The Wall Street Journal, a US newspaper, has given some pieces of advice for travelers how to explore the most amazing caves in Vietnam on a three-day swimming and hiking excursion. “I was halfway into a three-day hiking and swimming tour in what is fast becoming one of the world’s most popular caving destinations, a massive limestone formation 300 miles south of Hanoi,” Patrick Scott, a writer from The Wall Street Journal wrote. Their expedition, run by Oxalis Adventure Tours, was painstakingly laid out by speleologists with extensive experience mapping cave and led by guides trained in first aid and water rescues. Most importantly, they weren’t in danger of surging waters because Oxalis doesn’t run tours in the rainy season. “In the 909-degree heat and humidity, they walked from the Oxalis pavilion onto a concrete road built by the makers of Kong: Skull Island, filmed in the province in 2016, through a valley hemmed by lush peaks. They started with a hike up a mountainside to a dry chamber called Rat Cave, a lair for the movie monster and their setting for lunch,” The Wall Street Journal wrote. After leaving Rat Cave, they hiked two hours down the mountain to our first campsite and their first swim, outside of Ken Cave. There, a one-story waterfall tumbled from the entrance forming their own private swimming hole. The second day brought swims in three caves. First they were back in Ken, in their shirts, pants, boots, life jackets and helmets, pulling against… [Read full story]
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