The Caves of Udon Thani, Thailand - Caves & Caving in Thailand
The Caves of Udon Thani, Thailand - Caves & Caving in Thailand
The Caves of Udon Thani, Thailand - Caves & Caving in Thailand
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10 | T h e C a v e s o f U d o n T h a n i<br />
Clarac & Pagau-Clarac (1985), Dunkley (1995)<br />
<strong>Caves</strong><br />
Phu Pha Daeng Forest Park<br />
<strong>The</strong> tourist <strong>in</strong>formation on the park describes the attractions as <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g "rocky mounds, rocky<br />
beds, ...caves, cliffs and giant rocks”.<br />
Phu Tham<br />
48Q 0193 1997<br />
1km east <strong>of</strong> Ban Hia near the Nong Khai/Loei/<strong>Udon</strong> <strong>Thani</strong> border.<br />
Dunkley (1995)<br />
Huai Tham Chang<br />
48Q 0217 1975<br />
Dunkley (1995)<br />
Amphoe Nam Som<br />
Small Cave<br />
Pha Daeng, Na Yung – Nam Som Forest Park<br />
About 1.5km from the park's head <strong>of</strong>fice along the Yoong Thong waterfall trail you come to a<br />
high sandstone cliff, called Pha Daeng (Red Cliff). Nearby there is a small cave which was a<br />
meditation place for Luang Poo Man Purithatto. Luang Man is one <strong>of</strong> the most famous <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Thai forest monks and lived from 1870 to 1949.<br />
Tiyavanich (1997)<br />
Amphoe Nong Saeng<br />
<strong>Caves</strong><br />
Nam Tok Than Ngam Forest Park<br />
Near where the Huai Wang Kum jo<strong>in</strong>s the Huai Num Kong is the Than Ngam waterfall. Above<br />
the fall, up on the mounta<strong>in</strong>, there are many rock mounds, cliffs and beautiful and strange<br />
look<strong>in</strong>g caves.<br />
© Mart<strong>in</strong> Ellis 2011
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