Chom Ong Cave, Oudomxay Province

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Chom Ong Cave, Oudomxay Province

In January 2009 an international team of cave researchers conducted a very successful expedition to Oudomxay in Northern Laos to explore the Chom Ong Cave System. This cave is located about 45 kilometers northwest of Oudomxay town near the village of Ban Chom Ong (Coordinates N20.70683 E101.78078).

The system stretches along a 4 kilometers-long mountain ridge and has a parallel running and interconnecting fossil and river passage. It was explored in three explorations (2009, 2010 and 2011) to a length of about 18.4 kilometers with some small, unpromising side passages remaining. It ranks now as the 2nd longest cave in Laos and the 9th longest in whole South East Asia. The typical passage dimension is 20-25 m width and 20-30 meters-height. There are two overlaying passages, a river and a fossil passage, which are linked at one huge hall with a length of 100 meter a width of 30 meter and ceiling heights of 30-50 meters. The cave is a trough cave and could be entered with exploration equipment near the small stream inlet in the north and left at the outflow in the south. The full traverse would take about 5 hours with additional 1 and 3 hours respectively return walking time to Chom Ong village! But this traverse is not recommended for tourists as several climbing parts and slippery river walks are unavoidable.

For more information just contact the Tourist Information Center (coordinates N20.69041 E101.98355) in Oudomxay and/or here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chom_Ong











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