These breathtaking waterfalls were captured by a hiker in remote parts of Laos - a country which has become a magnet for hydroelectric power investment.

Choonchat Banlue has been visiting parts the undeveloped Communist country on trips for the last year - braving unexploded bombs and deserted forests.

He seeks out the most stunning unseen natural waterfalls - some of them without even names or locations on Google maps.

His clips show the incredible scenes from the land-locked country which is sandwiched between Burma China, Vietnam Cambodia and Thailand.

‘’Some of the waterfalls are popular, people love to travel there and play in the water and take pictures,’’ said Choonchat.

‘’Others are so remote that very few people would have seen them before. Exploring nature and discovering a new waterfall is an incredible feeling.’’

Leaving the beaten path, Choonchat also has to beware of millions of unexploded U.S. bombs which littered the country in the 1960s during the Vietnam war.

An estimated 270 million that were dropped by U.S. forces on the country between 1964 and 1973. Shockingly, up to a third of the bombs did not explode and just one per cent of the explosives these have been discovered and destroyed.

The waterfalls highlight the incredible rivers and streams in the country, which has become a magnet for companies from China and Korea to harvest hydroelectric power.

Sitting on South East Asia's Mekong River, Laos sells much of this electricity abroad, which makes up about 30 per cent of its exports.