Thailand opens Tham Luang Cave's famous 'Chamber 3’


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Tham Luang visitors can explore not only one of the world’s most famous cave complexes, but also understand the extremely complicated rescue work required in 2018. — CAROLA FRENTZEN/dpa

Thailand is reopening the most famous chamber of the Tham Luang Cave complex, five years after a teenage football team made headlines around the world when being trapped in the caves for 17 days.

Guided tours of what is known as “Chamber 3” in the northern Thai cave system began on Dec 15, the Bangkok Post newspaper quoted the national parks authority as saying.

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