On April 3, Mr. Howard Limbert - cave expert of the British Royal Cave Association, said that the cave exploration team of this organization has just discovered 12 new caves, never before seen by human footprints in Quang Binh, with the total length of the caves measured to be more than 10 km.
The expedition to Quang Binh by these cave experts started from March 3 to 20, with 11 experts divided into 2 small groups, going to different locations to survey new caves. The locations explored by the survey groups this time are in the limestone mountains of the districts: Bo Trach, Quang Ninh, Minh Hoa. The expert group discovered 12 new caves, of which, three caves in Bo Trach district include Doc Co Cave (554.6 m long), End Cave (51.5 m long), Dry Vom (413 m long).
Quang Ninh district currently has four newly discovered caves including: Nuoc Ngam cave 3,872 m long, Nuoc Lan 3 cave 1,919 m long, Hung Thoai cave 460 m long, Coincidental Cave 100 m long.
In Minh Hoa district alone, the team of experts discovered five caves including 194.8 m long Horned Viper Cave 3, 2,012 m long Phu Nhieu Cave 4, 314 m long Cha Ra Cave, 137 m long Thoang Lip Cave, and 463 m long Ma Lon Cave. The total length of the newly discovered and measured caves this time is nearly 10.5 km.
According to the experts' observations, the newly discovered caves include underground river systems and are completely untouched, with no human footprints. The cave experts believe that these caves will be very valuable in the future to promote the development of Quang Binh tourism.
"One of the team members was on the same flight as the Covid-19 patient, so when the team returned after 5 days in the jungle, all members and porters were forced to quarantine for 14 days in a house in Phong Nha," said Howard Limbert, the expedition leader. Howard also said that due to the impact of Covid-19, the team could not dive in Hang Thung cave as planned. They will carry out the plan on the trip next year.
