"Authentic adventure inside an epic cave.

Absolutely necessary with guide, even though I usually prefer to do excursions on my own, this is not the case.

I did the 4 hour hike to the inner waterfall, saw cockroaches, fish, little white dragons which name I don’t know, kind of transparent shrimp and spiders. Obviously also bats, either moving or static inside the bat cave.

Regarding the water shoes, even though there are available once you hire the guide, they only have small numbers up to 42 or so. I have a 47 so it was impossible to fit them. The guide fortunately had some slippers for me. You will get wet until your chest, depending on your height of course.

Do it when in this beautiful area!!"

Jacobo Puyoles Trigo

"At the entrance, there is a stall that offers guide services for 300 THB per person. The guide takes you to three caves, and you will need to swim to the third cave using a bamboo raft. It is possible to feed fish along the way. The experience is worth the price. (Not possible to go without guide)"

tiesiog martynas

"There are 3 caves to explore- Coral cave , Diamond cave and Mae La Na cave. Mae La Na cave is a water cave and the water sometimes reaches your ankles , waist and neck. But most of the time, you will be on land instead of in water.

There are 2 options if you choose Mae La Na cave : 2 hours for 300 THB or 4 hours for 500 THB. The time includes go and return. The difference is the 4 hours option allows you to see a waterfall inside the cave. I chose the 4 hours option. The waterfall is quite amazing :)

The other 2 caves I did not have time to explore as it was 4.30pm when I finished and I was also quite tired. There is no water in those caves.

This walk through the Mae La Na cave is not the normal sort of walk you would experience in a typical cave. There are a lot of rocks which you would need to navigate and watch your every step. You also need to sometimes walk into the water and there are also rocks in the water which you can’t see and may step on. You would need to be quite flexible as it is like rock climbing and hiking combined.

A guide would be waiting somewhere near and as soon as he sees you driving on the way to the cave ticketing booth he will follow you over :)

A guide is compulsory and he will hand you a headlight as the cave is totally dark inside. He is a local villager there and knows the path through the cave by heart. Try to follow his foot steps. He does not speak much English.

They will offer a pair of rubber shoes for loan for free. However, I have stepped on many stones and rocks inside and it’s quite uncomfortable as the sole is not thick. On the other hand, your sneakers or shoes will get wet and dirty and maybe even torn. I also suggest you can prepare a beach wear quick dry top and shorts which I did. You can also wear dri fit track pants to protect your legs from being cut by rocks if it happens.

The guide will carry a water proof bag and you can put your handphone inside his bag. When you arrive at certain highlights inside the cave, he can help you to take photos.

After choosing your program option and paying the fee, there is another 2.5 km distance to the caves. The path is steep and challenging. If you ride a motorbike over, you can follow him on your motorbike or you can ride pillion on his motorbike and leave your motorbike at the ticketing booth.

Mae La Na water cave is only open during dry season from November to May as the wafer will flood the cave in the wet season months.

Do not follow google map’s directions to reach this cave. The correct route is to go through Ban Jabo village and Mae La Na village. Follow the signs on the road as shown in the photos attached.

Extra : This area has quite a few caves including Tham Nam Lod cave. A good place to stay would be in Pang Mapha town instead of further away in Pai. There are some guesthouses to choose from."

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