With backing from the NGO BirdLife International (www.birdlife.org) and Asity (www.asitymadagascar.org) this wetland area received protected status in 2007.
The two dozen interconnected lakes, river, delta, bays, marshland, mangroves, forest, savanna and caves included in the 268,236ha reserve form a haven for birders and other wildlife enthusiast.
The wide variety of ecosystems here leads to extraordinary biodiversity, with plenty of fauna: nine species of lemur, including crowned and Decken's sifakas and the mongoose lemur, a similar number of bats, a host of reptiles and, of course, fish.
But it is the birds that cause the most excitement: 143 species.
And this is the only site where all of the Malagasy western waterfowl species may be seen.
July to September are the best months for seeing breeding birds.
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