Location : 10.3115417, 99.0191467
Nam Cha Cave is 42km south of Chumphon town. Take Highway 41 for about 34km till you reach the Don Wa T Junction (there is a large PT gas station on the right just after the junction). Turn right and after 7km there is a T junction (just after Wat Nam Cha) where you must make a right. Take the first road on the left 1 km after the T junction.
The cave is 400m up this road on the left behind the durian orchard. It is not easy to find as jungle and vines block the view. Luckily the local farmers who live in the first house on the right just after this point kindly showed us the way to the cave.
The cave is a large through cave with the smaller western entrance being at a higher elevation. So the cave itself is sloped and a bit of a steep climb in places.
The western opening allows the sun to light up the cave bring out the colours of the rocks.
We found water in the cave.
On asking our local guides the name of this cave we ended up calling it Cave No Name. Felt this unfair for such lovely cave so for this blog have called it Nam Cha, after the village, which is the same name for the Health Centre some 300m away. Currently the 'Caves & Caving in Thailand' website has not referenced this Cave.
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