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Than Bokkhorani National Park
Covers
37.5 rai (1 rai = 160 square meters) in Tambon Ao Leuk Tai, one kilometer
from the Tambon Ao Leuk Neua Market intersection on the Ao Luk Sak road.
The park is shady and forested by many different species of trees growing
around the attractive pool after which the park is named, the Sa
Bokkhorani .Species include the wild gardenia, asoka, and Apocynaceae. The
Sah Bohk Korani flows through a winding passage in the mountain. At the
north end of the pool is a footprint of the Buddha carved in wood near the
little temple sacred to Jao Pho To Yuan - To Chong.
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Tham
Phi Hua To or Tham Hua Kalok
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 many prehistoric colored pictures of men,
animals, and various limbs and organs that decorate the walls. Shells in
great numbers, on top of the other, are another feature of this cave. To
visit Pi Hua Toh, board a ferry at Bor Tor Pier.
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Tham
Phet
is the site of the Kao Phra Suhn Yah Tah Rham Meditation Center. It is about 2 kilometers distant 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.
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Tham Lod Nua - Tham Lod Tai
lie 2 kilometers distant from the district offices on the Ao Luk-Laem Sak road near the
watercourse of Klong Ta Prahng. There are two caves :
* Tham Lod Nua : This beautiful cave winds back on itself like an elbow.
* Tham 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 long tail boat at Bor Tor Pier ; the journey takes only 10 minutes.
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Tham Chao Le
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. 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 of Fishing Pier at Laem Sak Cape; travel time is about 15 minutes.
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Song Pi Nong Cave
or Poon Nua Tai
lies west of Pi Hua Cave Toh. Inside were found human skeleton remains, pottery, earrings, and bronze bracelets.
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