Pictorial: The Story of One of the World's Largest and Terrible Caves

The Dhaka Times Desk Hang Son Doong is one of the largest and most dangerous caves in the world. It is also suitable for adventurous tourists.

There are thousands of caves covered in mountains scattered around the world. In primitive times people lived in these caves. That's why we call them cavemen. Some of these caves scattered all over the world are big in size. Some are small and some are very big. The largest cave in the world is called Hang Son Doong. It is also called the largest cave network in the world.

Where is Hang Son Doong?

The cave network is located in Bo Tac District, Cong Binh Province, Vietnam. The cave was discovered in 1991. The cave was first discovered by a local man named Ho-Khanh. Howard and Dave Lambert, heads of the British Cave Research Organization, began a survey on April 10-14, 2009 to measure the size and breadth of the world's largest cave network. But their observations were interrupted by a large calcite plaque. The largest chamber of this cave measures 200 meters high and 150 meters wide, which is a total of 5.6 kilometers.

It is the largest cave in the world

The discovery of the Hang Son Doong Cave overtook Malaysia's Deer Cave as the world's largest cave. Hang Son Duong is located next to Phung Na King Bang, a national park in Vietnam. The mysterious cave consists of about 150 caves. Interestingly, the research team could measure the volume of the cave but could not find its end. In 2009, Howard, Rimty Phung Na Ki Bang National Park began exploring this cave.

Why is the cave dangerous?

Limbit and his research team encountered various dangers while discovering the cave. They found poisonous snakes, large spiders, strange animals and unknown plants in the cave. They found small water fountains inside the cave. There are many tunnels in the cave, which make it easy to travel from one province to another in Vietnam. Apart from water fountains, there are several forests inside the cave. From a distance, Hang Son Dong looks like a double-decker bus. That is why Hang Son Doong is considered as the most interesting cave. Initially, local people were afraid to come towards this cave area, because they heard loud noises from the river below this cave. After the discovery of the cave it is still not open to the general public. Because this cave is very scary. It is home to some of the world's deadliest animals and insects.

An exceptional cave

Inside Hang Son Doong Cave is a different world. Photographers who have entered the cave have said that while inside the cave, they thought they had moved to a different place from the world. Famous German photographer Caristen entered the cave in 2010 to take pictures. He came out of the cave and said that he stayed there for two weeks, during which time he slept in a sleeping bag while he slept there, he was always busy taking pictures and thought he was in a different place from the world.

Thus those who have gone inside that cave have spoken about various experiences. But two things were the same in everyone's statement that this cave is one of the biggest and most dangerous cave. Maybe researchers will be able to uncover its true secret if they do more research. Then ordinary tourists can go there. You can see with your own eyes the largest and most dangerous cave in the world. Source: Online.