Tham Huai Khwai [Huai Khwai Stream Sink] [CH0014]

Length 400m

Location

The Huai Khwai stream runs down from the north before heading east into an alcove surrounded by cliffs in the eastern side of the valley, where the stream sinks. Martin Ellis - 18/06/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 18/06/2019

This sink cave is formed in huge boulders. The 3m by 1m entrance is amongst a large boulder pile. Inside the cave the river runs first north in massive blocks which can be followed easily for 300m until it turns west and descends steeply amongst smaller blocks. This was followed for a further 100m, but exploration was abandoned due to the complexity of the huge choke.

Documents

Bibliography 18/06/2019

CHECKLEY, DAVE; HURD, SHEILA; CHAPMAN, PHIL; JONES, HOWARD; WILLIS, DICK (n.d. [1989]) "Caves of the Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, North-East Thailand" Unpublished report DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 124pp

History

The cave was explored in 1989 by a British expedition. Its exploration was abandoned after one individual became lost for several hours in the complex of spray-lashed boulder chaos. Martin Ellis - 18/06/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)	Depth (m)
0.1	Tham Huai - CH0016	60	36
2.5	Fossil Sink Cave - CH0018	180	30
2.5	Tham Kram Chang [Elephant Tooth Cave] [CH0017]	468	10
4.0	Tham Nok Nang An [Swallow Cave] [CH0019]	907	71
5.0	Tham Huai Nam Lad [Tham Huai Khang Khao] [Small Waterfall Cave] [CH0023]	674	125
5.0	Tham Huai Khao - CH0024	581	20
5.1	Tham Kon Dtai [Dead Man Cave] [CH0020]	60	15
5.2	Tham Phu Khieo - CH0021	2866	130
5.5	Tham Nu [Tham Noo] [Huai Tham Nue] [Rat Cave] [CH0029]	52	32