Discovered 22 new caves in Phong Nha - Ke Bang

"Cave kingdom" Phong Nha - Ke Bang has just had 22 newly discovered caves, which are considered as beautiful as the 400 previously discovered caves.

On April 14, the Management Board of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh) announced that 22 more caves had just been discovered by cave explorers in the "cave kingdom" of Quang Binh.

One of the new caves added to the "Kingdom of Caves" in Quang Binh in March 2024 - (Photo provided by the expedition team).

These new caves are mainly concentrated in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park and the areas of Minh Hoa and Tuyen Hoa districts.

The caves surveyed have a length ranging from 30-572m, including 4 longest caves, including: Va cave (516m), 12/2 Dry cave (404m); Vuc Hung cave (430m); Ong Dau cave (572m) . The cave entrance altitude ranges from 46-550m, the depth ranges from 32-154m.

During this period, the core area of ​​Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park had 7 caves surveyed with a length of 1,415m; The buffer zone of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park has 7 surveyed caves with a length of 1,027m; The surrounding area of ​​Lam Hoa commune (Tuyen Hoa) has 11 caves surveyed with a length of 1,108m.

Most newly discovered caves are sparklingly beautiful - (Photo provided by the expedition team).

An explorer in the survey team said that most of the newly discovered caves are shimmering and magical. Each cave has its own unique features, representing the outstanding value of geology - geomorphology and hydrology of each area of ​​Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park.

Mr. Pham Hong Thai, director of the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park Management Board, said that the newly discovered caves are only within the scope of research , access, location and preliminary description. 

Therefore, the unit needs to conduct in-depth surveys and research to clarify the value, thereby making accurate judgments in preserving and sustainably exploiting this landscape and cave.

Quang Binh is known as the "Kingdom of Caves" with more than 400 caves that have been discovered. Among them are Son Doong cave - the largest cave in the world and En cave - the third largest cave in the world.