Tham Lot Tai - KR0018
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Location
This very well known tourist destination is only accessible by boat or canoe from Ban Tha Bo Tho. It is well signposted and can be reached by going 4.3 km south-west of Ao Luek on the H4039 then turning north for 2 km before another turning to the west which brings you to the car parking area, restaurants and boat rental firms at the end of the road. From the jetty paddle downstream to the first creek on the left (south). The cave is at the head of this creek.
Description
Tham Lot is an attractive through cave with tidal flow at sea level. The cave is about 15m wide by 8 to10m high and is a straight passage through the limestone tower. There are good speleothems which hang over the water from a flat roof.
Topographie
DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1986) - UIS Grade 3 OCC/SMCC November 2009 - BCRA Grade 3b
Fauna
Speocera (Speocera) stellafera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) (Deeleman-Reinhold 1995)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Lot 08/05/2019Bibliography 14/10/2019
- +ANON. (2007) "Mangroves Hide A Lot" Bangkok Post Horizons 19 July 2007 +ANON. (2010a) "Thailand January 2010" Orpheus Caving Club Newsletter Vol. 46 No. 4-6 pp17-20 +BOSSON, PASCALE; KENISCHER, DOMINIQUE; TOURNIER, THIERRY; RUGGERI, HUBERT (1990) "Muang Thai 89" SpÚlÚo OC No. 13 pp68-75 +BROOKS, SIMON (2010) "Sun, Sea and Speleology" Descent No. 216 p29 +BROOKS, SIMON (2010b) "Sun, Sea and Speleology" presentation to Hidden Earth 2010 +DEELEMAN-REINHOLD, CHRISTA L. (1995) "The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific Region (Araneae)" Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppliment No. 2 pp1-103 +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 +HALLIDAY, WILLIAM R. (2002) "Caves in Krabi" pers. com. to Dean Smart +HENLEY, THOM (2003) "Krabi. Caught In The Spell" Thai Nature Education, Phuket ISBN 97491140-5-1 +JARIYASOMBAT, PEERAWAT (2002) "Life's A Beach" Bangkok Post 9 May 2002 +Liamthong, Sumalee (2014) "Antimicrobial activities of fungi isolated from cave soils in southern region of Thailand" Thesis, Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, 201pp +MCKERRON, MORAG (1990) "The Magic of Krabi" Asia Books, Bangkok 126pp +MEKLOY, PONGPET (2008) "Road Map Vol. 4 January û March" Bangkok Post Horizons 10 January 2008 free suppliment +NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp +PRICE, LIZ (2004) "Secret Garden On The Sea" The Star Weekend 6 March 2004 +PRICE, LIZ (2011) "Hongs of Phang Nga Bay, Thailand" Tourism and Karst Areas Vol. 4 No. 1 pp27-31 +PRICE, LIZ; WALTHAM TONY (2008) "Hongs of Southeast Asia" Cave and Karst Science Vol. 34 No. 2 pp77-82 +TOURNIER, THIERRY (1989) " Muang Thai 89" SpÚlÚo Club MJC Bellgarde 8pp +VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp +Watson, Andy (2015) "Caving by canoe, Thailand" Mendip Nature Research Committee Newsletter No. 142 Easter 2015 p6 +WATSON, SUE; WATSON, ANDY (2012) "Visiting some caves in Thailand. April 2012" Chelsea Speleological Society News Vol. 54 Nos. 7 & 8 p58 +Wojton, Andrez (2004) "Jaskinie wybrzeza andamanskiego" Jaskinie Vol. 3 No. 36 pp23-24
History
The first recorded visit by speleologists was by the APS in 1985. There has been confusion in the literature over the name of this cave and the other paddle through cave over which one is Tham Lot Nua (North Through Cave) and Tham Lot Tai (South Through Cave). As this cave is known as Tham Lot in most tourist brochures that name has been adopted. The other cave was called Tham Lagoon by the guide. 2007-12-12 (M. Ellis, K. Morton, P. Butler) 2009-11-19 (M. Ellis, S. Brooks, S. Ghazy, I. Hollis, Y. Sopha) 2013-01-22 (M. Ellis, Y. Sopha, A. Htwe, I. Hollis, P. Dummer, C. Dummer, S. Prommaviang, P. Collett, A. Fletcher)
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | Tham Hua Kalok Nua [KR0097] | 200 | 0 |
| 0.3 | Tham Phi Hua To - KR0019 | 105 | 0 |
| 0.3 | Tham Lagoon - KR0213 | 20 | 0 |
| 1.4 | Tham Rot Tai - KR0060 | ||
| 1.4 | Song Phi Nong (Tham) [KR0221] | ||
| 1.9 | Tham Sua Nok - KR0180 | 30 | 0 |
| 1.9 | Cave KR0302 | 30 | 0 |
| 1.9 | Tham Thep Nimit - KR0179 | 225 | 15 |
| 2.1 | Tham Orahan - KR0115 | 100 | 0 |