Tham Than Bok Khorani - KR0001
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Location
This through cave is located in the national park headquarters to the east of the H4039 1km south of its junction with the H4 in Ao Luek. The park is well signposted and has a good selection of food stalls. As it is a national park there is a 200 baht entry fee for foreigners (20 baht for Thais).
Description
A raised walkway above the travertine terraces leads to a resurgence pool at the 15m high rift entrance, extending 50m back through the entrance chamber. Behind this an awkward roof-sniffing duck (or equally awkward climb over flowstone) leads to a great deal of floating and submerged debris and rubbish backing into a passage which can be followed to an inflow entrance in a swamp behind some rice fields. The rainy season flow is of the order of 4 cumecs.
Topographie
DEHARVENG, LOUIS, ET. AL. (1986) - Grade 3. Reprinted in TOURNIER, THIERRY (1989) KNAB, OLIVER (1986) - sketch survey of resurgence.
Documents
[Topo] Tham Than Bok Khorani 11/05/2019Bibliography 14/10/2019
- +BOSSON, PASCALE; KENISCHER, DOMINIQUE; TOURNIER, THIERRY; RUGGERI, HUBERT (1990) "Muang Thai 89" SpÚlÚo OC No. 13 pp68-75 +DEHARVENG, LOUIS, ET. AL. (1986) "ExpÚdition Tha´-Maros 85" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SplÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-00-7 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT; BRUSH, JOHN B. (ED.) (1986) "Caves of North-west Thailand: Report of the Australian Speleological Expeditions 1983-1986" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-2-1 62pp +GEBAUER, HERBERT DANIEL (1988) "Ein Bisschen Thailand" Der Abseiler No. 9 pp16-21 +Kiernan, Kevin (1988f) "Mangroves, mountains and munching molluscs: The evolution of a tropical coastline" Helictite Vol. 26 No. 1 pp16-31 +Kiernan, Kevin (1994) "The coastal tower karst of Phangnga Bay" Proceedings International Symposium on the Exploitation and Protection of Karst and Cave Scenic Tourist Resources, China, 22-26 August 1994, pp9-21 +KNAB, OLIVER (1986) "Hohlentauchexpedition. Australien, Sudsee, Mexiko und Florida" Reflektor Vol. 7 No. 3 pp17-20, 25-35 (German) [Krabi; Tham Than Bokkoroni] +HALLIDAY, WILLIAM R. (2002) "Temple Caves in Thailand. A 2002 Pilgrimage" The Explorer June 2002, Southern California Grotto of the National Speleological Society pp57-59 +HENLEY, THOM (2003) "Krabi. Caught In The Spell" Thai Nature Education, Phuket ISBN 97491140-5-1 +MCKERRON, MORAG (1990) "The Magic of Krabi" Asia Books, Bangkok 126pp +NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp +TOURNIER, THIERRY (1989) " Muang Thai 89" SpÚlÚo Club MJC Bellgarde 8pp
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | Cave KR0231 - KR0231 | 20 | 0 |
| 0.7 | Cave KR0004 - KR0004 | ||
| 1.5 | Resurgence KR0188 - KR0188 | ||
| 1.9 | Tham Khao Phra - KR0012 | 220 | 0 |
| 2.0 | Tham Thalu Fa - KR0002 | 20 | 0 |
| 2.2 | Cave KR0023 - KR0023 | ||
| 2.2 | Cave KR0022 - KR0022 | ||
| 2.3 | Cave KR0021 - KR0021 | ||
| 2.4 | Tham Khao Rang - KR0013 | 310 | 13 |