Which country contains the Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve?

Madagascar contains the Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve.

The reserve lies near Madagascar’s western coast in the Melaky Region. Its landscape is famous for tsingy, jagged limestone formations created as groundwater carved through uplifted karst plateaus. The needle-like pinnacles, cliffs and deep fissures form a maze so sharp and difficult to cross that “tsingy” is commonly explained as referring to a place where one cannot walk barefoot.

The protected area was established on December 31, 1927, and covers roughly 834 square kilometres. UNESCO listed the wider Tsingy de Bemaraha site as a World Heritage Site in 1990 because of its unusual geology, mangrove environments and wildlife, including lemurs and numerous bird species.

The reserve is often confused with the neighbouring Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park. They are adjoining protected areas, but the southern section became the national park in 1997, while the northern section retained strict-reserve status. Both are in Madagascar, not the nearby island nations of Seychelles, Comoros or Mauritius.