Visit Quang Binh Paradise Cave

Dubbed “the palace in the ground”, Thien Duong cave in Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province is one of the most magnificent and magical wonders in the world.

Paradise Cave is located at km 16 (nearly 4 km from the western edge of Ho Chi Minh Road), in the heart of a limestone mountain complex at an altitude of 191m, surrounded by pristine primeval forests of Phong Nha National Park. Ke Bang, a familiar place in Quang Binh tours.

Thien Duong Cave has a length of more than 31.4 km, width ranges from 30 to 100m, the widest place is up to 150m; The height from the bottom of the cave to the ceiling is about 60-80m, rated by the British Royal Cave Association as the longest dry cave in Asia, one of the most spectacular caves that the team has ever surveyed many caves on. world.

 

Paradise cave has a magnificent, magnificent and fanciful structure that makes cave explorers think of a paradise on earth (hence the reason why the cave is named Paradise) is a destination not to be missed in the world. all Quang Binh tours of both domestic and foreign tourists.

 

 

From the foot of the mountain, visitors walk 570m or pass 524 steps to reach the cave. The temperature in the cave is about 18 degrees Celsius, so as soon as you get to the door, you will no longer feel tired and want to continue exploring immediately because of a cool breeze from the inside.

Not only stopping at the feeling of surprise and surprise, visitors are also very surprised and dumbfounded by the unique and charming beauty of this cave. The entrance of the cave is small, just enough for one person to come down, lying under a hundred meters high rock formation, it looks very spectacular.

A slope leading down to the cave floor is 15m long, the slope is created very sophisticatedly with countless large and round stalactite grains, the two sides of the slope have many traces of collapse, littered with stalactite columns as if it has just undergone a tectonic wave. . To ensure the current status of the cave floor, the management board made a wooden bridge 3.5m wide and 1km long to serve visitors. This road currently holds a national record as “The longest wooden road”.

The magnificent magical beauty of the cave is revealed when the light shines on countless magical stalactites. The entrance is narrow, but inside the cave is more than 200m wide, the ceiling is high and wide, visitors can freely admire the scenery here.

Stepping into the cave, people will be satisfied to imagine in front of countless stalactites with many different shapes that the “explorers” used beautiful languages ​​to name. Come on, Cung Thach Hoa Vien with stalactites like a statue of a virgin mother holding a baby; The Giao Tri Palace is the place where the Jade Emperor discussed the country with his courtiers, surrounded by statues of unicorns and phoenixes..

Especially in the cave, there are images similar to cultural symbols of different regions, deep in the cave, there are many stone fibers sloping out into very flexible, long and layered steps like terraced fields, in the middle of the cave there are cells. As a symbol of wet rice civilization, many stalactite columns in the shape of Champa towers are very beautiful.

Unique is Quang Han Palace, where the stalactite block looks like a fairy’s curtain or Quan Tien Palace converges with the whole population of Amitabha Buddha statues,… the most impressive is the Lotus Tower with its unique shape. but under the eyes of each person, each angle has different shapes, this is a stalactite block with an extremely rare and fancy shape. In fact, it is a stalactite mass formed from irregularly splashing water drops that creates a mysterious beauty for Paradise cave.

The more you go, the more you see that after hundreds of millions of years, the Creator has been painstakingly carving to produce such fantastical shapes to this day. In addition, the stalactites evoke images of communal communal houses of the Central Highlands people.

Compared with Phong Nha cave, the stalactites in Thien Duong cave have more shapes. From time to time, I encounter a steep stalactite slope like newly formed, still wet with steam, step up and hear the crackling sound of broken feet. There are a few when the lights shine on, they will shine like tinsel, flashing like countless stars at night.

Most of the ground is flexible, wide and fairly flat, so many people say: If this change becomes a hall for… meetings, it will be great, and no need for air conditioning. Because the temperature in the cave is always at 20-21 degrees Celsius. Just sitting in front of the cave entrance, you can feel each cool breeze blowing up from the bottom of the cave, hitting your skin in the 36-37 degrees Celsius sun outdoors.

After going through 1km of wooden stairs, visitors can walk another 6km to continue to explore the various stalactites and stalagmites in Thien Duong cave. And the final destination is the “skylight” with columns of sunlight shining into the cave. However, this next 6km journey is only suitable for adventurous travelers, experienced in cave exploration and in good health.

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