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| The walk to Kong Lor Cave |
There is really nothing to do in Kong Lor aside from relaxing and drinking, as you all found out in the last post....EXCEPT for one major thing: Kong Lor Cave.
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| Getting closer to the cave.... |
Kong Lor Cave is a 7 km long cave accessable only by boat. The cave is completely in the dark, aside from one small walkable area where you get out of the boat to explore. Aside from that, you are in a boat with a headlamp and the eery darkness around you. Yes, there are bats and yes, there are probably some of the weirdest creatures in the depths of the waters but it was, without a doubt, one of the highlights of our time in Laos.
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| The cave, at last! The boats are at the end of the path |
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| The boats |
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| The one walkable area through Kong Lor Cave |
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| Light at the end of utter darkness |
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| The remote village on the other end of the cave |
At the end of the cave, you emerge into the lush tropical landscape and a little remote village sits atop the riverbank. Water buffalo were bathing on either side of us, as our boat putted down the river. After stopping at the village for a quick loo break, we hopped back in the boat, boated back through the pitch black cave and out the way we came in.
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| The end of our cave adventure |
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| Swimming!! |
Then, we got to swim in the beautiful crystal blue lagoon waters.
Allan and I have seen quite a few caves now and this one still remains one of the best things we've seen, thus far. I highly recommend this to anyone going to Laos in the future!
Wow, that looks amazing! Not sure that I'd like the bats and all the darkness, but it does seem like a great adventure anyway!! haha. xo
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