Berenty Reserve
🇲🇬 Madagascar
Africa, Madagascar 310 spp. recorded
Berenty Reserve is a protected dry scrub and spiny forest habitat situated along the Mandrare River in southern Madagascar. Visitors walk beneath towering tamarind trees and across arid, thorny terrain on flat, sandy paths that wind through a striking desert landscape.
-25.009° S 46.309° E
🦜 Nature
110 Species sighted
5,099 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Nov Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 238 more species with insufficient data
Recent sightings in Berenty Reserve
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
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Mar6.7Apr
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Jun25Jul
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Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Low
Typical stay
2–3
daysTrails
Easy
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0.0 Good
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
GoodHow rich is the wildlife?
3.1
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 185
🐒 Mammals 42
🦎 Reptiles 77
🐸 Amphibians 6
310 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
36 Threatened 142 Endemic
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Sighting
Very goodHow likely to see animals?
3.6
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
83% 📊
Coverage (83 species at ≥5% of 310 in the inventory)
27% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (9 bird, 3 reptile)
50% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
58 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
10 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
32 🏕️
Experience
ExcellentHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
4.8
Climate Pleasant High
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Low High
Trails Easy High
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
Photo by Sandra Neely, Pigmy Kingfisher, Ankarafantsika National Park Our three target bird species (all seen) are endemic and only found here, or hard to see elsewhere.
We’d just arrived at Berenty Private Reserve in southern Madagascar after a long, hot morning jolting over crumbling tarmac (last road mending, the 1950s).
Conducting extensive floristic surveys and environmental analyses, we investigated structural and compositional differences between the gallery and spiny forests, as well as within distinct gallery forest sites in Berenty Reserve in the south of the island.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Berenty Reserve?
310 species
Berenty Reserve has 310 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Black Kite (over 90%), Crested Coua (about 90%), Crested Drongo (about 90%), Pied Crow (about 90%) and Spiny Chameleon (about 90%). Among mammals, the most-seen is Grey-brown Mouse Lemur (about 50%).
Can you see a Spiny Chameleon in Berenty Reserve?
Yes
About 90% of wildlife watchers report a Spiny Chameleon sighting in Berenty Reserve on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is August and October–November (about 90%).
Is Berenty Reserve good for wildlife watching?
3.5 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Berenty Reserve rates 3.5/5: 189th of 316 parks worldwide and 56th in Africa. 33 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
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