Tham Huai Bon (Haeng) [Tham Raud Tira] [Tham Haeng] [CM0138]
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Location
The temple is 10 km north-west of Fang, near the eastern edge of the Doi Phahom Pok National Park and close to the 4WD track leading to Doi Phahom Pak. From the Fang by-pass take the road signposted to Ban Huai Mayom. Enter the national park, go past a lake and a village and about 6 km from the ring road turn left into the wat. The main entrance to Tham Huai Bon (Haeng) is south-west of the wat, close to the water tanks 50 m above the temple. With a 4WD vehicle and dry weather it is possible to drive up the track on the left near the temple buildings to reach the water tanks. Alternatively it is a steep walk up the path at the end of the road.
Description
The small entrance, which has a shrine and a bed, descends steeply into a medium sized chamber with two Buddhist shrines and some macabre paintings. At the far end of the cave a narrow passage opens into a well-decorated inner chamber behind which is another larger, but sparsely decorated chamber, with a shrine. 100 m further on the passage ascends and splits into three. The left hand passage leads up to the second entrance via a steep slope. Two side passages off this slope to the right, one of which has a third entrance which wasn't reached because it was up a 4 m pitch. From the second entrance a path leads back around the side of the mountain to the main entrance. There are reports of 10 other small caves nearby
Topographie
SMCC December 2003 - Grade UISv2 3-3-F ELLIS, MARTIN (2005)
Documents
Bibliography 29/06/2019- +ELLIS, MARTIN (2004a) "SAM in Siam" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Newsletter Vol. 40 No. 6 pp140-146 +ELLIS, MARTIN (2005) "Some Caves in Thailand Part 1" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 11 No. 7 pp294-321 +NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp +SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006) "Caves of Northern Thailand" River Books, Thailand, ISBN 9749863135 +VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | Tham Huai Bon (Wat) - CM0032 | 25 | 4 |
| 10.4 | Tham Huai Bon (Nam) - CM0145 | 200 | 0 |
| 16.4 | Cricket Cave [CM0150] | 347 | 106 |
| 16.7 | Ang Khang Sinkhole [CM0245] | ||
| 16.8 | Sink CM0159 - CM0159 | ||
| 16.9 | Tham Hub Pha Khao - CM0158 | ||
| 17.0 | Dead Robber Waterfall Cave [CM0097] | 570 | 166 |
| 17.1 | Tham Ban Luang - CM0074 | 590 | 199 |
| 18.7 | Black Scorpion Cave [CM0155] |