2-Day Expedition Lo Mo Cave
- Jungle trek deep inside Ba Be National Park
- Expedition river cave – 3km
- Do the kayaking & boat trip on Ba Be Lake & Nang river
- Visit the legend An Ma temple in the middle of Ba Be Lake
The Tham Phay Cave expedition paired with kayaking on Ba Be Lake offers a captivating two‑day adventure for the intrepid traveler. This striking new discovery in the North adds another compelling reason to explore Ba Be National Park—an expanse of limestone karsts encircling breathtaking lakes. The cave’s hidden river system remains undocumented by geologists, inviting you to uncover its mysteries.
Your tour in detail
07:00 – 07:30 Pick up to Mr Linh Adventures – Ba Be office at Nam Mau. Brief introduction and preparation are here.
After a thirty-minute drive, you’ll reach Tham Phay Cave, the hike starting with a steep uphill, leading into the forest. Some rock at the top, and then a similar slope before the trail fades and you enter the valley. Turning west of the trail is a large patch of rock for you to find your way through, with the help and direction of your guide and safety team. The precarious entrance is at the end of the forest. Enjoy some snacks before starting to explore the cave.
Tham Phay Cave is a beautiful stream cave with two underground river tributaries, where you will experience narrow passages, craggy mountains and some deep pools with very nice photo opportunities. Plants and algae cover many calcite formations. Going deeper into the cave, you will find many unusual features of the cave such as the ceiling dome and many layers of rock, giving the walls a striking appearance. You will spend about five hours exploring this 5km deep river cave, which geologists have not discovered so far. Of course, we will provide you with the necessary equipment, such as helmets and powerful headlights. The cave expands considerably as you go through the original entrance and offers some great opportunities for excellent photos.
Enjoy a few snacks before continuing the journey to explore the 2nd path of the cave system possesses miraculous stalagmites millions of years old, dangerous sinkholes and heat flows at the bottom .
Leaving Tham Phay, you will return to the cave entrance and return to Ba Be lake for dinner and overnight at Ba Be Jungle Houses.
After a night in the forest and having breakfast on the banks of Ba Be Lake, you continue the trip with a trail in the core area of Ba Be National Park. This area is extremely remote and few people visit, first, you will climb through a canyon and some muddy roads, then you will pass some cliffs and jungle, as well as many different forest canopy of different forms and typical tropics vegetation. Maybe you will meet some animals, birds or reptiles…even cows, horses or pigs of habitants also get lost here. Black Hmong ethnic minority villages locate at the top of the mountains, where most of the elderly cannot speak Vietnamese and communicate by using body language. People work on cornfields and terraced fields. You can stop for lunch at a homestay when going down the mountain. You can also spend some time with the children in a highland school before returning to the lakeside village. Tour ends here.
Good to know
- Accommodation at Ba Be Jungle Houses mentioned with daily breakfast.
- Experienced English-speaking local guide
- Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner)
- Safety and caving equipment: caving helmets, caving headlights, gloves
- Basic canvas hiking boots (only if you don’t have your own) sizes 36 – 46
- Water and picnic lunchs, dinner and homestay
- Professional English speaking guide and safety assistant
- Porters to prepare meals and pump water
- Shared dry storage case for small phones and cameras (limited quantities for larger cameras)
- Water filter (only used by guide and porter)
- Eco-friendly compost toilet using western-style toilet at lunch spot
- First Aid Kit and Medical Rescue Equipment (applicable to instructors and porters only)
- Dry box prepared in case of high water level
- Safe storage at Mr Linh Adventures – Ba Be Headquarters to store your luggage that you won’t take with you when you go backpacking
- All sightseeing tickets
- Boat, kayak, dry bags, sports equipment and life jackets
- No extra charge after confirmation
- 24/7 hotline support guaranteed.
- 1 long pants (easy to dry) and 1 long sleeve shirt to wear during the trip (quick dry)
- 1 pair of hiking boots / shoes – difficult terrain, good shoes are required
- 1 change of clothes after the tour
- 1 pair of thick calf-length woven socks (not ankle socks!)
- Medium sized backpack (25 L) for your water bottle, personal belongings and cave helmet provided
- Personal belongings: mosquito repellent, sunglasses, hat, camera
- Tour code: BBAT02CV
- Duration: 2 days 1 night
- Level of difficulty: Medium trek
- Activities: 20 – 25km trek
- Percentage of trekking: Jungle 60%, trail 40%
- Elevation: 150m – 600m
- Small group tour: 12 people
- Pick up: 08:00 AM at Ba Be Tourism Centre office
- Drop off: 05:00 PM at Ba Be Tourism Centre office
- Email:info@babenationalpark.com.vn
- Hotline:+84936489068
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