DETAILED ITINERARY:
Day 1: Arrival & Technical training
You will be picked up from Dong Hoi or Phong Nha area to Homestay in Phong Nha village on your arrival. Prepare for the journey!
Pick up for the technical training at Jungle Boss Headquarter.
Technical training at Jungle Boss training station.
Technical training. You will be instructed by our safety expert on single rope technique (SRT), how to do a safe abseil and go through a transverse line. And practice abseiling at Jungle Boss training station.
Welcome dinner. Transfer back to the homestay after dinner.
Day 2: Phong Nha – Road 20 Victory – Lower entrance of Tiger Cave. Distance: 11km
Pick up from Homestay and transfer to Jungle Boss Headquarter for rechecking hiking gears and personal equipment.
Depart the journey into the depth. Drive along Road 20 Victory for about 45 minutes to the start point of the trekking route at km 24.
Start hiking into the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park. The start is pretty easy downhill but the terrain will change continuously after 1 hour of hiking. You will be hiking up and downhill for the next 1 hour to Doc Gio.
Stop for lunch to recharge the energy at Doc Gio Good time for rest and some beautiful photos of the jungle in this section.
Keep going on the journey to Tiger cave. The deeper the harder! You may pass some water if it rains.
The terrain is getting hard toward Grass Slope “Dốc Lươn”. Dốc Lươn is very steep and slippery. There will be vines and trees for handrails.
Arrive at the lower entrance of Tiger Cave and start swimming into the cave.
Swim at the lower passage of Tiger cave.
Prepare campsite at Tiger cave.
Dinner, chill, talk, and make friends with the local porter.
Day 3: Explore the secrets of Kong. 3km trek.
Breakfast at the base camp.
Set off to walk up to Kong’s eye for the 100-m-abseil.
Abseil into the bottom of Kong Collapse.
Explore the back entrance of Tiger Cave and the extension passages of Kong.
Chill time, photo shoot, swim in the river by the campsite in Kong.
Dinner, chill, talk, and make friends with the local porter.
Day 4: Kong Collapse – Tiger cave – hang Over cave – hang Pygmy. A day underground.
Photo shoot of Kong Collapse. Abseil from the Turtle rock in Kong (optional).
Explore Tiger cave. There will be some sections required to swim. Get ready to be wet!
Start exploring hang Over, the longest cave of the Tiger cave system. This will require an exploration through 3,2m in the darkness.
Lunch will be served inside hang Over cave.
Keep exploring hang Over to reach the Massive Attack passage in hang Over. This passage is 125m wide and 80m high. Many chances for amazing photos.
Trek through the jungle inside hang Pygmy and hang Over to start exploring the fourth largest cave in the world.
You will be following a safety line along hang Pygmy to reach the Dinosaur Spike passage. This section will require a 15-m-abseil into the bottom of Pygmy cave.
Keep exploring Pygmy cave, photoshoot and go swimming in the secret pool inside Pygmy cave.
Dinner time, chill at campsite.
Day 5:Hang Pygmy – Road 20 Victory. 9km trek
Breakfast and cleaning up camp you will exit the cave system and begin the half-day trek home.
Start trekking out of hang Pygmy entrance to reach different valleys and mountains. This will be a long trek out of the jungle with difficult terrain.
Continue the journey to conquer the green forest. Leaving Pygmy Cave, you will come to a system of consecutive limestone mountains and valleys. The walking journey is quite arduous and challenging with many steep slopes.
Arrive a “Doc Co” known as grass slope which is quite slippery and steep hill. This hill will kill a lot of energy. If it rains, you may have a chance to see some waterfalls on the way.
Some snack lunch will be provided during the trek.
Arrive at the road to enjoy a cold drink before the van arrives and transfers you back to Jungle Boss headquarter.
Arrive at Jungle Boss headquarter, check in Homestay, clean up.
Food:
Meals on the tour are freshly cooked by Jungle Boss Chef & Porter Team. The food is fresh and healthy. Below you can find more of what example meals are like:
- Breakfast: Noodles, pancakes, fruit
- Lunch: Fresh spring rolls made with pork, vegetable, cucumber, and peanut salt mixed, “Muoi cheo”. (Vegetarian options: Boiled eggs, Vegetables, Vegetarian fried spring rolls)
- Dinner: Steamed rice, Beef soup with “lot” leaf, Stewed tuna with tomato sauce, slow-cooked pork ribs with carrot, fried eggs, chicken, boiled seasonal vegetables.
Note: Second-night dinner at Kong Collapse sinkhole will be served with a special BBQ party.
Transfers:
We offer private transfers between Dong Hoi City & Phong Nha and private transfers within Vietnam territory. Please contact our representative.
Accommodation:
Double Room: 600,000 VND/pax and 800,000 VND/2 pax.
Family Room: 900,000 VND/2 pax and 1,000,000 VND/3 pax.
For more information:
https://junglebosstours.com/tour/kong-collapse-top-adventure-5d4n
