Quang Binh authorities have allowed the pilot exploitation of tourism product "Discovering Hung Thoong" in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO heritage site, in 12 months.
"Hung" in the Phong Nha language means valley.
Accordingly, the provincial People's Committee agreed to allow the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park management board to coordinate with eligible units as prescribed to exploit this new tourism product.
Joining a tour to explore Thoong Valley, visitors will experience many different types of terrain, from trekking in the middle of the jungle, swimming through caves to swinging over cliffs, while experiencing the beautiful jade-green lakes.
The tour is for guests aged 15 years and over, with no more than 20 people per group and operational all year, except during storms or floods.
According to the people's committee's request, the management and exploitation units must monitor the weather to ensure safety, arrange a reasonable sightseeing route, be innovative, and provide visitors the best experience.
Hung Thoong is one of the most unspoiled places of Phong Nha-Ke Bang.
In November, Quang Binh authorities had licensed Oxalis Company Limited to organize on a pilot basis the "Experience life in flood season" tour in Minh Hoa district’s Tan Hoa commune.
Previously, the province had launched its first ever campsite in the buffer zone of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.
"Known as the “Adventure Capital of Asia”, tours in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park have set a benchmark for supreme quality, not just in Vietnam and Asia, but on a global level," Oxalis, which also runs tours to Son Doong Cave exclusively, stated on its website. Son Doong is the world's largest natural cave.
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2003. It features great geological diversity and offers spectacular phenomena while harboring a high level of biodiversity and many endemic species.