Ankarafantsika is also home to the Angonoka Tortoise Programme operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
This is one of Madagascar's most successful captive breeding projects.
After many years of research, ploughshares - the world's rarest tortoises - are now breeding readily and are being reintroduced to their original habitat.
Almost as rare, the attractive little flat-tailed tortoise (kapidolo) is also being bred here, as is the Madagascar big-headed/side-neckled turtle.
The site is fortified as a result of thefts, so it is possible for tourists to glimpse them only through a chain-link fence.
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