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Son Doong Cave in Vietnam, the world's largest cave with an underground jungle and a river, has been opened to the public for the first time since its discovery in 2009.
The Son Doong Cave was discovered by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert, in 2009, eight years after a local man named Ho Khanh found it in 1991. Four years on, the cave was officially opened for tours in July and it will be hosting its first tourists, a batch of 220 adventure travellers, until the end of August 2014.
The Son Doong Cave which is located in the heart of the Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province near the Laos-Vietnam border is so large that a skyscraper could fit inside it, according to National Geographic.
Haki za uchapaji © Mradi wa Phoenix: Ulimwengu Mpya. Haki zote zimehifadhiwa. Pango la Son Doong, lililo chini ya ardhi nchini Vietnam, limefunguliwa kwa mara ya kwanza kwa umma tangu lilipogunduliwa mwaka 2009. Pango la Son Doong liligunduliwa na watafiti wa Uingereza, wakiongozwa na Howard Limbert, mnamo 2009, miaka minane baada ya mtu wa eneo hilo aliyeitwa Ho Khanh kuigundua mnamo 1991. Baada ya miaka minne, pango hilo lilifunguliwa rasmi kwa ziara mnamo Julai na litakuwa likikaribisha watalii wake wa kwanza, kundi la watalii 220 wa adventure, hadi mwisho wa Agosti 2014. Pango la Son Doong, lililoko katikati ya Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Phong Nha Ke Bang, katika mkoa wa Quang Binh, karibu na mpaka wa Laos na Vietnam, ni kubwa sana hivi kwamba jengo kubwa la angani linaweza kuingizwa ndani yake.