The most visited reservations in the South of the Great Plain are the Kiskunság National Park, the Szarvas Arboretum, and the Landscape Protection areas of Pusztaszer, Mártély, Cserebókény and Pitvarosi Puszták.

The Kiskunság National Park, created in 1975 and declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO covers around 35,000 hectares. Its interesting feature is that it is not a single area, but comprises nine different units, scattered like pieces of a mosaic. One of these is the Kiskunság Puszta where annual events are held reviving the old pastoral life and cattlebreeding customs. Another is the Kolon Lake near Izsák, known for its marsh tortoises, herons, expanses of untouched reeds and nine species of orchids which grow in the vicinity. An interesting natural phenomenon is the sand dunes in the vicinity of Fülöpháza; under favourable wind conditions they seem to move.

The puszta at Bugac is a real attraction. The 11,000-hectare Puszta of Bugac, declared by UNESCO to be a biospheric reserve, is the most frequented section of the Kiskunság (Cumania Minor) National Park. Highlights of the equestrian shows (gymkhana, riding and coaching) held regularly at the tourist centres of the region include driving stud horses and a breathtaking show of the pusztaötös (Puszta five). During the latter the rider of five galloping horses balances on the backs of the two in the rear. The Shepherd Museum (Bugac-puszta) offers an insight into the everyday life of shepherds, hut buildings and shepherd carvings. The Museum of the Puszta Forestation Project presents the history, wildlife and the cultivation of forests on the Puszta.

Several horse shows are held here each day and there are also regalar horse-driving competitions. A herd of the famous long-horned grey cattle, a highly resistant breed developed on the plain, can be seen at Bugac. Long-horned racka sheep native to Hungary are kept here too. The pastoral museum has a display on the life of shepherds in the past. The area of juniper scrub in the vicinity is a remnant of the original natural environment. The Szarvas Arboretum covers an area of 45 hectares beside a backwater of the Kőrös River and has 1500 varieties of trees and shrubs. Many of the giant trees in the garden are over a hundred years old. Boats depart from its jetty for trips on the Holt-Kőrös.

The alkaline lakes of the Kiskunság are found near Fülöpszállás and Szabadszállás. Their unique flora and bird-life are of special value. Besides the avocets, geese and black-winged stilts that nest here, the lakes provide a temporary homefor tens of thousands of migratory birds. This ornithologists' paradise is also a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The alkaline Fehér Lake at Szeged is known as a "world of wild waters": great flocks of birds during the autumn migration season at Fehér Lake near Kardoskút offer a sight unmatched in Europe. The lake is used as a resting place and nesting site by tens of thousands of plovers, cranes and wild ducks.

The big round nests of storks can be seen on dead trees, village chimneys and electricity poles. When autumn comes they leave to spend the winter in warmer countries but always return to their homes in the spring. The stork has become a part offolk art, is mentioned in numerous songs, and in Hungarian childrens tales it is the stork who brings babies.