Top Things to do in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
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Top 10 Multi-day Tours in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province
The karst formation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has evolved since the Paleozoic (some 400 million years ago) and so is the oldest major karst area in Asia. Subject to massive tectonic changes, the park’s karst landscape is extremely complex with many geomorphic features of considerable significance. The vast area, extending to the border of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, contains spectacular formations including 65 kilometers of caves and underground rivers.
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1. TOUR TO THE CAVES - 2 DAYS & 1 NIGHT in Phong Nha NATIONAL PARK
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Paradise Cave and Dark cave both are located in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park that is full of the limestone mountains. Paradise Cave has been discovered by explorers of the British Cave Research Association in 2005 and 2010, the explorers officially announced that they has fully discovered the whole cave which is 31,4km full length. The widest part of the cave is around 150 meters and the highest point is around 100 meters which makes the cave longest and biggest dry cave in Asia. There are a lots of adventurous activities at the Dark cave: zip-lining, swimming, kayaking on the cool water will wake you up. At the end of the cave, mud bath is the most interesting spot that once you get dipping into it, you will not want to get out of it anymore. Swimming in cool blue water is one of remarkable experiences. Phong Nha Cave is well-known as the water cave, which covers an underground river reaching to the border of Laos with over 13km total length.
Inclusions: Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax), National Park fees, Fuel surcharge, Local taxes, Bottled water, All activities, Professional guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By asanot2020
Thank you for heart warming support. I enjoyed an excellent scenery in the cave. I recommend visitors to go there from Dong Hoi city. 1 hour ride from there is just suitable for a nap on the way to go and from comparing boring long bus ride from other cities.
2. Ho Chi Minh Trail to Phong Nha-Cave
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
If you are short of time, you don’t want to miss out on some awe ‘inspiring sights, even if you can’t ride, our fully qualified, professional riders will safely take you to hidden places that can’t be accessed on foot or by car. The back roads of Vietnam where you truly experience Vietnam history and culture
Inclusions: Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, safety gear and rain jacket
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Reviewed By Amanda_MPP
Touring with Onyabike Adventures was the absolute highlight of my trip. They obviously put so much effort into finding unique ways to see the highlights of the Danang area. Feels so good to drive by the mass of tourists and go beyond to local spots which you basically have to yourself. I had so much fun with my driver Viet. He knew so much about the area and made me feel so safe and comfortable the whole time. Speaking of comfortable, the bikes are heavenly! I've done a few motorbike trips and this one is by far the absolute best one I have ever been on. The people, the bikes, the scenery - everything is fantastic!
3. Jungle Spondee - 2D1N Camping at Abandoned Valley
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
• 12km – 15km jungle and mountain trekking • River crossings • Elevation change up to 150m – 300m (between valley and top of mountain) • Short swim inside the cave • 800m caving • 01 night camping in jungle and caves • Minimum Age: 10 years old • Group size: from 02 to 15 person • Please inform us of any medical conditions like asthma, epilepsy etc.
Inclusions: Dinner, Air-conditioned vehicle, camping equipment, All Fees and Taxes
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Reviewed By felipec535
I have to say that this has been the best experience in Vietnam in my trip If you love nature you will have a great time with this company and very proffesionals all the workers. I'll come back to Pho Nha Ke Bang. Thank you so much guys.
4. Hanoi To Hoi An Adventure 9 Days
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Join us on this incredible half-S-shape roadtrip that leads you to all the heritage sites from Hanoi to Hoi An. It will be the amazing landscape in world heritage Ha Long Bay, or the ancient atmosphere and breath-taking surroundings in Ninh Binh. What’s more, the cave and mountain systems in Phong Nha are likely to take your breath away. Continue your adventure to Hue – the old capital of Vietnam during 18th century with its unique eastern charm and historical features before ending up in Hoi An – an acient town in the center of middle Vietnam.
Inclusions: Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Lunch, A/C car transfer during the trip, Train tickets, Drinking water on car, All sightseeing tickets; travel permits and activities mentioned in the itinerary, 24/7 hotline support
Exclusions: Travel insurance, Beverage on meals, Other personal expenses: drinks, souvenir, etc…, Tips & Gratuities
Reviewed By andrew_perry19
I have been living and working in Southern Vietnam for 10 years and I love this country very much. On our first time to visit the North, we decided to travel to Ha Giang, Ban Gioc Waterfall, and Ba Be Lake. We chose Conical Travel according to one of our friends who did the trip with them. The six-day trip amazed and impressed us with the beauty of the natural landscape in the moutainous areas. Each of the destinations we visited has its own mesmerizing features and we had chance to interact with the local people. Our kids had great lessons about how the people in these regions survive without the modernization. In short, the trip was very very very excellent. We love Vietnam so much, from the bottom of our hearts! Andrew, Lorna & kids
5. 2-Day Phong Nha-Ke Bang Cave Adventure from Hue
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng national park is home to the largest cave in the world and covers 300 different grottoes and caves. Reachable by train or car through Dong Hoi city, it is place to natural scenic wonders and home to friendly locals. The jungle, the river, the cascades, the single trails and the narrow winding concrete roads are making the spot a paradise for any active traveler in research of fun. Adding to this the beauty of the sceneries, the biggest caves in the world’s region and a simple but nice little lodge, and you get a must-visit spot for your journey across Vietnam.
Inclusions: Lunch, Lunch, Overnight accommodation, Transfer by minibus or minivan, Kayak (2-seat fiberglass composite) or adventure bike, Breakfast, English speaking guide
Exclusions: Gratuities, Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase), Travel insurance
Reviewed By Adventure787923
I booked a bike trip with this company. everyone but me had cancelled and yet the company said nothing to me. I then had to cancel after I arrived in Vietnam....due to covid....and the company ghosted me. I have emailed many times while I was stuck in Vietnam and once home. They have never replied. No refund, no credit no email to help me while I was there and no email once home and time has passed. Terrible customer service and no interest in their customers at all.
6. Da Nang - Ba Na Hill - Hoi An - Hue - Phong Nha Cave Tour 4 Days 3 Nights
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3.5 based on 2 reviews
• Love Bridge • The Carp turn into Dragon Statue • Linh Ung Pagoda • The Buddhism Museum. • Hoi An Ancient town – World Cultural Heritage • Non Nuoc Stone Sculpture Village • Scenery of Marble Mountains. • Ba Na Hills - the second Da Lat or Sa Pa in the Central of Vietnam • Damous Golden Bridge • Having fun at Fantasy Park. • Old capital of Hue – a World Cultural Heritage • Hai Van tunnel • Lang Co fishing village • Khai Dinh Tomb – intermingling of architectural trends: European and Asian • Boat trip on Huong river with Hue Folk songs performance • National park of Phong Nha – Ke Bang – classified as the world heritage site. • The “Horror Highway” • La Vang church • The 17th parallel – Hien Luong Bridge – Ben Hai River. • Boat trip on Son river to visit Phong Nha cave • Electric car to explore Paradise Cave • Drive on the Ho Chi Minh trail. • The colorful Trang Tien Bridge in Hue. • The Imperial Citadel and Thien Mu pagoda.
Inclusions: Lunch, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Experienced Vietnamese/English Tourguide., Transport in air-conditioned vehicles., Accommodation: 3-star Hotel - twin sharing basic at above hotels, Meals as specified in Intinerary: 03 morning buffet + 07 standard main meals (120.000 vnd/meal), Boat trip for Phong Nha cave/electric car for Paradise Cave., Water on bus (02 bottles/day/pax), Travel insurance: 20.000.000 VND/incident., Hue Folk songs performance ticket, All sightseeing as specified, entrance fees included
Exclusions: Personal expenese, drinks, ... and the others not mentioned above., Airfares, Trainfares, Carfares,, Ba Na Cable car’s Ticket:, Adult over than 1.3m in height: 750.000 VND/Pax, Children from 1m to 1.3m in height: 600.000 VND/Pax
Reviewed By T8043KSstephaniev
Our guide (Bo?) was very nice and friendly. We went to a lacquer art factory and gallery that employs people affected by agent orange and the many details and painstaking steps it takes to make the beautiful pieces. If you want to buy a small picture or piece, make sure to bring between 500k or 1mil dong. We were told 60% goes to the the workers. The tunnels and bunkers were super interesting and we had the opportunity to go in them and really experience and start to understand what it must have been like for the people who used them. There were lots of displays and demonstrations on how clothing, shoes, food and such was prepared as well. Lunch was in a nice location with interesting and tasty Vietnamese dishes. These were by far our favorite parts of the trip. We also took a boat to an island on the Mekong. We saw bee keeping, singing, and fruit gardens on the island. Each station and place to visit has something to sell or tips to give. So if interested, just make sure you have enough small bills and dong. Possibly even 500k more. We did not realize all the extra, so started to run out of cash dong towards the end of the trip. Overall the trip was nice and the Cu Chi tunnels are definitely a highlight of the tour!
7. 2 Days & 1 Night Stay Inside The National Park
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3.3 based on 3 reviews
Paradise Cave and Dark cave both are located in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park that is full of the limestone mountains. Paradise Cave has been discovered by explorers of the British Cave Research Association in 2005 and 2010, the explorers officially announced that they has fully discovered the whole cave which is 31,4km full length. The widest part of the cave is around 150 meters and the highest point is around 100 meters which makes the cave longest and biggest dry cave in Asia. There are a lots of adventurous activities at the Dark cave: zip-lining, swimming, kayaking on the cool water will wake you up. At the end of the cave, mud bath is the most interesting spot that once you get dipping into it, you will not want to get out of it anymore. Swimming in cool blue water is one of remarkable experiences. Phong Nha Cave is well-known as the water cave, which covers an underground river reaching to the border of Laos with over 13km total length.
Inclusions: Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax), National Park fees, Fuel surcharge, Local taxes, Bottled water, All activities, Professional guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By asanot2020
Thank you for heart warming support. I enjoyed an excellent scenery in the cave. I recommend visitors to go there from Dong Hoi city. 1 hour ride from there is just suitable for a nap on the way to go and from comparing boring long bus ride from other cities.
8. Stray Asia: Vietnam - 14 Day Freestyle Tour
Venture off the beaten track in Vietnam on a tour packed full of adventure, mind blowing scenery, local culture and history. Travel stress-free with accommodation, activities and transport all included, with a local Tour Leader to guide the way. As a bonus, you don’t have to stick with the group the whole time - you can hop off anywhere along the route, spend longer in your favourite places and then hop back on the tour with the next group coming through. That’s the beauty of ‘Freestyle’!
Inclusions: Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Fun & knowledgeable Stray Guide, Air-conditioned vehicle, 13 Nights' Accommodation and transfers, Full Day Motorcycle Tour, Da Lat, Two hour river boat cruise, Hoi An, Vinh Moc Tunnels, near Dong Hoi, Motorbike Tour, Hue, Canoe tour to Trang An Grottoes, Ninh Binh
Exclusions: Food and drinks, unless specified, Extra optional activities which can be booked directly with your Guide.
Reviewed By AngryAnonymousdude
What to say about this tour! To begin with it took less than 24 hours to realise that the activities our travel company had promised in the brochure did not match the activities listed by Stray. Although this was probably an advertising fault with our tour company (STA Travel - I HIGHLY recommend not booking with them) the Stray representative refused to assist us with the issue claiming he was not a ‘Stray representative’ even though he was literally wearing a Stray t-shirt! The Thailand leg of the trip is utterly pointless as you barely see any of the country, and there are basically no activities payed for by Stray so I really have no idea what we payed for. Laos was much improved, we had two different tour guides throughout our days there who were both brilliant and the activities were really good. We had a good sized group as well which helped! Cambodia however was by far the worst part of the trip. The perhaps main reason for this was our tour guide was extremely weird and made us all feel very uncomfortable. He made a lot of sexual jokes which weren’t funny, he would make inappropriate remarks and also get drunk and act very strangely around us all. There were only 3 of us for most of the Cambodia leg (all guys), however when some females did join, as you can imagine he made more uncomfortable remarks. Considering I’ve heard from other travellers that Cambodia is their favourite place they’ve traveled, I believe Stray did the country a huge disservice as the route round the country made no sense, we hardly got to see any of the beautiful country and spent almost half the tour at the same Hostel in Siem Reap with nothing to do. Also I’d heard so much about the delicious (and cheap) street food Cambodia offered however not once did we go to any such place and instead were pressured to go (by our guide) to places which were more costly and coincidently our guide would get a free meal for taking us there! The final leg of the tour was Vietnam which we didn’t get to go to as the borders had closed due to the pandemic. Although of course, this could not be helped, our Cambodian guide did not sufficiently keep us informed on what was going on and when we inevitably asked the question “now what?” we were never given a helpful answer, and were essentially abandoned once the Cambodia leg of the tour was over. Overall, the tour was mostly awful. Before this tour started, me and my friend who I was travelling with went on a Trutravels Sri Lanka tour which was absolutely brilliant. This was mostly down to our guide who I felt really wanted to show us the best parts of his country and give us the best time possible and wasn’t trying to squeeze as much money from us as he could. This was similar to the Laos part of the tour, in which I truly felt the tour guides wanted us to have a great time (an example was one of them set up a football game for us to play against the locals which was amazing). However this trip was wildly inconsistent as the Thailand leg was utterly pointless, and the Cambodia leg was uncomfortable and massively underwhelming. And of course the part that will leave a bitter taste in my mouth will be how we were essentially left stranded in Cambodia without any real help or advice from Stray. Considering we payed for the most expensive package, I truly have no idea what that money went towards for most of the trip, particularly some of the accommodation. I don’t recommend stray at all.
9. Vietnam Adventure 15 days 14 nights
Over 15 days, you’ll have the opportunity to delve a little deeper to parts of Vietnam where very few people go. Some of the highlights include visiting endangered primates in the beautiful Trang An, exploring one of the largest caves in the world, a scenic drive along the Hai Van pass made famous by the show Top Gear, sampling some of the world’s best coffee, tackling rapids while white water rafting and a cruise through canals of the Mekong Delta to name just a few. This trip certainly packs a punch!
Inclusions: Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, 14 nights accommodation, Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner), Local guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Round-trip shared transfer, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Breakfast, Lunch, Bottled water
Exclusions: Gratuities, Personal expenses, tips and gratuities., Drinks, International and domestic flights, taxes.
Reviewed By toolo
We chose Mr Linh's based on our friends' recommendation. The replies from the agent were prompt, and it was easy to make changes or ask questions. Our itinerary was fairly straight forward, and you can check all the accommodations as they provide an itinerary with links to hotels and homestays. Both our guide and driver were excellent. At all times we felt safe when Mr Long was behind the wheel. Mr Son was very knowledgeable about the area, and he also picked up quickly our favourite dishes and our average hiking/trekking speed. We did a 9D/8N trip, and had to do small changes along the way (like skipping motorbike riding as it was a rainy day going from Ha Giang to Dong Van, and then staying one extra night in Dong Van waiting for the rain to stop). The changes were not an issue to Mr Son. We had a small misunderstanding, but even that was duly noted and communicated to us. We went to places where there were no other tourists, and it was really wonderful to enjoy the fresh air, amazing sceneries, colourful tribes and see people at their daily chores. Our itinerary was Hanoi-Hoang Su Phi-Ban Phung-Ha Giang-Dong Van-Cao Bang/Quang Uyen-Ban Gioc Falls-Quang Uyen-Hanoi. To see the rice fields in full colour, I would suggest going latest early October. Around mid-October a lot of the rice had already been harvested, but still plenty being harvested by the locals, mostly women. I would strongly recommend Mr Linh's for travels to Northern Vietnam.
10. Shortern Central tour 6Days
6days Central Vietnam classic tour will give the essential destination in the heart land of Vietnam heritage. With a short time trip to admire majestic sights, natural scenes, cultural Heritages such as Hue Old Capital city with Royal Palace of Nguyen King Palace and Mausoleums, Hoi An ancient town with an interesting walking tour, Visit My Son Sanctuary – one of World’s Heritage Sites and The most impressive cave - Phong Nha cave A fantastic trip to Central Vietnam is the best way to get unique values of World Heritages and unforgettable memories!
Inclusions: Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Pick-up and Drop-off car service. Experienced and friendly driver, 02 nites in Hoian hotel 3 star included breakfast (Single room, 01 nite in Danang hotel 3 star included breakfast (Single room, 02 nites in Hue hotel 3 star included breakfast (Single room, English-Vietnamese guide as mentioned on the program., Meals as mentioned on the program.B=5 Breakfasts, L= 3 Luches +1 Snack meal, Bottled water (1 bottle/pax/day)
Exclusions: VAT, Pick-up and Drop-off tour guide., Entrance tickets at Hoi An Ancient town., Personal costs that are not included, Return airtickets.
Reviewed By chrisbB5743MX
I needed a company to help me put together a very itemized and logistically complex 2.5 week hike, trek, climb and rest day plan/schedule (I live in Vietnam, have been to Sapa before and have climbed mountains like Kilimanjaro and Elbrus so I knew what I wanted). I tried 7 companies - some ignored me, some told me I wasn't good enough to climb the mountains in Vietnam. But Asia Master Tours and Chi stepped up to the plate and delivered a fantasic plan and kept in touch and kept me upto to date everyday. You have to have a very flexible mindset in Vietnam. Corona precautions started to deeply affect my plan and my final climb plus my visit to Ha Giang was cancelled. Chi kept me updated, we discussed options, once agreed Chi would go away and (re)arrange everything in a fantastic top way. I made it more tricky for her as I had already done a lot of the main sights in northern Vietnam but she always came through for me. AMT and Chi have been fantastic for me and I would use them again for anything climb/trek/travel related in Vietnam - and I don't normally allow other people to plan things for me either.
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