Tham Khao Luang
A great cave in the hills outside Phetchaburi, filled with Buddha images large and small. Shafts of sunlight fall through openings in its roof and light up the images below, best seen around the middle of the day.
- Where
- Phetchaburi, Phetchaburi, Thailand
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.1349, 99.9328
Get the Tham Khao Luang stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Tham Khao Luang. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Phetchaburi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Tham Khao Luang
Phra Nakhon Khiri 3.0 km
A hilltop palace above Phetchaburi built for King Mongkut, its name meaning 'holy city hill', though locals call it Khao Wang, the hill with the palace. Halls, an observatory and white chedis spread across three peaks, with views over the town and the plain.
Phra Ram Ratchaniwet 5.0 km
A former royal palace in Phetchaburi, built in a European style unusual for Thailand. Better known as Ban Puen Palace, it is now a museum run by the Royal Thai Army.
Don Hoi Lot 28 km
A sandbar at the mouth of the Mae Klong River, at the top of the Bay of Bangkok, that appears when the tide goes out. Its mudflats hold the largest population of a razor clam found only in this gulf, and give the place its Thai name.
Amphawa Floating Market 32 km
A floating market on a canal off the Mae Klong river, about 50 kilometres from Bangkok. Vendors cook and sell from boats beside old wooden shophouses, and it runs into the evening, close to the wat of Amphawa Chetiyaram.
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market 43 km
The most famous of Thailand's floating markets, about 100 kilometres southwest of Bangkok, where vendors sell fruit, noodles and souvenirs from wooden boats along narrow canals. It is now mostly a tourist market, and busiest early in the morning.
Mrigadayavan Palace 49 km
A seaside residence of King Vajiravudh at Cha-am, made of golden teak pavilions raised on pillars and linked by long covered walkways. The king stayed here only twice, in the summers of 1924 and 1925.
Klai Kangwon Palace 61 km
A seaside palace in Hua Hin, commissioned by King Prajadhipok in 1926 and completed in 1933. Its name means 'far from worries', and it was the main summer residence of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Hua Hin Railway Station 63 km
A small wooden station on the Southern Line, about 850 metres from the beach, from the days when Bangkok's court first came to Hua Hin by train for the sea air. Its ornate royal waiting pavilion still stands on the platform.
More national monuments in Phetchaburi
Questions
Where is Tham Khao Luang?
Tham Khao Luang is in Phetchaburi, Phetchaburi, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Phra Nakhon Khiri (3.0 km), Phra Ram Ratchaniwet (5.0 km), Don Hoi Lot (28 km).
How do I get the Tham Khao Luang stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Tham Khao Luang and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Phetchaburi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Tham Khao Luang before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Phetchaburi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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