Hang En - world's third largest cave

07:02, 01/02/2020

Hang En (literally Swift cave), the world's 3rd largest cave, is located in the Cave Kingdom of Vietnam, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province.

 

 

Hang En (literally Swift cave), the world’s 3rd largest cave, is located in the Cave Kingdom of Vietnam, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province.

As considered the world’s third largest cave by volume behind Son Doong cave, also in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park and Deer Cave in Malaysia, Hang En has recently become one of the most renowned and impressive caves on the planet
As considered the world’s third largest cave by volume behind Son Doong cave, also in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park and Deer Cave in Malaysia, Hang En has recently become one of the most renowned and impressive caves on the planet

 

Deep inside the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, the adventure tour to Hang En has been said to have the biggest ‘wow’ factor in all of Vietnam, with the most surreal camping experience.
Deep inside the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, the adventure tour to Hang En has been said to have the biggest ‘wow’ factor in all of Vietnam, with the most surreal camping experience.

 

Hang En was first explored by British cave explorers in 1994.
Hang En was first explored by British cave explorers in 1994.

 

These days the most accessible entrance to Son Doong passes directly through Hang En
These days the most accessible entrance to Son Doong passes directly through Hang En

 

This cave is considered the second largest cave in Vietnam and third largest in the world, and it also makes up one night of the original five-day Son Doong Cave Expedition being so close to the largest cave in the world
This cave is considered the second largest cave in Vietnam and third largest in the world, and it also makes up one night of the original five-day Son Doong Cave Expedition being so close to the largest cave in the world

 

Hang En from an ariel view
Hang En from an ariel view

(Source: VNA)