Det sker i Phong Nha (Son Doong), Vietnam året igennem

Travlt — Tết, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Åbning

  Cave expedition season

  1. jan. – 31. aug.VandresæsonBook tidligt

  Permits for the big multi-day caves run from January to August only, and the single operator licensed for Son Doong sells the whole season out well ahead. After August the rivers close them. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Tết

  15. jan. – 28. feb. · normaltKinesisk nytårLukninger

  The village goes quiet in a different way: homestays stay open for foreigners but the family kitchens and most of the motorbike hire shut for three or four days. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Tết, Tết Nguyên đán break i Vietnam

• Sæson

  Late-year dry window

  15. feb. – 30. apr. · normaltTørsæson

  Cool, mostly clear and before the Lao wind arrives — the easiest weeks for the Bong Lai valley and the long approaches on foot.

Stadig i gang: Cave expedition season (1. jan. – 31. aug.), Tết (15. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Cave expedition season (1. jan. – 31. aug.), Late-year dry window (15. feb. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Reunification Day and May Day, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Reunification Day and May Day

  30. apr. – 1. majNational helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  30 April and 1 May are back-to-back public holidays, often joined to a weekend. It is one of the busiest domestic travel breaks: flights and buses sell out, and hotels fill with Vietnamese travellers at higher rates. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Cave expedition season (1. jan. – 31. aug.), Late-year dry window (15. feb. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Reunification Day and May Day, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Gió Lào, the hot dry wind

  15. maj – 15. aug. · normaltVindsæsonRisiko

  A foehn wind comes over the range from Laos and bakes the Quang Binh plain for weeks. Underground it makes no difference at all, which is rather the point of coming here.

Stadig i gang: Cave expedition season (1. jan. – 31. aug.), Reunification Day and May Day (30. apr. – 1. maj)

Travlt — Summer break i Vietnam, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Cave expedition season (1. jan. – 31. aug.), Gió Lào, the hot dry wind (15. maj – 15. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer break i Vietnam, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Cave expedition season (1. jan. – 31. aug.), Gió Lào, the hot dry wind (15. maj – 15. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — National Day, Summer break i Vietnam

• Helligdag

  National Day

  30. aug. – 3. sep. · normaltNational helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  National Day on 2 September comes with at least two days off, usually joined to a weekend, and is a domestic travel peak. Flights and buses sell out, hotels fill with Vietnamese families, and streets are hung with red flags. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Cave expedition season (1. jan. – 31. aug.), Gió Lào, the hot dry wind (15. maj – 15. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — National Day, Summer break i Vietnam

• Lukning

  Flood closures in the caves

  1. sep. – 15. dec. · normaltRisiko

  The wet months put the Son and Chay rivers up through the show caves and the big expeditions stop entirely. Phong Nha cave and the road along the valley close for days at a time. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: National Day (30. aug. – 3. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Flood closures in the caves (1. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Flood closures in the caves (1. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Flood closures in the caves (1. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt))