This is the third part of the day tour which also includes;
From a landing stage just past the tributary to Tham Lot. This is where you must hand in the ticket you purchased at Than Bok Khorani if you went there first. The National Park Ranger will tear off the stub, otherwise it will cost another Bt 300 Park Fee!
Around the corner is a staircase allowing you up and into the cave, with several boards showing photos to explain what you will see. The caves are believed to have been inhabited over 3,000 years ago, and there are paintings on the walls. If you have negotiated a guide to come with you, they should have a strong torch and be able to point out the various paintings. Most significant perhaps are the ones overhead the entrance, on the inside, which show the red striped creature featured in the statues at the entrance to Than Bok Khorani.
Most of the paintings are high up on the walls, and the pathways are roped off, because the paintings would not last long if rubbed by visitors. On one trip our tour guide kindly took my phone and obtained two close ups of paintings not normally seen.
When you come back out of the cave and down to the boardwalk, you can turn right back to the landing stage, or you can turn left and take the boardwalk along the river. It is a pleasant natural walk, with birds, butterflies, fish, mudskippers, crabs, and occasional monkeys. At the end is another quite large cave to round off the day.
