- 1-Day tour
- Air Rides
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- Deals and Discounts
- Meals included
- Sports
- Tour Type
- Watersport
- Weather dependant
INTRODUCTION:
About Dark Cave:
Next to Phong Nha, Dark Cave is the most popular tourism site in the area. It was first discovered in 1990 and opened up not long after that. The Dark Cave is the smaller version of the Son Doong Cave. The reason for the name is that there is no artificial light installed inside the cave and with its total length of 6 kilometers it’s nothing but darkness! Moreover, the rocks inside the cave are dark, some gray some black.
Zipline Dark caveWith this tour, you will have new experiences: ziplining, rowing the kayak. Moreover, the cave is home to many lakes, with a water temperature of about 18 degrees. Inside the cave, there are many unique things to see and experience! There is a natural mud bath at the end of one of the narrow passages and there are many ancient fossils to be found. The fossils are over a million years old! The natural mud bath is very good for the skin, and compared to a mud-bath in a spa this is just a fraction of the price.
About Paradise Cave:
Paradise cave was found by a local man named “Ho Khanh in 2005”. The cave was researched by British Cave Research Association with total length of 31,4km therefore was considered as the longest dry cave in Asia. The cave has been formed over 300 million of years based on scientist’s prediction with wonderful formations. It looks like a secret city hidden underground and is attractive to visitors. You can go further 7000 m to enjoy the secrets inside the cave (paradise-cave-7000m-adventure)
Paradise Cave
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Dong Hoi, Phong Nha | ||||||
| DEPARTURE TIME | Pickup time from 8h00 – 8h30 from your the hotel/ train station, airport…at Dong Hoi city (or Phong Nha about 9h00 – 9h30) | ||||||
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DISCOVERY PHONG NHA CAVE – PARADISE CAVE
NOTE: Paradise Cave and Chay River Dark Cave 1-day-tour departs daily.
If you want a private tour, please contact us for further information.
Additional information
| Location | Dong Hoi, Phong Nha |
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| Duration | 8 hours |
| Month | April, August, December, February, January, July, June, March, May, November, October, September |
8:00 – 8:30: Pickup & Transportation
- The car and the guide will pick you up at the hotel/ train station/ airport … at Dong Hoi city ( or Phong Nha town about 9:00 – 9:30)
- 70km from Dong Hoi to Paradise cave
- Move on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and know more about Vietnam History
10.00 AM – 11.30 AM: Walk and Enjoy Paradise cave
Before getting inside the cave, visitors have to :
- Use a buggy to finish 1,6 km
- Walk up 570 metres
- Relax on resting site
Visit Paradise cave – a very wonderful cave located inside the core zone of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park. It was considered as the longest dry cave in Asia with total length of 31,4 km researched by British Cave Research Association. The magnificent stalactite and stalagmite when visiting 1 km inside the cave..
12:00: Time for Lunch
- Return to the restaurant about 5km
- Have lunch with local foods
- Take a rest
13:00: Explore Dark cave
- Carefully prepared
- Caving equipment provided (Ziplining belt, helmet & headlight, life jacket)
- Follow regulations and interpretation guide
Activities in Dark cave tourism site include:
- Adventuring Zipline (370m to dark cave)
- Having mud bath
- Walking inside the cave
- Swimming & kayaking
- Bathing and joining water games on Chay River
Tip : In order to take photos inside the cave, you can prepare a small waterproof bag to keep your camera or mobilephone safe from the water.
16:30: Return
- 65km from Dark cave tourism site to Dong Hoi city
- Take a rest
- Tour finishes and See you again !
Tour Reviews
We did this tour on 2 March 2026 and had an amazing experience – in particular the Dark Cave, with the zipline, swimming in the clear water, mud bath and water activities afterwards. We also enjoyed the paradise cave as it gave a different perspective to the types of caves in Phong Nha. The lunch was also tasty. Our tour guide was also friendly, shared interesting facts of the caves and had a good sense of humour.
We did this tour on 2 March 2026 and had an amazing experience – in particular the Dark Cave, with the zipline, swimming in the clear water, mud bath and water activities afterwards. We also enjoyed the paradise cave as it gave a different perspective to the types of caves in Phong Nha. Our tour guide was also very friendly, shared interesting facts of the caves and had a good sense of humour.
Amazing time on the tour
Amazing experience, not only the landscape itself but the tour setup and the guides were amazing. We went to Phong Nha for the caves and are more than happy with how it turned out
Must- try and rewarding. This tour gave me many exciting activities and challenged me to explore more. From the zipline to the unique experience of exploring the Dark Cave, and the relaxing mud bath, all the activities were so cool for everyone. The guides were knowledgeable and friendly. I love everything about this trip
A good daytrip if you have spare time in Phong Nha. We had a bit of bad luck because one of the caves was closed due to heavy rain fall, but that’s the risk of traveling in the rainy season. We visited Phong Nha Cave instead, but the zipline activity was cancelled. We did however get refunded for that so that was no problem!
Great guide, fun tour. Please be mindful that if you are 90kg or above or less than 40kg, you cannot ride the zip line to the cave and will need to kayak. Paradise cave is beautiful and enormous.
Best possible way to end our trip in Vietnam! Paradise Cave is just beautiful to explore and we liked the serving of the food in the local restaurant near Dark Cave. But for me the highlight were the activities offered in the Dark Cave. You zip-line into the entrance and then swim your way into the cave. After exploring with just head lights you reach a mini lake of mud where you bath inside. After exiting the cave you canoe you way to a kind of a waterpark in the river where you can play around with zip-line, trampoline or just swim in the river. Our guide Ms. Binh was very kind and informative and really cared for us having a great time. Highly recommended!
Great day, lots of fun at the dark caves, mud baths were great, lunch was ok
So fun! Dark cave is the way to go. Had a great time and the guides were very funny and friendly. Gorgeous location. Highly recommend.
The paradise cave actually a paradise , it’s a really great wonder of nature also the dark cave is really adventurous, Swimming through water and mud + taking a mud bath in the dark. The service is very nice, the guide speaks fluent English and is very cooperative. Both caves are worth visiting.
The tour very well organized. The bus was comfortable and our tour guide Binh was really nice and helpful. She provided a lot of information about the caves and Vietnam. We were a mixed group of Vietnamese and foreigners. Would love to do the tour again with this agency. Good job!
“Fantastic Phong Nha caves tour”
We did two days one night tour with Netin Travel to discover Eight-Lady cave, an unbelievable story about the Vietnam war, Paradise cave, Dark cave and Phong Nha cave. Each cave has its own beauty and all of them are amazing! Our tour guide Tom is very friendly and knowledgeable. He speaks excellent English and told us every little thing about the cave and the area. You should book tour from Tom’s company then enjoy your trip!
Đã đến thăm Tháng 12 2016
“Paradise & Dark Caves”
Our guide on this cave tour (Tom) was great. He met us promptly at the arranged meeting time at our hotel and then provided a lot of interesting info during the tour and just the right amount of jokes too.
He joined right in and made sure we didn’t miss anything during the mud pool, zipline, and kayak portion.
Great time.
We booked this tour from 2nd Nov until they got us to the caves. It was amazing with views and cave systems. Especially, dark cave is really adventurous for us and for those who want to have thrilling feeling with zipline, mud bath, kayaking. Just a small problem here is that the water is very cold in this season from Sept – Dec.
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