Pictures: Son Doong – the largest natural cave in the world

Son Doong cave(Vietnamese: Hang Son Doong) is world’s largest cave, located in Son Trach, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. It is found by a local man named Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in 2009 by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert. The name “Son Doong” cave means “mountain river cave”, It was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding away the limestone underneath the mountain Where the limestone was weak, the ceiling collapsed creating huge skylights. Son Doong cave is more than 200 meters wide, 150 meters high, and approx 9 kilometers long, with caverns big enough to fit an entire city street inside them, twice as large as Deer Cave in Malaysia (currently considered the world’s largest with 90 meters wide, 100 meters high and 2 kilometers long). Son Doong cave was classified as the largest cave in the world by BCRA (British Cave Research Association) and selected as one of the most beautiful in the globe by the BBC news.

Cave Pearls

Doline 1 lighting up Dinosaurs

Doline 2 at the entrance to the Garden of Edam

Hang En Cave exit

Hang en exit 1

Hang En exit beach

Looking out towards the Hand of Dog

Ready to enter the cave

River Walking

some massive stalagmites near Passchendaele

Sunny day in Doline 2

The back exit of Hang En Cave

The beach area inside Hang En cave

Waiting at the top of the climbing

Walking back along the Rat Run towards Gours, the clouds move in quickly from Doline 2

walking in the river by the Hang En beach area

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