How amazing it was! We were very closed to the exit of hang Over which is hidden somewhere in the collapse. Reaching the bottom of the doline, we found out that was the jungle inside hang Pygmy and hang Over. We could not believe that we were on the top of a doline known as a cave ceiling collapse. Suddenly, we saw a hug collapse which looks like a cave entrance. Time went by, we followed a rocky river bed, climbed up many hills, trekked through valleys to hit to a top of mountain that we did not plan to reach. We decided to continue the trip to find the other exit of hang Over from other side of the cave which is 4 hours trek through a crazy terrains. Turning around after hours of trying to look for tropical wind exit, the crew was super upset, but it was the right decision to keep us safe. Continue through the jungle in the cave, we reached the entrance of hang Over cave. A short exploration of Tiger cave was done until we hit the water section. We could not believe this! The collapse is huge, 100m wide, 150m high. That was the doline or jungle inside the cave. We were in the jungle between two entrances of caves. After 30 minutes walk, we found the upper entrance of Tiger cave which is 100m from hang Over. We left the Dai A camp for hang Over exploration. Second day start with a big breakfast and some packed lunch were ready. We planned to explore the whole length of hang Over which is 3,2 km in the next morning to get to Pygmy cave.
Mapping the area, we recognized that we were very closed to hang Over which is the middle section of this cave system. Campsite was set, food prepared by my local team to get ready for a big adventure ahead. Exhausted! the whole team decided to camp at Dai A, the lower entrance of Tiger cave.
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After a long full day of hiking through the untouched jungle of Phong Nha – Ke Bang, the map from BCRA sent us to the lower entrance of Tiger cave known as Dai A cave. June, 2017, we started our first journey to find the fourth largest cave. An expedition team was formed including me as the leader, two national park staffs, and three local porters. “I have to go there, I have to go there” talked to myself.Īfter being agreed by the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National management board on the survey, I found my team to start the journey of bring one of the largest cave to the world. These awesome pictures keep appearing in my head. Reading more about the details of cave descriptions, it’s clear that this system used to be one cave which has been divided into three with a doline known as collapse in between.
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It is a series of three continuous section of one cave, I believed. That was the very first few years when the BCAR cavers put their steps in Phong Nha to start looking for caves.Īfter looking at the survey map of the hang Vom cave system, the Tiger cave, hang Over cave and Pygmy cave are easily found. Howard said “We found this cave system in 1997, 20 years ago”. I talked to Howard and Deb about the story of this huge cave system.
Early 2017, hearing about Pygmy cave from Howard and Deb, the leaders of British Caving Research Association (BCRA), I was definitely thirsty for this amazing cave after seeing the photos.
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