Konglor Cave

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By public transport: How to get to Konglor Cave from Tha Khaek
You can show up at the 3km market in the morning and find a tuk-tuk going to points along route 8 -- Lak Xao, for instance -- which drop off in Na Hin -- about 40,000 kip. Alternately, you can take any northbound bus from the main bus terminal and ask to get off at Vieng Kham. From there there are hourly departures to Lak Xao, and again, get off at Na Hin.

Once in Na Hin, songthaews to the cave leave when full between 07:00 and 11:00, and one final departure at 14:00 -- about 40km, 30,000 kip. If you arrive too late for the songthaew and want to make it to the cave that evening, the Tourism Office, on the main road 200m east of the eastern turnoff to Na Hin on the right, might be able to arrange a car for US$50 one way, or you can rent a motorbike for US$17 if one is available. But you probably will arrive too late to tour the cave anyway and have to overnight near the cave anyway, so might as well head out in the morning.

By public transport: How to get to Tha Khaek from Konglor Cave
For the return, there are songthaews back to Na Hin at 07:00 and 08:00 -- 30,000 kip. There are no songtheaws after 08:00, so if you arrive in the evening, by the time you tour the cave in the morning, you'll have to stay another night to catch the morning songthaew. If you're desperate to get back to Na Hin, ask at the Auberge Sala Hin Boun about the possibility of private transport -- expect it to be very pricey. You could also try hitching a ride on a Tak Tak (tractor pulling a cart) and have your ass spanked by a wooden board for four hours.

From Na Hin, there are hourly departures to Tha Khaek from 08:00 to 11:00, 45,000 kip, and buses to Vientiane for the same price until 12:30. Buses to Vientiane can drop off passengers at Vieng Kham where you can catch a bus to Tha Khaek until 17:00. If you miss the last bus, there's a place to stay in Vieng Kham, 800m south of the bus station on the right. You can flag down a south-bound bus from here in the morning.

By Motorbike or Bicycle
From the Tha Khaek roundabout, head three kilometres east on route twelve to the intersection with route 13 and take a left. From there it's 100km north to Vieng Kham and take a right. Watch out for rocks as you proceed 45km east to Na Hin. It's on the right, across the road from the sign for the Namsanam waterfall.

Allow yourself at least two and a half hours of daylight to make it to the cave by motorbike. Remember, if you arrive at the cave after 16:00, you may not be able to get a boatman to take you to the cave until the morning anyway. Dirt-bikers claim to make the trip to the cave in under an hour.

Group Tour
Tours of Konglor Cave, including round trip transport from Na Hin, accommodation and food, can be arranged at the Na Hin Tourism Information office for US$50 for one person, $38 per person for two to three people, $30 per person for groups of four to eight. The trip takes two to three days, depending on songthaew availability. A trek to Ban Natan can be added to the tour -- four days, $70 for one person, $52 per person for 2 to 3 people, $42 per person for 4 to 8.