Inside the Son Doong Cave. (Photo: Ryan Deboodt)Hanoi (VNA) – Russia Today has hailed the imposing beauty of Son Doongcave in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh.
In a recent article, the paper quoted a group of travelers who explored theworld’s largest cave as saying that it is “asanctuary, a lost world below the surface - a unique ecosystem.”
The journey of the six-member teamthrough the cave took four days of arduous climbs interspersed with spectacularsights, such as some of the world’s most imposing stalagmites, fast-runningstreams, and an underground forest.
“It’s peacefulhere, you feel completely detached and free. This is what you call a reset,” saidone of the travelers, Ernest Rudyak, in a video diary of the journey.
Son Doong Cave has been recognised as the largest of its kind in the world bythree international organisations, including Guinness ( based in the UK), theAssociation World Record (based in Hong Kong) and WorldKings (based in the USand India).
The Vietnam Record Association, VietKings, saidSon Doong Cave is the first and only place in the world to hold titles grantedby three international world record organisations at the same time.
The cave is located in the heart of Phong Nha -Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province. Son Doong was discovered by alocal in 1991. It was first explored in 2009 by the British Cave ResearchAssociation and has been open to the public since 2013.
The 1,645m-long cave system, which extendsthrough a mountain, was named one of the most captivating caves on earth byNational Geographic.
Geologists say the cave formed two to fivemillion years ago. It is roughly 6,5km long, 200m high and 150m wide, exceedingthe former world record of Deer Cave in Gunung Muli National Park in Malaysia.-VNA
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