![]() ![]() That evening we were picked up by Oxalis and we went to their homestay. Make sure you bring everything you need before you get to town, there are very limited options to buy supplies. We borrowed bikes (there are no taxis) from our hotel and went to town for some supplies and food. Further down the river away from the main street shops are where most of the places to stay are located. The “town” is a single main street with restaurants, tour agencies and small shops. There are several other adventure expeditions around the area in the National Park. ![]() Phong Nha is already a popular destination for travelers, not just for Hang Son Doong. Some of the group stayed in the Oxalis Home Office but there is limited room and we stayed down the street at Ho Khanh’s Farmstay. We arranged car service from Hue to where we were staying in Phong Nha with Oxalis. My friends had never been to Vietnam before so we spent the week beforehand in Hoi An and Hue, Vietnam on the way to Phong Nha. They run around 700 people in a year, in groups of ten, nonstop during the dry season. They are the only tour company that is allowed inside Hang Son Doong to run tours. The tour is four nights and five days long inside the park and caves with Oxalis Adventures Tours plus a night before and after the trip outside the park. Khanh brought British cave explorers Deb & Howerd Limbert to explore the surrounding area’s caves and eventually explore Hang Son Doong. Ho Khanh in 1990 on accident it was forgotten until 2009 when Mr. Hang (meaning Cave in Vietnamese) Son Doong is the largest cave in the world and located in Central Vietnam in the Quin Lorem province. ![]() SEE ALSO: What I Packed: Son Doong Cave, Vietnam About Hang Son Doong SEE ALSO: Frequently Asked Questions About my Trip to Son Doong Cave I found two friends and the minute the registration opened we signed up to go in May. I immediately started emailing all of my friends for partners in crime on this adventure. I signed up to be alerted about it next year and I was surprised when I received an email last July saying they were adding an additional sign-up period in November. You have to sign up about a year ahead of time and when I looked it up, it was sold out. When a former coworker told me she trekked through the largest cave in the world I couldn’t ignore it. ![]()
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