Have you ever wonder what lays in the those pitch black caves?. The mystery of what lived in there through millions of years and how did it combine through nature and chaotic changes of the world to the beauty it is. Questions emerges on whether our ancestor used it to evade danger and frightful animals or perhaps those beasts once lived inside that very place. So many stories can be told through what this river cave exited and why it became so bizarrely beautiful.

Since the year 2000, Pung Chang Cave has been selected to be the Unseen Amazing Place of Thailand. This means that this place is rewarded as a treasure and an is an interesting place in the adventurous category by the Thailand Tourism Authority. It is a cavern on Khao Chang or Chang Hill (in Thai means Elephant Hill)

Pung Chang cave is located between Ao Nang and Phuket. The cave is 1,200 metes long and take approximately and takes around one hour and a half to tour this cave. People from all around the world visit this cave to sight the amazing rock formation by floating on wood rafts and canoes.

It opens for visitors from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm every day with a 200 baht maintenance charge for locals and 500 baht for expats. There are no lights inside the tiny hollow path, so each traveler will be given a head-mounted flashlight.

Into The Dark

As we entered the cave with a community guide, he first pointed out that no pictures must be taken inside to disturb the nature beings. I wasnt allowed to take any pictures within the journey but to show you from the taken onces by the authorities online

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He started to explain as we moved through The drops of water shaped rocks that were glittering brightly like diamonds when reflected in the lamps worn by visitors are Stalactites and Stalagmites which is a upward-growing mound of mineral formations found in caves. In caves, stalagmites grow rather slowly—0.00028–0.037 in/yr (0.007–0.929 mm/yr) So can you imagine how many year it took to formed these rocks ?.

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Many are soft and fragile; a small part are sparkling calcite aragonite crystals, some are hard granite rock all depending to the water drops on which parts and what minerals consist in the area of the cave. A stream flows through the cave all year round with deep water in some parts. Many rock inside has a name for its animal shaped that occur, starting from,The baby elephant rock, Diamond Curtain Rock, Elephant stupa rocks,Diamond Curtain Rock, Elephant stupa rocks and all of these pictures i could find.

Khun Kitti Bat

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Is the only living being that occur in this cave. I was told that sometimes snakes and other small animals come through during the rainy season but eventually leave due to lack of food. Kitti's hog-nosed bat also known as the bumblebee bat is the smallest species of bat and arguably the world's smallest mammal. It has a reddish-brown or grey coat, with a distinctive pig-like snout. It occurs also at Lawa Cave, Kanchanaburi Thailand and southeast Myanmar, where it occupies limestone caves along rivers. With an average of the highest in amount to 100 individuals per cave, This cave only consist of around 20 of them. The bat feeds during short activity periods in the evening and dawn, foraging around nearby forest areas for insects and the Females give birth annually to a single offspring.

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Animal Figured Rocks

Crocodile Rock

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Flamingo Bird Rock

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The Holy Water

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Amazing White Elephant’s Head Rock

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The highlight of the cave is this spectacular elephant that looks so real !!!

Interesting Facts

Besides the majestic beauty of this cave, Thais believe that you should once in your lifetime get beneath the stomach of an elephant is a symbol of luck and prosperity. It is another reason why this place attracts so many tourist per year. Wouldn't you rather canoe through the whole elephant ?

Elephants in Thailand have been an important figure in our culture for centuries.

Do you know that the Thai Flag was once In the circle stands a white elephant !!

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I had a marvelous time exploring and learning new thing. It is the best part of traveling !. I am excited to share all of my experiences with my fellow steemians. Cant wait for my next adventure !!!

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Much love, Suzana