Ashtoum El Gamil Reserve is located in Port Said Governorate, in the northeastern part of Lake Manzala. It is bordered to the north by the Port Said-Damietta Road, to the east by the Port Said-Ismailia Road. Ashtoum El Gamil is the seventh nature reserve declared in Egypt. It was declared a nature reserve in 1988. Its area was initially 40 km2, then increased to 180 km2. And then increased to 203 km2 in 2019.