Son Doong cave adventure tour fully booked for 2024

Expedition adventure tours to Son Doong Cave, the world’s largest natural cave, are fully booked for 2024, said Oxalis, the only firm licensed to operate the tours.

Exploring Son Doong Cave is considered one of the adventure tours in Vietnam that attracts international tourists the most. It is also one of the country's most expensive tourist attractions, with a ticket price of around VND72 million ($3,100) per person for a six-day-five-night expedition.

British newspaper Daily Mail selected Son Doong Cave as the cave with the most impressive campsite in the world. British television station Dave TV ranked the Son Doong Cave expedition tour 5th out of the 20 greatest adventures on the planet. UK magazine National Geographic ranked the cave expedition as the world's most classy adventure tour.

During the tour, tourists will discover a magnificent system of stalactites and stalagmites, underground rivers, and giant sinkholes. Tourists can also admire a forest along with the diverse biodiversity inside Son Doong Cave and visit the Doong village, home to the Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minority group.

Another destination is En Cave, where the movie “Peter Pan: The Neverland” was filmed and where ABC News broadcast the TV programme Good Morning America to the U.S. in 2015.

In Phong Nha town, three events are coming. The "Phong Nha Countdown Party 2024" and a traditional art, street performance program on New Year's Eve will be on December 31. The Quang Binh Culinary Tourism Festival 2023 will take place on the afternoon of December 31.

In Dong Hoi town, the low-altitude fireworks display to welcome the 2024 New Year will take place at Bao Ninh 1 Urban Area (Regal Legend), from midnight on January 1, 2024.

The 15-minute fireworks show combined with electronic dance music (EDM) and modern lighting technology will create a vibrant atmosphere, dazzling with colourful fireworks and attracting both locals and tourists.