Wildlife

Laos enjoys a pristine, almost untouched natural biodiversity. Wild elephants, tigers, pythons, and black bears traipse the jungles and fresh water dolphins swim the waters of the Done Det – Done Khone Islands in the south. Many species have just recently been discovered, including the extremely rare Annamite Striped Rabbit – one of only two known species on earth, the saola deer, the laotian rock rat, as well as the world’s largest spider. This has led scientists and biologists to come here with aspirations of finding even more undiscovered species.