The Berenty Lodge is the main accommodation option of the area and has environmentally-friendly and spacious wooden chalets set in the spiny forest. From here you can enjoy walks through the reserve as well as visits to the local art museum and sisal factory.
This small private reserve is arguably one of the island’s better-known, and one of the last gallery forests to be found in Madagascar. Principally known for being one of the best spots to view confident and habituated ringtail and Verreaux sifaka lemurs at closer range, the reserve was established 70 years ago by the de Heaulme family to protect the 250 hectares of spiny and dry tamaring gallery forest that sit along the banks of the Mandrare River.