Tahm Lod Neua-Tai lies 2 kilometers from the district
offices on the Ao Luk-Laem Sak road near the watercourse of Klang Ta
Prahng. There are two caves.
- Tahm Lod Neua: This beautiful cave winds back on itself like
an elbow.
- Tahm Lod Tai: is a limestone tunnel longer and narrower than
one of the same name in Phang-nga Bay The cave mouth has stalactites
and stalagmites and a boulder shaped like the quarter moon lying on
its side. Visit this cave when the water is low by boarding a longtail
boat at Bor Tor Pier; the journey takes only 10 minutes.
Prah Cave is the site of the Kao Prah Suhn Yah Tah Rahm
Meditation Centre. It is about 2 Kilometers from the district offices
of Ao Luk. Inside the cave is a Buddhist effigy of great antiquity.
This has two other statues of equal size flanking it placed at a later
date, and the base is surrounded with smaller wooden figures.
Pet Cave is 3 Kilometers from the Ao Luk Neua Market.
The cave's front has Buddhist statues and the cave walls are of a stone
that reflects light with the same dazzling beauty as diamond, hence
the name; pet is Thai for diamond. To visit the cave, procure a guide
from the Tarabohk Koranii National Park and be sure to bring a flashlight
or torch.
Chao Ley Cave is west of Laem Sak Cape in a beautiful
bay surrounding
with limestone mountains. Inside are stalactites and stalagmites, as
well as prehistoric paintings of people, animals, and geometric designs.
These paintings are thought to be somewhat more recent than those found
in Pi Hua Toh Cave. To visit the cave, take a regularly scheduled boat
from the Sapan Pla Fishing Pier at Laem Sak Cape; travel time is about
15 minutes.
Pi Hua Toh Cave or Hua Gah Lohk Cave This is a big cave
with many grottos in a mountain surrounded by water and mangrove
forests. Formerly a ghost with an impressively large skull resided in
the cave, from which comes its name; pihua toh means big-headed ghost.
Also of interest are the man
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prehistoric colored pictures of men, animals, and various limbs and
organs that decorate the walls. Shells in great numbers, on on top of
the other, are another feature of this cave. To visit Pi Hua Toh, board
a ferry at Bor Tor Pier.
Song Pi Nong Cave or Poon Neua Tai Cave lies west of
Pi Hua Cave Toh. Inside were found human skeletal remains, pottery,
earrings, and bronze bracelets.
Hua Galohk Nai Cave or Buhn Mahk Cave is only one hundred
meters from Pi Hua Toh cave. It was discover by a local villager maned
Buhn Mahk. It is a large, dark cave filled with stalactites and stalagmites.
A large number of prehistoric pottery shards were found in layers in
layers on the cave wall outcropping near the entrance. These have distinctive
line designs, are thicker, and coarser than those found elsewhere.
Toh Luang Cave Ban Nohp, Tambon Klong Hin. This cave
has three levels, each of which abounds in stalactites and stalagmites.
Some resemble Buddhist monks, others looks like legendary multi headed
serpents, Here stayed Jao Por Toh Luang, after whom the cave took its
name.
Seua Noi Cave This cave is 2 kilometers distant from
Hua Galohk cave in Ban Bor Tor and is the site of a broad out cropping
in the hill. The area outside is peaceful and quiet; inside, the cave
is beautiful. Many old pottery remains have been found here.
Seua Nok Cave or Teph Nimit cave houses the Nimit Monastery;
A tunnel below the cave lets seawater enter so the walls are thick with
shells. Above is another large, dark cave, and off the side of that
another fifty meters is Orahan Cave, Which has more strangely shaped
stalagmites than anywhere else. They shine like lights and are very
beautiful. Many old pottery remains have been found here.
Klong Chai Kao is like Maya Bay in Koh Phi Phi. A longtail
boat can be taken through the cave to the other side in about five minutes.
Garos Island is off the eastern tip of Laem Sak. Ancient
paintings of men and animals are on the cliff walls facing Hin Bai Bay.
Talu
Island The center of this island has a 45 meter tall hill perforated
by a 30 meter hole, thus its name; talu means to passthrough. The island
is noted for the presence of swifts in large numbers that make the precious
bird’s nests used in the Chinese delicacy, Bird’s Nest soup.
Daeng Island Here are a fine sandy beach 25 meters long,
and a passage through the cliff 70 meters broad and 20 meters high.
Hong Islands comprises a number of large and small limestone
islands. Hong Island also called Lao Billeh Island is
the largest. These rugged islands are shaped like half-circle, forming
bays in which there is both shallow and deep water coral. Perfect for
diving and finishing. The best known islands besides Hong Island are:
Lakkah or Sakkah; Lao Riem; Pakka: and Lao Lahding Islands. Boats leave
for the Hong Islands for the Hong Islands from Ao Nang Beach; the trip
takes about one hour.
Tarnbohk
Koranii National Park covers 3L5 rail (1 rai=1600 square
meters) in Tambon Ao Lur Tai, one kilometer From the rFambon Ao
Leak Tgeua ro.arket intersection on the Ao Lur Laetn Sak road.
The park is shady and forested by many different spe- cies of
trees growing round the attractive pool after which the park is
named. the San Bohk Koranii. Species include the wad gardenia,
asoka, and Apocynaceae. The San Bohk Koranii flows through a wind
passage in the mountain; at the north end of the pool is a Footprint
of the Buddha carved in wood near the little temple sacredto JaoPorTohYuan-TON
Chong.