Hunter Team Win Tu Lan Adventure Race in Vietnam

Race Release / 06.04.2016

The Hunter team won the Tu Lan Adventure Race 2016 in the central Quang Binh Province on Sunday.

The three-day wild challenge involved a traditional doc moc (dug-out canoe) boat race, jungle treks, climbing up and down hills, and swimming in underground rivers in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

The Funny Walker team came in second place, while Destiny finished third in the second edition of the wild race in the new destination in central Viet Nam.

Director of Oxalis Adventure Tours, the race organiser, Nguyen Chau A said 10 teams with 100 members competed over 30km of dirty trails and rivers.

The Hunter team were awarded the first prize of VND50 million (US$2,270) by the race organising committee.

Funny Walker pocketed VND40 million ($1,770) in cash prize, while Destiny took home VND30 million ($1,330) as the third prize.

The race organisers said the competitors overcame their fears and challenged their limits, but they also got the chance to explore incredible and magnificent destinations such as Rat Cave, Hung Ton Cave and Hung Ton Valley.

Quang Binh, home of the largest cave in the world, Son Doong Cave, offers visitors treks, caving tours and a race.

In the first race, funds were raised for local schools hit by a flood in 2010 in the nearby Tan Hoa Commune.

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