Planetskier: Thailand's caves

I have created a Google Maps place list of all publicly known caves in Thailand, or at least ones that I was able to find from Google Maps. Hopefully this is useful for some other cave tourists.

Here's the link to view the list: link.

Just be careful, of course! As everyone knows, Thailand's caves can be dangerous, you can hurt yourself, you can be trapped...

The following caves are on the list. I have listed them according to the province they appear in. It may be useful to look at the Thailand provinces map here.

Krabi

The caves:

• Wang Long Bay. A bay with a cave. The coordinates for this cave are here, as a Google Maps link, like for all caves in this article.
  
  
• Viking Cave. Limestone cave with wall paints. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Phra nang Cave Beach. A cove with sea caves. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Diamond Cave / Phra Nang Nai Cave. A small but exciting cave per reviews. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Mai Kaew Cave Trekking Tour. A tour agency for the cave. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Khlong Chak Bat Cave. Unguided cave. There's a waterfall, a swimsuit is recommended. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Khao Phueng Cave. A large cave with stalactites, bats, and frogs. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Tham Hua Kalok. Beach cave on a river, need a canoe. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Phatthalung

The caves:

• Phu Pha Phet Cave. Spectacular-looking show cave. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  

Trang

The caves:

• Emerald Cave. Beach cave, in green water and near sandy beaches. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Tham Le Khao Kob. Limestone cave with boat rides. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Phuket

The caves:

• Bat Cave. A cave that you can get to with a canoe. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Ice Cream Cave. A cave with stalactites and stalagmites. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Nakhon Si Trammarat

The caves:

• Khao Wang Thong Cave. A large show cave. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  
• Bua Bok Cave. Cave on an island. Coordinates here.
  
  

Surat Thani

The caves:

• Coral cave. A cave, somewhat difficult journey to get here. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  

Phang Nga

The caves:

• Suwan Khuha Cave - Monkey Cave. A temple and monkeys. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  

Phetchaburi

The caves:

• Heaven cave. A cave that I visited, see my article (alt. link). A very interesting cave that gives your more as you descend deeper. A hike up on stairs to get here. These are the correct coordinates, but the Google Maps entry is at these coordinates.
  
  
• Khao Yoi Cave. A cave and a spectacular temple inside. Worth a visit. See my article about this visit https://planetskier.blogspot.com/2025/03/caves-in-thailands-ratchaburi-region.html. The cave itself is at these coordinates.
  
  
• Tham Khao Luang. A temple and a cave. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Prachuap Khiri Khan

The caves:

• Phra Prathun Cave. A cave system and a temple. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  
• Kaew Cave. A show cave, but off the beaten path and you may explore this without crowds. Coordinates here.
  
  
• Phraya Nakhon Cave. Interesting looking cave. A cave you need to hike to. Entrance fee is for the whole park, not just fo the cave. Tickets are sold at the ticket booth here at the coordinates and the cave itself is here.
  
  

Chiang Rai

The caves:

• Tham Luang cave. This is where the football team got trapped in. The coordinates for this cave are here. See also Wikipedia.
  
  

Mae Hong Son

The caves:

• Nam Lod Cave. A historic cave. A show cave. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  
• Diamond cave. A cave near the Mae La Na cave, not as wet/long as that one. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Mae La Na cave. A cave with four-hour guide through trips. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Tham Lot. A cave, not much information about this one. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Coffin Cave. This cave is said to have a "terrifying route", I guess for the access. Pictures indicate broken wooden stair case. Said to be closed, but I don't know the real situation. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Tham Pla (Fish Cave). A cave with fish, not much other information. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Tham Nam Bo Phi. A wild cave, requires a 3 hour roundtrip to reach this. A guide is much recommended. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Chiang Mai

The caves:

• Mae Sap Cave. Also known as the rainbow cave. An hour outside Chiang Mai. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  
• Wat Tham Chiang Dao. A cave and a temple. the coordinates are here.
  
  
• Tham Phra Ruesi. Said by reviewers to be just a hole in the ground, not a proper cave. I have not been here, so I don't really know. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Muang On Cave. A cave network, with shrines and statues. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Phrae

The caves:

• Erawan Cave. Said to be a mid-sized cave. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  
• Tham Pha Nang Khoi. A cave of with colored lights. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Big Cave. Not any real information about this one. Maybe a cave, maybe a temple. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Phitsanulok

The caves:

• Tham Phra Wang Daeng. A cave, not much information what's there. Some complaints from reviewers that the place may not always be open, the road there is not developed, etc. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  
• Tham Pha Ta Phon Non Hunting Area. An area with Karst formations and caves. Cannot go too far into the caves as they are typically filled with water. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Kanchanaburi

The caves:

• Tham Phra That. A temple in a cave. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Kalasin

The caves:

• WatTham Phra Nom. A template in a cave. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Nakhon Phanom

The caves:

• Nakee Cave. Again, not a lot of information, but hiking here will take 4-5 hours. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Ubon Ratchathani

The caves:

• Wat Tham Heo Sin Chai. A cave and a temple. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Chon Buri

The caves:

• Wat Khao Cha Ang. A small cave. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Nakhon Ratchasima

The caves:

• Bat Cave Khao Yai National Park. Bat watching at sunset. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Sa Kaeo

The caves:

• Khao Siwa Water Cave. A cave to swim in. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Nakhon Ratchasima

The caves:

• Wat Tham Trai Rat. A cave and a temple. The coordinates are here.
  
  

Ratchaburi

The caves:

• Wat Khao Chong Phran. A temple and a legendary "100 million bat cave". The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  
• Bat Caves. One billion bats exiting the cave ... hmm. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Wat Khao Phra. A temple and a cave (?). A bit uncertain. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Fa Tho Cave. A temple and a cave. See the coordinates for this cave here. I also tried to find this, but did not succeed, though that was my mistake. See my article (alt. link).
  
  
• Hermit's Cave, Khao Ngou. A small buddhist temple and cave. The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Khao Bin Cave. A 200-30 meters long cave. I also visited this, see my article (alt. link). The coordinates are here.
  
  
• Chomphon Cave. A spectacular cave, I liked it a lot when I visited, see my article (alt. link). At the end of the long cave there's a suprise sun rays lighting up the Buddhe statue. The correct coordinates are here but the Google Maps general link is here.
  
  

Saraburi

The caves:

• Wat Tham Krabok. A (small) cave and a temple. The coordinates for this cave are here.
  
  

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