dry cave in Asia (located in Phong Nha – Ke bang National Park’s core zone. With naturally primitive features, Paradise Cave looks like a landscape painting, making it a natural wonder that many have enjoyed since its opening in 2010. According to spelunkers (cave explorers), the deeper one journeys into the cave, the more one feels the wells of heavenly clarity all around. The cave height can reach up to 72 m and up to 150 m wide. There are a series of white crystal stalactites (limestone deposits) resembling natural pillars and many other spectacular formations.
Daily tour
Activity: Swimming, Cave Exploration, Zipline, Mud Bath, Kayaking
07:30 – 08:00 Our car and tour guide will pick up guests in Dong Hoi and transfer to Paradise Cave – the longest dry cave in Asia (located in Phong Nha – Ke bang National Park’s core zone). It is approximately 75 km from Dong Hoi and a 1h20 minute drive).
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08:30 – 9:00 Our driver will pick you up at your hotel in Phong Nha village, then transfer you to Paradise Cave – the longest dry cave in Asia (located in Phong Nha – Ke bang National Park’s core zone).
You will then be taken by golf cart (1.6 km) from the main gate through the jungle, to where you will then climb to the mouth of the cave; a climb that boasts spectacular views of the mountainous region around the cave.
12:00 Lunch at Dark Cave restaurant. Here you will enjoy a traditional Vietnamese dish. Vegetarian option available. Please contact us in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we will do our best to accommodate you.
13:00 Visit Dark Cave (located in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park). Participate in the many adventure activities: mud bath, zip-lining, swimming, kayaking, adventure course, caving etc.
17:00 Depart back to Dong Hoi or Phong Nha village. Tour ends and you will be dropped off at your hotel.
Free pick up service from 6:30 am to 7:30 am at the train or bus station; if required
Free luggage storage in our Dong Hoi office –or- take it with you in our van (limited quantity; contact us to reserve)
Pick up and drop off by van in Dong Hoi city or Phong Nha village.
Vietnamese or English speaking guide
Drinking water
Lunch (Vietnamese style dish)
Entrance tickets, buggy car
Service fee (equipment, zip line harness, helmet, kayak etc.)
Travel insurance
First aid kit available
