Thien Duong Cave
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Thiên Đường Cave is a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, UNESCO
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's World Heritage Site
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, 60 km northwest of Đồng Hới city.
Thiên Đường Cave is located on an elevation of 200 meters above the sea level
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, near the west branch of Ho Chi Minh Highway
Ho Chi Minh Highway
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, in Son Trach Commune, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province
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, Vietnam
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. The cave was discovered by a local man in 2005 and 5 first km of this cave was explored by explorers from British Cave Research Association
British Cave Research Association
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 in 2005, the whole 31 km was explored and publicly announced by the British cave explorers. This cave is 31 km long, longer than Phong Nha Cave
Phong Nha cave
Phong Nha Cave is a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. It is 7729 meters long and contains 14 grottos, as well as a 13,969 meter underground river. While scientists have surveyed it to a depth of 44.5 kilometers, tourists are only...

 which had been considered the longest cave in this national park
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. The height can reach to 100 m and 150 wide. The limestone formation is also more spectacular than that of Phong Nha Cave. The British cave explorers was impressed by the beautiful and spectacular stalactites and stalagmites inside this cave and they named it Thiên Đường Cave (Paradise Cave).

Tourist activities

The access road and internal road of this cave was built by a local company (Truong Thinh Group) and the cave has been opened to tourists since 3 September 2010. The car paking is 1.6 km from the entry of the cave, and tourists will go by golf car or walk on a paved road to the cave mouth. Only 1 km is open to tourists.
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