Tham Luang Mae Sap - CM0139

สะเมิงใต้ (TH)
18.860530,98.712990
Length 215m Depth 0m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

From Sa Moeng take the road towards Pai. At the top of the first hill the cave is signed to the south (left). The track ends after 150m at the ranger station. The main cave is about 75m from the station, up a few steps. Lights can be rented from the rangers, but there was no charge to visit the cave. Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

The small entrance opens up to an area that has been developed into some seating and a concrete floor (an old shrine). At the back of this the cave continues and gets bigger. After about 100m the horizontal phreatic passage is about 15m wide and high. There are quite a few bats along with white millipedes, cockroaches and crickets. Beyond this chamber the cave degenerates into a phreatic maze with no obvious way on. There is some particularly fine coloured and banded limestone in the small phreatic passages. The cave was first visited by the SMCC in August 2008. On a second visit in September 2009 there were more bats, particularly in the phreatic maze, and 0.5-1.5% CO2 was measured

Documents

Bibliography 29/06/2019
  • +MEKLOY, PONGPET (2007) "Road Map October û December" Bangkok Post Horizons 4 October 2007 free suppliment +NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp +VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp

History

It is said that the highly revered Buddhist monk Khruba Sivichai once visited the cave. 2008-08-31 M. Ellis 2009-09-19 M. Ellis, T. Bolger 2019-03-16 M. Ellis, J. Kelly, Chay Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

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Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0Tham Luang Mae Sap 3 [CM03011]300
0.0Tham Luang Mae Sap 2 [CM0146]5010
0.0Tham Luang Mae Sap 4 [CM0312]150
2.0Tham Sap Sawan - CM0189
3.2Huai Tham - CM0188
7.1Tham Pha Daeng - CM0164
11.4Tham Pa Len - CM0196
12.8Tham Mon Cham [CM0308]
14.1Doi San Tham - CM0079500