2021 Expedition Tour in Son Doong

 

2021 Expedition Tour in Son Doong

"Son Doong 2021 expedition tour in Son Doong has attracted a number of around 1,000 visitors who register for a tour in July." said Mr. Nguyen Chau A, director of Chua Me Dat company (Oxalis Adventure) - the only agency operating Son Doong tour. He added that the tour still has about 30 vacant seats, which are being booked but have not been completed due to the lack of the information of bookers. 

In addition, from now until August, there may still be guests canceling the tour. After August, the tour will stop because of the flood season and reopen in 2022. Of the nearly 1,000 registered visitors, 95% are Vietnamese tourists, the rest are foreign visitors, currently living and working in Vietnam. Tourists are among the age of 18-29, 30-40 and over 40. 

Currently, Son Doong tour still applies the stimulus price of 58,200,000 VND. Mr. A said that the company's 2-day expedition tours this year are all between 30% and 50% full. An adventure tour of 4 days 3 nights in Son Doong cave stays at level 6 of adventure, the highest in the tours the company is managing. 

The government of Quang Binh Province permits to organise a tour of a maximum of 1,000 customers to the cave per year. To ensure safety, each tour includes a maximum of 10 tourists, with 30 waitresses, including cave experts, guides, safety assistants, chefs and porters. Tourists should be in good fitness and have experience in trekking. 

Son Doong, the world's largest cave, possesses magnificent stalactites, underground rivers and sinkholes. Especially you find a forest with green vegetation and many unique creatures. At the end of the journey, you will have conquered a 90-meter high stalactite wall, called "The Vietnam Wall". 

In 2020, the company welcome nearly 7,000 tourists to cave tours, a decrease of 50% compared to 2019. The number of Vietnamese tourists is more than 6,000 people, 3 times higher than the previous 9 years of operation when international tourists often accounted for 80% of the total number of tour visitors.