Tien Son Cave of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park will reopen after 3 years
After 3 years of upgrading and repairing facilities during the closure period, Tien Son Cave in the National Park of Phong Nha – Ke Bang will reopen on 21st December, 2023.
Tien Son Cave is located in Tram – Me residential area, Phong Nha town, in the service – administrative subdivision of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park. This cave is far above the Phong Nha gate about 200m away. To reach the destination, tourists have to climb over 583 steps as the cave is 200m higher above sea level, 120m higher than Son River and its temperature ranges from 18-20 degree, with breezy atmosphere during summertime and warming in wintertime.
According to documents, Tien Son Cave was discovered by the locals on April 1935. The day after, the Ambassador of Central Vietnam at that time, Gzeffeuil, visited Tien Son cave, so it was called “Kham Su Cave”. In 1936, French archaeologist Madeleine Colani went to the cave to look for ancient Vietnamese relics in the cave but could not find them. However, she believed that the landscape of Tien Son cave was like a fairyland.
In 1999, The British Royal Cave Association conducted a survey of this entire 980.6 m long cave and Quang Binh put it into tourism exploitation on 9th April, 2000. The cave welcomes tens of thousands of visitors each year.
During the closure period, this pristine stalactites complex has been renovated with a new system of walkways, check-in locations, ecological roofs made of native climbing plants, and rocky mountain flower roads. The “fairy scene glass bridge” was newly invested so that visitors can see the rice fields, corn fields, and sugar cane fields right at the foot of the mountain. You can check in at an altitude of nearly 100 m above sea level. Son River water and the first glass bridge in Quang Binh.
Coming to the land of wonders, visitors can behold the natural masterpieces from the process of forming caves over millions of years, magnificent stalactites in various shapes and sizes.
