Phong Nha-Ke Bang green tour to be opened

Two foreign travel businessmen and three Vietnamese counterparts have conducted a fact-finding tour to Phong Nha-Ke Bang in Quang Binh province, paving the way for green tours to this World Natural Heritage Site.
Indius Pedersen coming from Denmark and Michael Johnston from Australia want to attract Northern European tourists, who little know about Vietnam’s tourism attractions, to visit Vietnam.
Therefore, both were eager to explore Phong Nha-Ke Bang to make their plans become a reality.
Departing from Hanoi Station, they took a train to Dong Hoi, Quang Binh province. They, later, were driven on the legendary Ho Chi Minh trail to Son river wharf.
Together with three Vietnamese friends, the two foreigners excitedly explored Phong Nha caverns.
It was the first time those five travelers contemplated Phong Nha, which is 50km northwest from Dong Hoi town and located at Ke Bang limestone mountain, Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district.
Having lived in Vietnam for three years and visited numerous countrysides here, Indius still had to confide that the images of the village, river, and beautiful sceneries were at the top places in Vietnam. “It is sure that European tourists will be fond of them”, he stressed.
The nonuse of mechanical engines of boats and the use of dars to protect the environment of the cavern, made a deep and profound impression on the two international guests. Both felt more than satisfactory about that treatment.
After the two day fact-finding trip around Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and its neighborhood, Indius Pedersen and Michael Johnston affirmed to team up with some Vietnamese travel agencies to build a special project to be carried out in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh.
Accordingly, environmentally friendly tourism routes will be opened, such as mountaineering, kayaking, and cycling to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park which was recognized as a World Nature Heritage site by UNESCO in July 2003. This park is the home of 300 beautiful caves and caverns as well as rare fauna and flora.