Son Doong Cave among world’s top 15 breathtaking destinations
Buzzfeed, an American online social news and entertainment giant, has cited Son Doong Cave in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province among world’s top 15 Breathtaking Destinations that adventurous people should visit once in their lifetime.
 Son Doong Cave, was made public in 2009 by a group of British scientists from the British Cave Research Association after they extensively surveyed the area. Photo:Carsten Peter / National Geographic Creative  Located approximately 500km south of Hanoi, Son Dong cave is more than 200m wide, 150m high and about 9km long. It houses a jungle and a river and could fit a 40-storey skyscraper within its walls. Photo:meteoweb.eu  “The Door to Hell” in Derweze, Turkmenistan Photo:Neil Melville-Kenney / Via Flickr: fijian_scion “The Troll’s Tongue” in Hordaland, Norway Photo:J Wildman / Getty Images  “The Stairway to Heaven” in Oahu, Hawaii Photo:Shawn Clover / Via Flickr: shawnclover “The Devil’s Pool,” bordering Zimbabwe and Zambia in Africa Photo:Jason Yu / Getty Images The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland Photo:Victor Lucas Mendenhall Ice Caves in Juneau, Alaska Photo:John Hyde / Corbis The Kjeragbolten boulder in Rogaland, Norway Photo:Simon Taylor / Via Flickr: simontaylor The “Swing at the End of the World” in Baños, Ecuador Photo:Chris Morris / Via Caters News Agency  Neptune Islands, Australia Photo:Michael Melford, National Geographic  The blood-red Lake Tuz in Aksaray, Turkey Photo:Anadolu Agency / Getty Images  “Death Road” in the Yungas region of Bolivia Photo:Nick Smith / Guzelilian  Mount Hua Shan in in Huayin, China Photo:Flocu / Getty Images  Ellison’s Cave in Georgia, United States Photo:Michael Nichols / National Geographic  |
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