Elephant Conservation Center, Sayaboury, Laos

The Elephant Conservation Center, located in Sayaboury in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, acts to preserve and protect the Asian elephant, a species that is on its way to extinction. Created in 2011 by a team of experts, its program is set up around the wellbeing of the animal, the reproduction, vet care, and the schooling of mahouts.

The Center only welcomes elephants that have been working in the logging industry or mass tourism, but there are also some elephants that were born because of the Baby Bonus programme, which was set up by the Center. Our herd, today about 34 elephants big, can enjoy 530 hectares of protected forest.

The Center welcomes the visitors in a family environment where the well-being of the elephants stays the priority. The Elephant Conservation Center is the only active member in Laos of the Asian Captive Elephant Working Group, an international organisation that works on the welfare for elephants under human care.