The wild landscape with many beautiful, surreal caves is the attractive factor that made director Jordan Vogt-Roberts choose Phong Nha (Quang Binh) as the setting for the blockbuster Kong: Skull Island.
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| On the morning of February 21, the Kong: Skull Island film crew "landed" in Phong Nha to prepare for the upcoming filming days. Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh) is located about 500 km south of Hanoi and 50 km northwest of Dong Hoi. |
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| The total area of the national park is 343,300 hectares, of which the core zone is 123,300 hectares and the buffer zone is 220,000 hectares. Phong Nha is known as the "kingdom of caves", a place that contains many mysterious landscapes, magnificent caves like castles located in the heart of limestone mountains. |
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| Cave entrance view from inside Phong Nha cave. In Phong Nha - Ke Bang there are about 300 large and small caves divided into 3 main systems: Phong Nha cave system, Vom cave system and Ruc Mon cave system. |
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| Visitors can visit the national park from 7am to 5pm every day of the week. The Son River boat station is where visitors are welcomed and taken to visit the caves. |
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| In 2003, Phong Nha - Ke Bang was recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site based on geological and geomorphological criteria. In 2015, UNESCO recognized this place for the second time as a World Natural Heritage site based on biodiversity and ecological criteria. |
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| Some typical caves in Phong Nha - Ke Bang are Phong Nha Cave, Tien Son Cave, Thien Duong Cave, Toi Cave, En Cave, Khe Ry Cave and Son Doong Cave - the largest cave in the world. Currently, tourists can explore the cave system by adventure tourism, which requires good health and dexterity and many skills when moving. |
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| The wild but fascinating natural scenery of Phong Nha - Ke Bang. |
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| The most popular tour in the national park today is the Phong Nha Cave - Tien Son Cave tour. Tickets range from 20,000 to 80,000 VND per person depending on age. The price of a boat (each boat carries 1 - 14 people) is 320,000 - 350,000 VND/trip. |
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