If you´re planning to travel to Thailand on your next vacation, Tham Khao Luang might be the place you want to visit. Tham Khao Luang is a cave that is best known for its Buddha statues even among the tourists and it is located in a town called Phetchaburi. Because the cave is open from above, sunlight creates beautiful reflections on the statues inside the cave. The most spectacular one is the reclining Buddha and it has a length of 14 meters (approx. 46 feet). A variety of statues were built according to King Rama 4th and 5th´s wishes.
When a great Thai poet, Sunthornpoo, traveled to Phetchaburi in 1845, he depicted the beauty of the cave later in his sonnet “Nirat Muangphetch”.
Phetchaburi is located about 75 miles southwest from Bangkok.
