Tham Kong Lo

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Tham Kong Lo or Kong Lor Cave[http://www.highlights-in-laos.de/sehenswurdigkeiten-in-laos/kong-lor-hohle/ Kong Lor Höhle], highlights-in-laos.de, retrieved 21 Oktober 2015 is a karst limestone cave in Phu Hin Bun National Park, in Khammouane Province, Laos.{{cite book|author1=Rough Guides|author2=Jeff Cranmer|author3=Steven Martin |author4=Emma Gibbs |author5=Steven Vickers |title=The Rough Guide to Laos|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781848366596|url-access=registration|accessdate=20 July 2012|date=20 January 2011|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84836-659-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781848366596/page/215 215]}} It is located roughly {{convert|130|km}} north of Thakhek, on the Nam Hin Bun River, which flows into the cave. The karst formation is dramatic and the cave has been cited as a "one of Southeast Asia's geological wonders".{{cite web|url=http://goseasia.about.com/od/laos/a/tham_kong_lo_cave.htm|title=Tham Kong Lo Cave|publisher=Goseasia|accessdate=20 July 2012}}

The cave is deep (lasting about {{convert|7|km}}{{cite book|last=White|first=Daniel|title=Frommer's Cambodia and Laos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvAsLRzah4wC&pg=PA306|accessdate=20 July 2012|date=28 January 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-61583-6|page=306}}) and passages are up to 90m wide and 100m high in parts. The locals in recent years have set up vendors at the location to provide to tourists.{{cite book|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Cambodia & Laos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qr_r0-YprcUC&pg=PA188|accessdate=20 July 2012|date=1 June 2011|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited|isbn=978-1-4053-6830-8|page=191}} Inside the cave is a pool which glows a bright emerald colour which locals hold as sacred, believing it to reflect the skin of the Hindi god Indra.