Ankarafantsika National Park (Ampijoroa)

This prime example of tropical dry deciduous forest, combined with a lake harbouring Nile crocodiles and endangered Madagascar fish eagles, contains many other rare, endemic birds including Van Dam’s vanga, sickle-billed vanga and red-capped coua.  Reptiles are plentiful including iguanids, fish-scaled gecko and spear-nosed snake. Seven species of lemur inhabit the area, and Jersey Zoo’s exemplary Angonoka Project is located here, protecting the ploughshare tortoise, rarest in the world.