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The best Phong Nha tours

We're not a tour operator, so we can say what's actually worth it. Here's the lineup, from a one-day jungle trek to a five-day expedition, with our honest pick for each kind of traveler.

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Our picks for adventure

These are the tours we point most people to. Bookable, well run, and they cover the full range from gentle to serious.

Big caveOur pick

Hang Pygmy Exploration

Sleep inside the world's fourth largest cave. Our pick for big-cave adventure on a real budget.

$310 (7.900.000 ₫) · 2 days / 1 night

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AdventureOur pick

Kong Collapse Top Adventure

A 100m abseil into a giant sinkhole. The closest thing to Son Doong's scale you can book without the wait.

$1,375 (35.000.000 ₫) · 5 days / 4 nights

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AdventureOur pick

Hung Thoong Exploration

A multi-cave system with jungle camping, swimming and proper exploration. A brilliant mid-length expedition.

$470 (12.000.000 ₫) · 3 days / 2 nights

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Day tripOur pick

Elephant Cave & Ma Da Valley Trek

A jungle day trek to a cave and a hidden valley. Accessible adventure, good from age eight.

$76 (1.950.000 ₫) · 1 day

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Day tripOur pick

Tra Ang Cave Excursion

An easygoing day of jungle, river and cave. A great first taste of adventure caving.

$31 (800.000 ₫) · 1 day

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WaterfallOur pick

Do Quyen Waterfall Adventure

A via ferrata and waterfall adventure in Bach Ma. Different from the caves and genuinely thrilling.

$295 (7.500.000 ₫) · 2 days / 1 night

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AdventureOur pick

Tiger Cave Series Adventure

Three days through a connected system: abseil, river swims, two jungle camps, ending at the mouth of Pygmy. A proper expedition with almost no one else on the trail.

$490 (12.500.000 ₫) · 3 days / 2 nights

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The famous expedition caves

The headline caves run by the licensed operator. Incredible, but book well ahead, Son Doong is sold out for years.

Big cave

Son Doong Expedition

The world's largest cave. The only legal operator runs it, and it's sold out for years, but it's the ultimate trip.

$3,120 (79.500.000 ₫) · 4 days / 3 nights

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Hang En Cave

Camp on a beach in the world's third largest cave and wake to the swifts. A wonderful overnight.

$345 (8.800.000 ₫) · 2 days / 1 night

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Tu Lan Cave System

Swim through a system of jungle caves around Tan Hoa, the Kong: Skull Island location. The most water-heavy of the major trips.

$300 (7.700.000 ₫) · 3 days / 2 nights

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Hang Va Expedition

Forests of cone stalagmites rising out of jade pools. One of the strangest cave interiors anywhere on earth.

$360 (9.200.000 ₫) · 2 days / 1 night

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Adventure

Hang Tien Cave (Fairy Cave)

Cascading calcite terraces like a frozen stone waterfall, paired with a night of jungle camping near Tan Hoa.

$225 (5.800.000 ₫) · 2 days / 1 night

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Adventure

Hang Nuoc Nut Cave Discovery

A gentle 1-day swim into a quiet Oxalis river cave. The overnight camp moved into the Hang Va expedition.

$84 (2.150.000 ₫) · 1 day

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