Ruesi Caves
Ruesi Caves are located within the grounds of Wat Tham Ruesi and are 84Km south of Chumphon town. Take Highway 41 from Chumphon town for some 50km til you reach the Khao Pip intersection (a Tesco store is on the right just before the intersection). Turn right at the intersection onto road No. 4139 and travel 25km to the village of Khao Thalu. In the village turn right at the crossroads and travel about 4Km taking the road to the left. Follow this road for 1Km, turn right and after 3km the entrance to the Temple is on the left.
The cave by which this temple gets its name is located in the small hill facing you as you enter.
Tree roots have worked there way through the rocks and create a nice entrance to the cave.
At the top of the steps you enter what is really one chamber of about 10m across. When we first visited in 2016 the cave looked to have been forgotten.
However, now we found the cave totally refurbished to what I could only guess a place for Monks to pray and rest.
The 'Caves & Caving in Thailand' website has referenced this as Cave No. CP0080.
To the left of the steps is a passageway between the rocks to a second entrance into the cave.
A second cave can be found to the south of the temple complex near the top of the hill.
A steep pathway takes you up to the cave.
The cave has a large opening and goes about 20 meters into the hill. When we visited in 2016 it was smaller but since a machine has been in and made the cave bigger. Seems in the process this stalagmite has been removed.
The 'Caves & Caving in Thailand' website has referenced this as Cave No. CP0162.
On the left side of the cave you will find a chimney going to what must be the top of the mountain.
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