The largest volcanic cave in Southeast Asia in the Central Highlands

The volcanic cave system in Dak Nong is still wild and vast with a unique structure. 

The volcanic cave system in Krong No, Dak Nong province has been surveyed by scientists since 2007. After 7 years of research, the Vietnam Museum of Geology and the Japan Volcanic Cave Association announced the results for This is the largest volcanic cave system in Southeast Asia.

In this volcanic cave system, C7 cave has a tube shape with a length of 1,066.5 m and is the longest and largest volcanic lava cave in Southeast Asia. Cave C3 is 594.4 m long and ranks second in Southeast Asia and cave A1 is 456.7 m long and ranks fifth in Southeast Asia...  

Most of the caves here are tubular in shape, and some places also have turns connecting them into circles. Inside the cave only ferns grow, but outside the vegetation is quite rich. Many cave mouths are tens of meters deep and require specialized ropes to get down. 

In the cave, there are many structures typical of volcanic eruptions such as lava beds and sinkholes. Currently, the volcanic cave system in Dak Nong has not yet been officially opened for tourism. Tourists who want to explore this cave system must ask an experienced local to guide them, otherwise they will easily get lost because the cave system here is large and the roads are difficult to navigate.

Currently, the volcanic cave system in Dak Nong is still quite intact, with only research groups and few people visiting it. Dak Nong province has also submitted documents to submit to UNESCO to recognize this as a global geopark. Leaders of Dak Nong province affirmed the construction of a global geopark to preserve geological heritage, cultural heritage, and natural landscape. The authorities also hope to build a community tourism model where people are the subjects that preserve values.  

In September 2018, scientists announced traces of prehistoric people found in the volcanic cave system of Dak Nong. Before that, only the volcanic cave system in Korea in the world had traces of human habitation detected. This is also an important discovery in the scientific world and was added to the dossier to recognize this as a "Global Geopark" submitted to UNESCO.

Along with this special volcanic cave system, the Krong No area also has many other famous tourist areas such as Dray Sap, Trinh Nu, Gia Long tower clusters... Not far away is Ban Don eco-tourism area. . 

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