Monday, 17/10/2016 - 09:55

360 visitors booked for conquering Son Doong in 2017.

The Son Doong Expedition Tour 2017 has just sold for 15 opening days. 360 domestic and foreign tourists have registered for the five-day and four-night tour at a cost of 3,000 USD per person.

Tourists will have to cross over 50km of mountain and forest, with complex terrain, steep slopes, deep gorges and  streams. So they must use some of tools to overcome these challenges. Most impressively, tourists will take on a zipline to descend  a steep-path of over 80m to enter Son Doong cave.
 
 
“Conquering Son Doong – the largest cave in the world” becomes an international level tour. In recent years, this tour  have been concerned many the public media such as National Geographic Magazine, New York Times, ABC, NHK … and it’s rated as one of ten destination must come once in a lifetime. In particular, Son Doong cave was  broadcasted  through the “Good Morning America” in 2015 by ABC TV Chanel (USA). In the year of 2016, the delegation of foreign ambassadors in Viet Nam experienced a trip  into Son Doong.
 
In 2016, the Son Doong Expedition Tour has attracted 442 tourists with total revenues of nearly 32 billions VND. After three years of operation, over 1,300 tourists has conquered successfully this tour. It’s expected that more 600 visitors will register for the adventure in 2017./. 
My Hanh
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