Paradise Cave & Phong Nha caves from Dong Hoi: 2 caves in one day

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 14

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PickupAt your hotel

Two caves in one day: one you walk through, one you boat through.

This full-day tour from Dong Hoi visits Paradise Cave and Phong Nha Cave, both in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. You're picked up from your hotel, guided through the 31km Paradise Cave with its towering stalactites and stalagmites, then taken by boat through the underground river system of Phong Nha Cave. The tour includes a professional English-speaking guide, lunch, all park fees and hotel drop-off, running about 9 hours total. Pickup times vary by location: 7:50–8:15 am from Dong Hoi, or 9:00–9:15 am from Phong Nha.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Paradise and Phong Nha Caves

Pick up from hotel in Dong Hoi or Phong Nha
Visit Paradise Cave and explore formations
Visit Phong Nha Cave and see underground river

The Experience

You start with hotel pickup in the early morning—either from Dong Hoi city or from Phong Nha, depending on where you're staying—and head into Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. The landscape is limestone mountains all around, and the caves sit inside this protected area. Your guide handles the route and the timing, so you're not figuring out how to get there or what to do once you arrive.

Paradise Cave is where the morning goes. Discovered by the British Cave Research Association in 2005 and fully explored by 2010, it stretches 31km and holds the title of Asia's longest dry cave. The widest section opens to around 150 meters across, and the ceiling reaches 100 meters high. You walk through formations of white crystal stalactites and stalagmites that look like glass pillars—the deeper sections have a primitive, almost untouched quality. The cave was named for the way it feels as you move through it, and the scale of the space makes the walk memorable without being strenuous.

After lunch (included, with vegetarian options available if you request them at booking), you move to Phong Nha Cave, which is a different experience entirely. This one is a water cave—you travel by boat through an underground river that runs over 13km and reaches toward the Laos border. Stalactites and stalagmites line the passage, lit by installed lighting that makes the formations sparkle. The boat ride is the main event here, and it's the contrast to the morning walk that makes the day hold together: one cave you explore on foot, the other you drift through by water.

The tour wraps with hotel drop-off. National park fees, the guide, bottled water, and local taxes are all covered. The whole day runs about 9 hours from pickup to return.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off from Dong Hoi or Phong Nha.
professional English-speaking guide for the full day.
entry to both Paradise Cave and Phong Nha Cave.
boat passage through the underground river.
bottled water throughout the tour.
lunch with vegetarian options available.
all national park fees and local taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Phong Nha - Tour to the caves

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you're arriving in Dong Hoi with a free day and want to see the region's two most famous caves without arranging transport or navigation yourself. The fixed schedule and included guide mean you move through both caves at a comfortable pace and understand what you're standing in front of—the scale, the geology, the history—instead of rushing or wandering on your own.