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- Soppong on the road between
Mae Hong Son and Pai in northern Thailand
is a great scenic
area with a Thailand adventure touch, spectacular views along narrow winding mountain roads, scenic
overlooks, beautiful views and probably the greatest cave
tour in Thailand.
The area here and in many places elsewhere in Thailand remembers to a
Swiss Emmentaler Cheese, plenty of holes and caves in the
limestone, the right place for a cave tour. Aside of the
above indicated limestone caves there are caves on islands
such as the famous emerald cave or Morakot cave in
Trang
Thailand.
Soppong or Pangmapha is known for the Tham Lot or Coffin Cave. Once you made a tour in the Tham Lot or Coffin Cave you
have virtually toured every cave in Thailand. Through this
huge stalactite - stalagmite cave complex a river runs
through, navigation on the river is by bamboo rafts, one way Baht 300,-
two way Baht 400,- .
The two way ride guarantees a great cave tour. The
bamboo raft on this cave tour glides through the
dark mystery of the huge cave.
This
Thailand cave tour is good organized and its on
you to wear real good shoes for the tour, the higher the shoes or boots the
better. The reason is, its very slippery and at a part of the cave
tour you wade through piles of bat and
swift let droppings, about 20cm high. Slippers are not the right "cave
gear" to go through this.
The
cave guide
has a kerosene lamp
but since the cave is a real huge one it needs to be very
careful.
The name of the cave indicate “coffins”, but the
coffins I saw rather look like ancient dug outs,
coffins are not around meters long. Here are some
pictures of Coffin Cave or Tham Lot Cave |
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Thailand Soppong
Tham Lot cave,
cave pictures
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Soppong - Tham Lot or Coffin Cave
The guide
- a lady- with a kerosene lamp is always in front and knows
the way and some highlights.
There are a |
Thailand Soppong Tham Lot Cave Exit
emerald cave, cave pictures. |
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couple of trails that provides great hiking in the Soppong area.
This trails of wilderness wont need any particular
preparation, but they bring a spectacular panorama
almost ever half hour. The challenging is it the
trail in this hilly jungle goes up and down on steep
slopes it really needs good physical conditions.
There is still mountain rainforest around, with
plenty of hill tribe villages.
Some waterfalls, small rivers, caves and other
natural formations are all along this mountain
jungle trail at Soppong, making it real great
for those who enjoy the beauty of nature and are in
good shape. Trekking in northern Thailand and
elsewhere in the country is a great way to enjoy the
wilderness and beauty of this unspoiled country,
different types of trails and camping grounds make
it a real adventure trip. How to travel there ?
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Stalactite - Stalagmite Thailand Tham Lot Cave cave
pictures Soppong Stalactite - Stalagmite Thailand Tham Lot
Cave
 
Thailand
Cave Explorer from the Monastery
Tham Lot Cave bamboo rafting
exit pulling out
 
Thailand Soppong Tham Lot Cave Explorer by Bamboo
Raft Thailand Soppong Tham
Lot Cave Explorer by Bamboo Raft 1
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Some Lisu, Lahu, Shan and Karen
villages, only accessible by steep narrow roads into the
valleys of Soppong are around.
If
you try to visit this hill tribe villages don't
do it during daytime, you wont see
anyone because they are out on
work, only elderly and kids are around during daytime.
Some small and pretty river resorts invite to stay
for a while, it's typical rural Thailand, real
beautiful.
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At
Soppong. outdoor cave tour adventure
is offered in a clean,
fresh and exiting environment. Trekking the
valleys between the steep hills, beside caving,
kayaking and rafting is on just behind the hotel,
guesthouse or resort.
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The Morakot cave or emerald cave in the Trang
Archipelago.
is a great
outdoor
caving adventure a real cave tour with all bell and whistle.
The
emerald cave entrance
about 10 m wide
is partially underwater, not way to walk in even at low tide.
Either one can paddle in with the Kayak or swim in through the approximately 80
m long canal.
The
little problem in the emerald caves tours is, for a about
a third of the channel distance it's total darkness,
you wont see even your hand in front of the eyes, so
its easy to get lost.
The
best way to handle this emerald cave tour is to book
tours at Trang town, there are several tour
operators and they carry everything necessary with
in the small ship, including lift vest to swim
through the channel.
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Emerald cave
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Feeding fish at the Emerald cave |
Play Robinson in Trang |
Island beach Trang |
Trang near the emerald cave entrance |
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At the end of the
channel into the emerald cave the rock formation opens up into a big hall
open upwards. Just lay down on the sandy beach of the hall
and wait for midday,
the sun now closes in, the water reflect a emerald gleam -
therefore the name -, in every case an fabulous optical
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Cave Tour includes prehistoric Cave Painting
Cave Tour Krabi
Krabi Limestone Cave
Island Cave Tour Krabi
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Krabi is dotted with limestone caves, some caves in the mangrove forests
have prehistoric cave paintings.
The cave tour to this palaces
usually goes by longtail boat and
kayak.
Krabi
is also interesting not only for
caving but also for other
adventure type vacation, offering rock climbing, sailing
and diving for those who like their vacation time
spiced up with a bit of action.
The
big Headed Ghost Cave or scull
cave is located in Ao - Luk Krabi.
The
people from the nearby village
call it scull cave because sculls
where found at the first exploration
cave tour into the caves.
Cave
paintings can be found on the
top and the walls of the cave. This
cave has the largest number of cave
paintings anywhere in southern
Thailand.The
paintings depict several subjects,
shape of human beings and animals,
hand and feet.
Red, black, yellow and brown colors
have been used for the cave
paintings.
The
cave paintings are about 3000 years
old and indicate a prehistoric
community living on the fringes of
the Andaman Sea.
Krabi Cave Tour Video
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Cave Tour Krabi Prehistoric Cave
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Half beach cave Krabi
Scenic Krabi Limestone World in the
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Thailand caves
and the the caves in the
neighboring countries are home of Collocalia francica, Grey-Rumped Swift or
Swiftlet, they produce birds nest for birds
nest soup.
The Collocalia
francica which breeds in caves is famed in
the Far East, some say that this bird was
believed to obtain its nutriment from the
air. Its name in Thai means 'wind-eating
bird', and it is stated never to have been
observed of taking solid food of any kind.
The birds nest, which is fixed to the most
inaccessible parts of high caves, is half
the size of a small saucer. It is
transparent and takes, in the first place,
three months to make from the fine, web-like
threads of saliva secreted by the bird.
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Its first nests
are collected as soon as complete. The bird
then quickly produces a second bird nest,
which is regarded as an inferior edition;
and when this is taken, a third, of which it
is sometimes left in possession. These are
'white' nests, without any foreign material
used. A related species of bird, of less
"good" habits, produces 'black' nests,
containing feathers, flies and even
droppings. These are not acceptable in Hong
Kong, the main birds nest market; but find
buyers among all Chinese.
The swift let not
only does not foul its nests, but does not
permit its young to do so, although perhaps
in view of its reputed feeding habits, the
impulse is slight. At all events nests are
as spotless and saleable after incubation as
before.
It was inevitable that so remarkable a
performance should have attracted the
attention of the Chinese who almost eat
everything which moves.. In about 1750 a
Chinese called Hao Yicng presented his wife,
children and slaves, together with fifty
cases of tobacco to the King of Thailand,
then Siam, asking in return to be allowed to
collect birds' nests on the islands. He soon
became immensely rich and was made Governor
of a province.
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Realizing the
value of the monopoly, the Crown then took
over. A corps of hereditary collectors was
created; officers of the crown who were not
allowed to change their employment, and who
were permitted to carry firearms to guard
the caves. Bird nest poachers were heavily
fined. After an analysis conducted in the
manner of their day a body of early Chinese
scientists unanimously declared that the
nest was composed of solidified sea-foam. It
was a short step to regarding it as an
essential ingredient of the elixir of life.
Although the elixir remained elusive, a
combination of birds' nests and ginseng is
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Chinese to be
the nearest thing to it ever discovered, and
capable in nine cases out of ten of
restoring to life a patient on the point of
death.
Unfortunately
many unscrupulous practices are in
the birds nest trade. One was the manufacture of
spurious nests. Such nests were made of
jellies extracted from various seaweeds, and
sometimes most
artfully flavored by the
addition of a trifling
percentage of the real
thing. Sometimes experts are
employed to nibble
judiciously at samples of
nests. Usually when you
order bird's nest soup in a
restaurant in Thailand, a
fake will be served.
Actually it takes a birds
nest-eater of many years'
experience to tell the
difference between the
genuine birds nest and the
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