Tham Huai Bon (Haeng) [Tham Raud Tira] [Tham Haeng] [CM0138]

สันทราย (TH)
19.982770,99.182409
Length 535m Depth 48m
Grottocenter / carte

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. Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

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

Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

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
[Topo] Tham Huai Bon (Haeng) 05/05/2019

History

The cave was explored and surveyed in December 2003 by the SMCC. 2003-12-15 M. Ellis, I. Hollis 2019-03-14 M. Ellis, Y. Sopha Martin Ellis - 29/06/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.3Tham Huai Bon (Wat) - CM0032254
10.4Tham Huai Bon (Nam) - CM01452000
16.4Cricket Cave [CM0150]347106
16.7Ang Khang Sinkhole [CM0245]
16.8Sink CM0159 - CM0159
16.9Tham Hub Pha Khao - CM0158
17.0Dead Robber Waterfall Cave [CM0097]570166
17.1Tham Ban Luang - CM0074590199
18.7Black Scorpion Cave [CM0155]