Reserve has two protected areas: Azameti Mukhnari (3742 ha), in the area of Rioni River left tributaries between Kvirila and Khanistskali and Vartsikhe massive (1106 ha), on the left side of Khanistskali.

The forested area of Vartsikhe is included into Ajameti Managed Reserve and was first established in 1946 in order to preserve rare Tertiary era relicts: Imeretian oak (Quercus robur subsp.

Understory with covered with rhododendron, medlar, sweetbrier and common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna).

Some species are on the Red List of Georgia: Imeretian oak (Quercus robur subsp.

[4] There are also endemic species in protected areas: southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor), Caucasian mole (Talpa caucasica), Gueldenstaedt's shrew (Crocidura gueldenstaedtii), Mehely's horseshoe bat, (Rhinolophus mehelyi), common bent-wing bat (miniopterus schreibersii), European hare (Lepus europaeus), ordinary squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and others.