Son Doong, situated within Vietnam’s UNESCO-listed Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, is the world’s largest cave passage, characterized by its immense scale and unique internal ecosystems. Discovered by a local farmer in 1990 and surveyed by British explorers in 2009, the cave features chambers large enough to accommodate skyscrapers. Its specialized environment includes localized weather patterns, clouds, and lush jungles that grow where the ceiling has collapsed. Access remains strictly controlled by the Vietnamese government to ensure the long-term preservation of its pristine geological and biological features.
- Son Doong is the largest known cave passage in the world, measuring over five kilometers in length with sections reaching 200 meters in height.
- Local resident Ho Khanh first discovered the cave entrance in 1990, though it was not officially explored until 2009 by the British Caving Research Association.
- The cave houses its own internal jungle and river system, supported by sunlight entering through massive “dolines” or sinkholes.
- It contains massive geological formations, including the “Great Wall of Vietnam,” a calcite wall standing 90 meters high.
- To minimize human impact, only one tour company is permitted to lead expeditions, and visitor numbers are capped annually.
- The trek to explore the cave typically takes several days and requires navigating difficult terrain, including underground rivers and steep climbs.
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We Marines carry extra pair/changes of socks. I carried at least 2-4 depending where we went. They where always in a ziplock with tons of baby powder. We also carried extra boots, usually at very bottom of everybodies 782 gear main pack.
Very hard hitting news piece here. Not much going on in the world right now, so good call CBS.
What an incredible world we live in!
Every time you touched something you ruin something.
Stalagmites and stalactites are never supposed to be touched and here people are standing on them😢
peace be upon you sir from me
Outstanding
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Mammoth cave in Kentucky is the largest cave in the world.
Tour costs US$3000 per person
8mim video… theres far better youtube videos covering it. 60 minutes isnt the same.
Absolutely amazing!!! 👏👏👏🙏
Amazing
I would be terrified of flooding.😮
Spectacular!
Why are they over exaggerating the skill and danger? Stupid.
Seen quite a few videos on it and always love it. One thing, next time just let the producer do the video. She seemed more impressed about the cave instead talking about themselves like the dude did 😂
This cave is sad, they found it and made it a tour site and the locals and venders turned it into a land fill within 5 years
Truly sad how Vietanm turns everything in to a Land fill
For those wanna get angry, research top countries that add pollution to the Worlds oceans……Vietnam is well known for this problem yet we are focused on Americans and EVs for some reason…
Is this 60 minutes paid by communist Vietnam, what your showing is legit like 5% of everything..nothing else…..
Why not show the trash, the pollution, hte venders, the chaos the traffic the road outside the main entnernce?
I wish the cave name sounded better in English.
To Scott and everyone, At 60 minutes. Thank you so much for all the years of excellent reporting. On these most excellent Experiences, thank you so much❤😊
Fantastic
Why didnt you bring better gear?
It's amazing but they made it all about them! Conceited ego!
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Spectacular, thanks!
Nice!
I had Dr. Granger at Purdue. He is genuinely the coolest person I’ve ever met and a fantastic professor
I pass
This place looks amazing! Went caving in Pai, Thailand. This looked quite pleasant, Pai on the other hand!
Wigga dinng dingg dingggg