Lub Lae Cave Hua Hin

Lub Lae Cave is one of the closest caves to Hua Hin, just a 40 minute drive away. The Lub Lae Cave is next to the Lub Lae Monestary, in a very rural area of Hua Hin. Entrance fee to Lub Lae Cave is just a donation to the Monastary, up to you how much. The monk will give you a torch which you will need in many sections of this cave. There is good lighting in the first few large chambres but it gets darker as you travel trough the cave. You can walk for over 2kms in this cave but after about the first 500 meters you will need to start having to crouch down to enter the next chanbre. There is a monk there that speaks pretty good English and will take you for a guided tour of the cave, included in your donation.

There are many bats living in this cave, and your presence will distrub them, seeing hundreds of bats take flight.

There are some amazing stalagmites and stalactites, some that would have been forming for 10 of thousands of years now. The monks give you very clear instructions before going into the cave to not touch the rock formations. Your grubby, oily fingers will turn this magnificant rock formations black!

These are dark, damp caves. You will see the drips of water at the end of the stalactites. The caves are full of bat guano so has a funky smell. You do have to get used to funky smells in Thailand!

There are around 20 steps to get up to the entrance of the cave and then about 20 large steps to get down into the cave. The first few chambres is faily flat so easy to walk through. These are the most natural caves, with some spectacular stellagtites and stalemites . There is only 1 small Buddha statue right at the entrance of the cave.

The roads around Hua Hin are in very good condition but the last 2 kilometers to get to these caves are on a smooth dirt road, which is fine for a normal car, you just need to take it slow.

The monstary is pretty much just an open wooden hut with a Buddha statue. There are toilets behind the monastary and surprisingly they offer free WiFi connection.