Reception is at the lake open 24 hrs. Per day. Fishing is allowed only with valid media credentials for angling Lake Jaroslav issued by the Association. Fishing is allowed 24 hours non-stop for 3 rods. Swimming is only allowed on the left side of the lake, and only in the summer from 9 to 18 pm. The beach is marked by signs.

The small pond ( 395 – 396 m above the sea level) lying in the system of other ponds, 1,5 km north-west of the historical Vodňany square, of the area 2,11 ha. The nature sight was proclaimed in 1990, it preserves the ecosystem. The pond is important from the standpoint of abundance of water birds for their nesting and migration and as a reproductive biotop for several species of the amphibians.

Záhorský pond with the adjacent damp meadows and alder grove along the river Blanice (406-412 m above the sea level), 1,5 km wast of the village Pražák and 4 km west of Vodňany covers an area 33,5 ha with the protective belt of 9,6 ha. In 1997 it was proclaimed the nature reserve because of the protection of marshland vegetation. It has considerable importance for the growing wetland habitat and for the keeping valuable wetland communities. It is the case of the rarest vegetation wetland zone in the whole west part of the České Budějovice region.