First visited natural site in Drome, he is one of the places of the Drôme ... The forest of Saou is a nearly closed space ship-shaped 12-km long and 2 km wide: the syncline perched. Its highest point is 1589 m to the east: the Trois Becs (Roche Curve, Signal and Veyou). To the west, Roche Colombe is 885 m. Both entrances are on the width of the site: No Lauzens which flows the stream of Lauzens and the parade of Perth where the leads Vèbre. This almost complete closure of the site is a place where many animals and plants delight botanists and entomologists.

The massive home Saou chamois, wild boars, deer, martens, weasels, martens, foxes, badgers, marmots. It is also a large bird sanctuary. More than one hundred species of nesting birds, ravens, eagles, hawks, buzzards, sparrows ... And in terms of landscape, the forest again is generous: forest habitats, heaths and grasslands, rocky slopes, wetlands floodplain forest, cliffs and ledges.

Entrance of the forest