Simply hearing its enchanted name makes you want to go there. The area around the waterfall (‘Waterfall of the Nymphs’) harbours a large number of rare species of birds, butterflies and lizards. The spot is surrounded by natural pools, ‘the blackpool’ and ‘the blue pool’. Swimming in such cool warm clear waters can only do you good and it is the most frequently visited site of the National Park of Isalo.
The national park of Isalo, founded in 1962, covers an area of 80,540 hectares, and there is plenty to keep you busy during your visit. 50 or so kilometres long and 20km wide, with its extraordinary fauna and flora, the site will undoubtedly mark your stay on the island of Madagascar. Visitors will easily spot several species of birds, amphibians and reptiles, and often lemurs. The scenery is very varied: it includes savannah grassland, sandy valleys, sclerophyll forest, geological formations, as well as the Tsingy (needle-shaped limestone peaks). The mountain massif of Isalo is composed of a plateau of continental sandstone dating back to the Jurassic period.
