Great Cormorant

Aberdare National Park

Mweiga ward, Kenya

+394 birds+30 mammals

Where the central highlands of Kenya rise to their elemental grandeur, the Aberdare range unfolds across Nyeri County as a montane stronghold of cool, misty forest…

Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park

Ethiopia

+438 birds+7 mammals

Two crater lakes of contrasting chemistry define this remote corner of Ethiopia's Rift Valley, where soda lakes and freshwater basins create a mosaic of distinct aquatic…

Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park

Pescasseroli, Italy

+139 birds+18 mammals

Where the central Apennines rise in dramatic limestone and clay ridges, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park unfolds across one of Italy's most…

Acadia National Park

Bar Harbor, United States

+291 birds+27 mammals

Where the Maine coast rises in granite cliffs and spruce-clad headlands, Acadia National Park unfolds across Mount Desert Island and its surrounding waters, a landscape carved…

Addo Elephant National Park

Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, South Africa

+388 birds+55 mammals

Where the Eastern Cape's semi-arid scrublands meet transitional woodland, Addo sprawls across 13,478 square kilometres of one of southern Africa's most biodiverse landscapes. The terrain rises…

Agulhas National Park

Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, South Africa

+224 birds+13 mammals

Where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet at Africa's southernmost tip, Agulhas National Park stretches across 892 square kilometres of windswept coastal landscape and rugged limestone…

Alta Murgia National Park

Bari, Italy

+168 birds+6 mammals

Across the limestone plateaux of Apulia's interior, where the Adriatic's influence fades into continental warmth, lies a landscape sculpted by millennia of human pastoralism and Mediterranean…

Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

Tsengel, Mongolia

+146 birds+3 mammals

Where the Altai Mountains rise in jagged defiance along Mongolia's western frontier, the terrain transforms into a realm of alpine tundra, rocky plateaus, and glacier-carved valleys…

Amboseli National Park

Etonet/Lenkism ward, Kenya

+501 birds+43 mammals

Where the Amboseli basin opens toward the Tanzanian frontier, a shallow alkaline lake mirrors vast skies across one of East Africa's most iconic savanna landscapes. The…

Appennino Lucano Val d’Agri Lagonegrese National Park

Spinoso, Italy

+121 birds+3 mammals

The Apennine mountains rise in weathered limestone ridges across central Italy, and where they push into Basilicata's interior, the landscape opens into a complex mosaic of…

Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park

Ventasso, Italy

+86 birds+8 mammals

Where the northern Apennines rise in folded ridges across the Emilia-Romagna borderland, the Dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park protects one of Italy's most geologically complex mountain landscapes.…

Arusha National Park

Tanzania

+555 birds+16 mammals

Where the slopes of Mount Mawenzi rise above the Arusha region, a compact yet ecologically rich national park unfolds across montane forest, moorland, and alpine zones.…

Asinara National Park

Porto Torres, Italy

+103 birds+5 mammals

Rocky limestone cliffs plunge toward the Tyrrhenian Sea where Dell'Asinara National Park guards a slender island sanctuary off Sardinia's northwestern coast. The park's terrain is a…

Åsnens National Park

Kronoberg County, Sweden

+141 birds+8 mammals

Where forest meets water in the heart of Kronoberg County, Åsnens National Park unfolds across roughly 57 square kilometres of southern Swedish landscape, a mosaic of…

Augrabies Falls National Park

Kai !Garib Local Municipality, South Africa

+176 birds+20 mammals

Where the Orange River cuts a dramatic scar through the Northern Cape's arid interior, Augrabies Falls National Park sprawls across nearly 1,200 square kilometers of raw,…

Awash National Park

Didiga, Ethiopia

+473 birds+23 mammals

Where the Ethiopian Rift Valley carves through volcanic plateaus, a ribbon of riverine forest winds through acacia scrubland and grassland, creating a mosaic of habitats that…

Baikal National Park

Ольхонский район, Russia

+184 birds+11 mammals

Where the world's deepest freshwater lake meets ancient Siberian taiga, Baikal National Park sprawls across 66,203 square kilometers of one of Earth's most singular ecosystems. The…

Bandhavgarh National Park

Garhpuri, India

+285 birds+17 mammals

Where granite ridges rise dramatically above sal and bamboo forests, one of India's most pristine tiger reserves unfolds across the Vindhyan plateau. Ancient rock formations tower…

Bandipur National Park

Hirehalli, India

+302 birds+19 mammals

Where the Western Ghats descend into the Deccan plateau, ancient deciduous forests blanket a landscape carved by the Nugu River. Bandipur unfolds across 880 square kilometres…

Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Powys, United Kingdom

+178 birds+36 mammals

Where sandstone ridges rise above the rolling moorlands of mid-Wales, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park protects one of Britain's most compelling upland landscapes. The park's dramatic peaks,…

Barrington Tops National Park

Australia

+175 birds+47 mammals

Where the New England Plateau rises above the Hunter Valley, temperate rainforest cloaks the highest reaches of Barrington Tops, its dense canopy fed by year-round precipitation…

Bavarian Forest National Park

Germany

+127 birds+18 mammals

Where ancient spruce and fir forests rise across the Bohemian plateau, the Bavarian Forest National Park unfolds as one of central Europe's most intact temperate woodland…

Belair National Park

Adelaide, Australia

+126 birds+18 mammals

Eucalyptus woodland and native shrubland cloak the low hills of this Adelaide park, where ancient quartzite ridges rise above the plains of South Australia's densest metropolitan…

Belluno Dolomites National Park

Sospirolo, Italy

+72 birds+10 mammals

Where the Dolomites' pale limestone ramparts rise above the Veneto plain, the Belluno Dolomites National Park encompasses a landscape of profound ecological diversity. The park's subarctic-style…

Ben Boyd National Park

Eden, Australia

+255 birds+47 mammals

Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…

Białowieża National Park

Bialowieza, Poland

+177 birds+23 mammals

Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, this primordial forest landscape encompasses one of Europe's last remaining expanses of old-growth woodland, where ancient trees rise through…

Bic National Park

Rimouski, Canada

+250 birds+9 mammals

Where the St. Lawrence River meets the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged coastline of forests, wetlands, and rocky shores unfolds across nearly 95 square kilometres of protected…

Biebrza National Park

Goniądz, Poland

+242 birds+33 mammals

Where the Narew River sprawls across northeastern Poland's flatlands, Biebrza National Park unfolds as one of Europe's largest and most ecologically vital wetland complexes. Encompassing roughly…

Biscayne National Park

Miami-Dade County, United States

+263 birds+7 mammals

Coral reefs and mangrove shallows dominate this marine sanctuary where the Florida Keys meet the Atlantic, creating a mosaic of shallow seagrass meadows, patch reefs, and…

Blue Mountains National Park

Australia

+220 birds+43 mammals

Dramatic sandstone cliffs rise in tiers across this mountainous plateau west of Sydney, their rust-coloured faces weathered into amphitheatres and gorges where eucalyptus forest clings to…

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Kent County, United States

+323 birds+15 mammals

Tidal marshes and brackish shallows define this sanctuary on Delaware's Atlantic coast, where the meeting of freshwater and salt creates some of the Mid-Atlantic's most dynamic…

Bontebok National Park

Swellendam Local Municipality, South Africa

+204 birds+11 mammals

Where the Cape Fold Mountains give way to coastal lowlands, a landscape of rolling sandstone hills and fynbos heathland creates one of South Africa's most compact…

Boodjamulla National Park

Australia

+142 birds+3 mammals

Where red sandstone gorges carve through the semi-arid interior of far north Queensland, Boodjamulla National Park reveals a landscape shaped by seasonal water availability and ancient…

Bory Tucholskie National Park

Chojnice County, Poland

+54 birds

Across the sandy plains of northwestern Poland, where glacial deposits have sculpted a landscape of gentle dunes and shallow depressions, Bory Tucholskie National Park preserves one…

Bosc de Virós

Ainet de Besan, Spain

+126 birds+10 mammals

Where the Pyrenean foothills roll down through northeastern Catalonia, Bosc de Virós unfolds as a dense tapestry of mixed temperate forest in the Lleida province, its…

Bouddi National Park

Gosford, Australia

+147 birds+17 mammals

Sandstone ridges rise sharply from the Tasman Sea along the central New South Wales coast, their weathered faces etched by millennia of salt spray and storm…

Bribie Island National Park

Brisbane, Australia

+284 birds+20 mammals

Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…

Budj Bim National Park

Australia

+137 birds+7 mammals

Across southwestern Victoria's volcanic plains, Budj Bim National Park preserves a landscape shaped by ancient lava flows and Indigenous land stewardship spanning millennia. The park's 184…

Bükk National Park

Répáshuta, Hungary

+161 birds+15 mammals

Where forested limestone ridges rise across northern Hungary, Bükk National Park unfolds across nearly 900 square kilometres of temperate woodland, rocky gorges, and karst formations that…

Butrint National Park

Vagalat, Albania

+140 birds+3 mammals

Where the Ionian coast meets ancient alluvial plains, Butrint National Park spans a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity that has shaped human settlement for three millennia.…

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Kanyashogi, Uganda

+603 birds+26 mammals

Steep ridges cloaked in montane forest rise from Uganda's southwestern borderlands, where the landscape grows so dense and tangled that early explorers named it impenetrable. At…

Cabañeros National Park

Retuerta del Bullaque, Spain

+183 birds+8 mammals

Cabañeros National Park is one of Spain’s finest wildlife destinations and one of the best-preserved examples of Mediterranean forest and scrubland in Europe. Located in the…

Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park

San José, Spain

+274 birds+11 mammals

Where volcanic ridges plunge toward the Mediterranean, Cabo de Gata-Níjar Nature Park unfolds across one of Europe's most arid coastlines, a landscape sculpted by tectonic violence…

Cabo Peñas

Susacasa, Spain

+303 birds+21 mammals

Where sea cliffs rise sheer from the Bay of Biscay, Susacasa's observation point commands one of Asturias's most dramatic coastal vistas. The landscape here is defined…

Cadí Moixeró Natural Park

Bor, Spain

+172 birds+21 mammals

Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park is one of the largest and most spectacular protected areas in Catalonia, located in the heart of the eastern Pyrenees. Covering more than…

Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve

Carsethorn, United Kingdom

+109 birds+16 mammals

Where the Solway Firth meets the Scottish coast, saltmarsh and mudflat create a landscape shaped by tidal rhythms and temperate maritime climate. Caerlaverock's mosaic of habitats—brackish…

Cairngorms National Park

Muir, United Kingdom

+192 birds+31 mammals

Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental terrain. Windswept plateaus give way to…

Calanques National Park

Bouches-du-Rhône, France

+233 birds+42 mammals

Where limestone cliffs plunge dramatically into crystalline Mediterranean waters, Calanques National Park preserves one of Europe's most striking coastal landscapes. These steep-sided inlets, carved by erosion…

Camargue Regional Nature Park

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

+378 birds+48 mammals

Where the Rhône Delta sprawls into the Mediterranean, a landscape of stark and haunting beauty emerges—vast salt marshes punctuated by shallow lagoons, reed beds, and scrubland…

Camdeboo National Park

Camdeboo Local Municipality, South Africa

+272 birds+24 mammals

Granite ridges and weathered sandstone cliffs rise across a semi-arid landscape where the Karoo transitions into the eastern escarpment of South Africa, creating Camdeboo National Park's…

Cañón del Río Lobos Natural Park

Santa María de las Hoyas, Spain

+136 birds+2 mammals

Where the Río Lobos carves its relentless path through the Iberian plateau, limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above a ribbon of water that has spent…

Caohai National Nature Reserve

Bijie, China

+93 birds

At roughly 1,900 metres elevation on Guizhou's high plateau, Caohai sprawls across a temperate landscape shaped by pronounced seasonal extremes. Winters here are dry and cool,…

Cap de Creus Natural Park

Roses, Spain

+245 birds+23 mammals

Where the Pyrenees tumble into the Mediterranean, Cap de Creus Nature Park unfolds across 300 square kilometres of one of northeastern Spain's most dramatic coastal wilderness…

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canada

+215 birds+18 mammals

Where the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia rises in weathered cliffs and glacially carved valleys, Cape Breton Highlands National Park spans a landscape where boreal and…

Cape Range National Park

Australia

+159 birds+15 mammals

Where arid limestone ridges plunge toward turquoise waters, Cape Range National Park frames one of Australia's most dramatic desert-ocean interfaces. The park's spine—a stark, weathered range…

Carnarvon National Park

Philadelphia, Australia

+179 birds+17 mammals

Across 15,000 square kilometres of inland Queensland, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above eucalypt woodlands and open grasslands, carved by creeks that have worn deep gorges into…

Cederberg Wilderness Area

Cederberg Local Municipality, South Africa

+136 birds+12 mammals

Where ancient sandstone ridges rise dramatically from the semi-arid lowlands of Western Cape, the Cederberg Wilderness Area spreads across nearly 1,700 square kilometres of some of…

Central Balkan National Park

Zhidov dol, Bulgaria

+135 birds+16 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Bulgarian highlands, ancient beech and conifer forests blanket mountains that rise dramatically from the Balkan range's heart. This wilderness encompasses three…

Central Island National Park

Kenya

+42 birds

Volcanic islands rising starkly from the turquoise waters of Lake Turkana, Central Island National Park presents one of East Africa's most geologically dramatic and climatically austere…

Cévennes National Park

Vebron, France

+187 birds+63 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the limestone plateaux of southern France, the Cévennes Cœur National Park unfolds across nearly 3,500 square kilometres of one of Europe's…

Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park

Australia

+229 birds+12 mammals

Granite ridges and eucalyptus woodlands define this 869-square-kilometre park straddling the border between Victoria and New South Wales, where rugged terrain rises sharply from gentler foothill…

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Chincoteague, United States

+362 birds+16 mammals

Across the barrier islands and salt marshes of Virginia's Eastern Shore, where Atlantic tides sculpt an intricate mosaic of sandy spits and tidal flats, lies one…

Chobe National Park

Botswana

+446 birds+45 mammals

Where the Chobe River cuts a sinuous path through northern Botswana, the landscape transforms into one of Africa's most dynamic wetland-savanna mosaics. This national park encompasses…

Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park

Campora, Italy

+145 birds+12 mammals

Where the southern Apennines descend toward the Tyrrhenian coast, the landscape transforms into a mosaic of limestone plateaus, deep ravines, and Mediterranean scrubland that defines Cilento,…

Cinque Terre National Park

Riomaggiore, Italy

+135 birds+1 mammals

Steep terraced cliffs plunge toward the Ligurian Sea where five villages cling to a Csb-climate coastline shaped by centuries of viticulture and stone masonry. Riomaggiore, the…

Circeo National Park

Italy

+232 birds+6 mammals

Where limestone headlands plunge toward the Tyrrhenian Sea, Circeo National Park preserves a rare mosaic of Mediterranean coastal habitats that few Italian reserves can match. The…

Cleland National Park

Australia

+127 birds+14 mammals

Eucalypt woodlands rise and fall across Adelaide's nearby hills, where Cleland National Park sprawls across some twenty square kilometres of native South Australian bushland. The terrain…

Coffin Bay National Park

Australia

+143 birds+5 mammals

Across South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, where limestone headlands rise above turquoise shallows and eucalypt woodland gives way to coastal heath, lies a 1,319-square-kilometre sanctuary shaped by…

Coll de Pal

La Molina, Spain

+142 birds+12 mammals

Where the eastern Pyrenees descend into Catalonia, alpine meadows and rocky slopes define the character of this mountain pass, a threshold between the high Iberian interior…

Collserola Natural Park

Barcelona, Spain

+194 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises steeply from Barcelona's urban edge, Collserola unfolds across 173 square kilometres of low mountains that form a crucial ecological buffer between city…

Coorong National Park

Australia

+217 birds+15 mammals

Where the Murray River meets the Southern Ocean, a chain of shallow lagoons stretches across the South Australian coast, separated from the sea by a ribbon…

Cors Fochno National Nature Reserve

Borth, United Kingdom

+179 birds+27 mammals

Where the Dovey Estuary opens to the Irish Sea, a sprawling wetland mosaic of reedbed, fen and mire transforms the coastal flats of mid-Wales into one…

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Australia

+72 birds+8 mammals

Where glacial valleys plunge between quartzite peaks, Tasmania's Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park unfolds as a temperate wilderness of uncommon grandeur. The park's terrain ranges…

D’Anticosti National Park

Anticosti Island, Canada

+115 birds+3 mammals

Where boreal forest meets the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Anticosti Island rises as one of North America's largest and most pristine wilderness preserves. Spanning roughly 2,266…

D’Armorique Regional Nature Park

Le Faou, France

+103 birds+23 mammals

Where granite ridges meet Atlantic moorland, one of Brittany's wildest regions reveals itself in layers of ecological richness. The landscape shifts dramatically from heather-clad uplands to…

Daintree National Park

Dedin, Australia

+362 birds+37 mammals

Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Tulcea, Romania

+277 birds+27 mammals

Where the Danube surrenders to the Black Sea, a vast labyrinth of channels, reed beds, and freshwater lakes sprawls across nearly 13,400 square kilometers of eastern…

Dartmoor National Park

West Devon, United Kingdom

+162 birds+33 mammals

Across the high moorlands of Devon, where granite tors pierce through rolling heather and acid grassland, Dartmoor rises as one of Britain's most expansive upland wilderness…

Delta de l’Ebre Natural Park

Eucaliptus, Spain

+341 birds+18 mammals

Where the Ebro River spreads into a vast labyrinth of shallow lagoons, reed beds, and brackish marshes before surrendering to the Mediterranean, one of southern Europe's…

Dirigida Laguna de Gallocanta Nature Reserve

Las Cuerlas, Spain

+250 birds+7 mammals

Where continental steppe meets the vast mirror of inland water, Spain's largest natural lagoon reveals a landscape of haunting beauty. The shallow alkaline lake, cradled in…

Disko Bay

Kitsissuarsuit, Greenland

+46 birds+9 mammals

Where Arctic fjords carve deep into Greenland's western coast, Disko Bay creates a protected landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. The waters here merge temperate Atlantic currents…

Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park

Sospirolo, Italy

+76 birds+11 mammals

Where the Dolomites descend into the Veneto foothills near Sospirolo, a landscape of limestone massifs, forested valleys, and rushing waterways creates one of northern Italy's most…

Doñana National Park

Hinojos, Spain

+300 birds+13 mammals

Where the Guadalquivir River delta spreads into the Atlantic, vast marshes, cork woodlands, and coastal dunes converge to create one of southwestern Europe's most biodiverse wetland…

Dorob National Park

Henties Bay, Namibia

+230 birds+13 mammals

Where the Skeleton Coast meets the Namib Desert's inland reaches, Dorob National Park sprawls across 34,021 square kilometres of one of southern Africa's most austere and…

Drawa National Park

Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Poland

+84 birds+11 mammals

Where the Drawa River winds through northwestern Poland's sandy lowlands, a landscape of unexpected ecological richness unfolds across 508 square kilometres of protected forest and wetland.…

Duna-Ipoly National Park

Dömös, Hungary

+208 birds+19 mammals

Where the Danube curves through central Hungary, the limestone hills and forested valleys of Duna-Ipoly National Park create a landscape that feels caught between seasons and…

Dyfi National Nature Reserve

Aberdyfi, United Kingdom

+148 birds+25 mammals

Where the River Dyfi widens into a broad coastal basin, a 2,400-hectare mosaic of saltmarsh, reedbed, mudflat and freshwater wetland spreads across the Cardigan Bay estuary…

Écrins National Park

La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar, France

+143 birds+36 mammals

Where granite peaks and Alpine meadows converge across nearly 2,100 square kilometres, Écrins National Park forms one of the wildest mountainous strongholds of the French Alps.…

Eravikulam National Park

Devikulam, India

+192 birds+7 mammals

High in the Western Ghats of Kerala, where monsoon mists cling to slopes that rise above 2,000 metres, Eravikulam National Park preserves one of South India's…

Eryri National Park

Gwynedd, United Kingdom

+199 birds+36 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Snowdonia landscape, Eryri National Park encompasses one of Britain's most dramatic mountain terrain. The park's rugged plateaus, deep glacial…

Espacio Natural Remolar-Filipinas

El Prat del Llobregat, Spain

+297 birds+7 mammals

Where the Llobregat River delta meets the Mediterranean, a patchwork of salt marshes, reed beds, and shallow lagoons creates one of Catalonia's most dynamic wetland ecosystems.…

Espai d’interès natural de les Gavarres

Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura, Spain

+143 birds+16 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises and falls across the gentle hills of inland Catalonia, the Espai d'interès natural de les Gavarres protects one of the region's most…

Estrecho Natural Park

Pedro Valiente, Spain

+281 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean pine forests meet wind-sculpted coastal cliffs, one of Europe's most dynamic ecological crossroads unfolds across the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanning 686 square kilometers of…

Etosha National Park

Namibia

+356 birds+58 mammals

Across northern Namibia's stark semi-arid plateau, a vast shallow depression transforms seasonally into one of Africa's most dramatic wildlife theaters. Etosha National Park, encompassing more than…

Exmoor National Park

Somerset, United Kingdom

+159 birds+32 mammals

Where the Bristol Channel wind scours windswept moorland into rolling open heath, Exmoor rises from the Somerset coast as one of England's most rugged upland landscapes.…

Färnebofjärden National Park

Gävleborgs län, Sweden

+170 birds+20 mammals

Where the Gävle River widens into a sprawling delta before meeting the Gulf of Bothnia, Färnebofjärden National Park unfolds across a landscape of exceptional ecological complexity.…

Fertő–hanság National Park

Fertőszéplak, Hungary

+246 birds+11 mammals

Where the Austro-Hungarian plains meet the foothills of Western Transdanubia, nearly 900 square kilometres of wetland, reed bed, and mixed woodland form one of Central Europe's…

Fitzgerald River National Park

Fitzgerald River National Park, Australia

+209 birds+11 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above windswept heathlands and pristine river systems carve through untamed wilderness, one of Australia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the southwestern corner…

Flinders Chase National Park

Australia

+142 birds+14 mammals

Granite ridges and windswept mallee scrubland define this 1,630-square-kilometre expanse on Kangaroo Island, where ancient rock formations rise abruptly from coastal heathland and woodland mosaics. The…

Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park

Santa Sofia, Italy

+92 birds+13 mammals

Where the northern Apennines rise above the Tuscan-Emilian divide, beech and fir forests cloak the slopes of Monte Falterona in a mantle of temperate woodland that…

Forêts National Park

Lucey, France

+140 birds+50 mammals

Across the rolling plateaux of central Burgundy, where limestone uplands give way to deep valleys carved by time and water, lies a landscape of profound ecological…

Forillon National Park

Gaspé, Canada

+258 birds+16 mammals

Where the Gaspésie Peninsula juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, granite cliffs and coastal headlands frame one of eastern Canada's most dramatic marine-terrestrial boundaries. Forillon…

Freycinet National Park

Coles Bay, Australia

+115 birds+9 mammals

Granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tasmanian coast where Coles Bay opens into the Freycinet Peninsula, sculpting one of southeastern Australia's most dramatically vertical national parks.…

Fundy National Park of Canada

Alma Parish, Canada

+217 birds+24 mammals

Where the Bay of Fundy's tidal rhythms sculpt a landscape of dramatic cliffs, forested valleys, and boulder-strewn shorelines, Fundy National Park rises across approximately 345 square…

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China

+443 birds+13 mammals

Garden Route National Park

George, South Africa

+353 birds+54 mammals

Sweeping across the Western Cape's coastal and mountainous terrain, this sprawling national park encompasses over five thousand square kilometers of extraordinarily diverse landscape—from coastal limestone cliffs…

Gargano National Park

Cagnano Varano, Italy

+219 birds+7 mammals

Where the Gargano Peninsula's limestone plateaus descend toward the Adriatic, Cagnano Varano sits at the threshold of one of southern Italy's most ecologically vital landscapes. The…

Gheebulum Kunungai National Park

Moreton Island, Australia

+168 birds+7 mammals

Sand dunes rise and fall across Moreton Island's eastern shore, a landscape sculpted by wind and ocean currents into one of Australia's most dynamic coastal ecosystems.…

Giant Panda National Park

Mianyang, China

+447 birds+47 mammals

Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…

Gir National Park

Asundrali, India

+258 birds+13 mammals

Dry deciduous forests cloak the rolling hills of western Gujarat where the Gir landscape rises as a final sanctuary for one of the world's rarest felids:…

Girraween National Park

Australia

+193 birds+21 mammals

Granite boulders rise like the bones of the earth across these 278 square kilometres of southeastern Queensland, where the Great Dividing Range descends towards the coastal…

Girringun National Park

Australia

+231 birds+10 mammals

Where granite gorges cleave through subtropical woodland in North Queensland, Girringun National Park unfolds across rugged terrain shaped by millions of years of weathering and erosion.…

Glen Affric National Nature Reserve

Cougie, United Kingdom

+72 birds+3 mammals

For wildlife photographers and birdwatchers, Glen Affric offers a rare combination of accessibility and authentic wilderness. The quality of light at these northern latitudes, especially during…

Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park

Tsagaan Subarga Hural, Mongolia

+183 birds+23 mammals

Where rust-coloured badlands rise from the southern Gobi steppe, the terrain transforms into a landscape of geological drama that few visitors expect to find in Mongolia's…

Grampians National Park

Australia

+214 birds+18 mammals

Where sandstone ridges rise above the Western District of Victoria, Grampians National Park unfolds across rolling terrain sculpted by ancient geology and sustained by a temperate…

Gran Paradiso National Park

Cogne, Italy

+120 birds+16 mammals

Where the western Alps rise steeply above the Aosta Valley, granite ridges and alpine meadows converge in a landscape shaped as much by glacial history as…

Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park

Pietracamela, Italy

+155 birds+12 mammals

Where the Apennines rise in their most dramatic form, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park unfolds across nearly 70,000 hectares of limestone peaks,…

Great Orme National Nature Reserve

Llandudno, United Kingdom

+113 birds+7 mammals

Limestone cliffs rise dramatically from the Irish Sea along the Conwy coast, their windswept summits offering sanctuary to a mosaic of heathland, grassland and rocky outcrops…

Great Otway National Park

Australia

+255 birds+42 mammals

Temperate rainforest and wet eucalyptus woodland cloak the ridges and gullies of Victoria's Great Otway National Park, where persistent moisture and mild year-round temperatures sustain a…

Great Sandy National Park

Australia

+306 birds+40 mammals

Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…

Greater Bendigo National Park

Whipstick, Australia

+202 birds+8 mammals

Across the red volcanic plains of inland Victoria, Greater Bendigo National Park sprawls across more than 1,000 square kilometres of eucalyptus woodland, open grassland, and scattered…

Gros Morne National Park

Canada

+180 birds+19 mammals

Where glacier-carved fjords pierce the interior of Newfoundland, Gros Morne National Park unfolds across nearly four thousand square kilometres of some of Canada's most dramatic coastal…

Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park

Hamburg, Germany

+206 birds+6 mammals

Where the North Sea exhales across the Elbe estuary, the tidal mudflats of Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park emerge twice daily in a landscape of extraordinary ecological…

Harz National Park

Harz (LK Goslar), Germany

+141 birds+38 mammals

Where granite peaks rise above beech and spruce forests, the Harz unfolds as one of Germany's most biodiverse upland landscapes. Straddling the border between Lower Saxony…

Heathcote National Park

Sydney, Australia

+119 birds+16 mammals

Sandstone ridges and eucalypt woodlands rise from the Cumberland Plain southwest of Sydney, where Heathcote National Park unfolds across 82 square kilometres of bushland shaped by…

Hell’s Gate National Park

Olkaria ward, Kenya

+388 birds+18 mammals

Volcanic scarps and geothermal vents dominate the floor of Hell's Gate, where the East African Rift has carved a dramatic gorge through crystalline rock formations. The…

Hemis National Park

Raigahar Dhar, India

+131 birds+13 mammals

Where granite gorges cleave through the Himalayas at dizzying altitudes, a vast wilderness of alpine desert unfolds across the rain shadow of Ladakh. Hemis sprawls across…

Hermaness National Nature Reserve

Shetland, United Kingdom

+86 birds+3 mammals

At the northern tip of Unst, the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland, sea cliffs of weathered sandstone and basalt rise dramatically from the North Sea, their…

Holkham National Nature Reserve

North Norfolk, United Kingdom

+235 birds+11 mammals

Where Norfolk's coastal flatlands meet the North Sea, Holkham National Nature Reserve unfolds across nearly 4,000 hectares of some of England's most dynamic and least predictable…

Hortobágy National Park

Hortobágy, Hungary

+260 birds+17 mammals

Across the North Great Plain of Hungary stretches one of Europe's most expansive semi-natural grassland systems, where horizon-wide vistas of steppe and wetland create a landscape…

Hustai National Park

Altanbulag, Mongolia

+198 birds+16 mammals

Where the steppe rolls endlessly beneath vast Mongolian skies, Hustai National Park preserves one of Central Asia's most dynamic grassland ecosystems. Rolling hills and open prairie…

Îles-De-Boucherville National Park

Boucherville, Canada

+243 birds+8 mammals

Where the Saint Lawrence River braids into a labyrinth of islands and channels, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park sprawls across approximately 18 square kilometres of riverine wilderness just…

Ilulissat Icefjord

Ilulissat, Greenland

+26 birds+1 mammals

Where the Arctic's most dynamic glacier meets the sea, colossal icebergs calve with thunderous force into a fjord that transforms daily with the tide. Sermeq Kujalleq,…

Innes National Park

Barcelona, Australia

+141 birds+10 mammals

Granite ridges and weathered stone outcrops rise across South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, defining a landscape where ancient rock formations meet open eucalypt woodland and heathland scrub.…

Insh Marshes National Nature Reserve

Insh, United Kingdom

+120 birds+14 mammals

Shallow channels and open water weave through expansive reedbeds and wet grassland where the River Spey meanders across the Cairngorms foothills in the Scottish Highlands. Insh…

Ithala Game Reserve

uPhongolo Local Municipality, South Africa

+328 birds+26 mammals

Rolling thornbush savanna and acacia woodland dominate the landscape of this 494-square-kilometre national park in KwaZulu-Natal's uPhongolo Local Municipality, where granite outcrops punctuate grassland plateaus and…

Jasmund National Park

Sassnitz, Germany

+136 birds+7 mammals

Towering chalk cliffs rise abruptly from the Baltic shoreline, their luminous white faces sculpted by millennia of wind, frost, and wave action into one of northern…

Javakheti National Park

Bozali, Georgia

+138 birds

Dawn breaks over a high-altitude plateau where volcanic peaks pierce the Caucasian sky, their slopes cloaked in alpine meadows that stretch toward horizons of impossible clarity.…

Jiuzhai Valley

Jiuzhaigou County, China

+226 birds+7 mammals

Where crystalline alpine streams cascade through limestone gorges and karst terrain rises in dramatic vertical walls, Jiuzhai Valley unfolds across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of southwestern…

Kakadu National Park

Kakadu, Australia

+273 birds+46 mammals

Kakadu National Park is Australia’s largest national park and one of the world’s most remarkable protected areas, covering nearly 20,000 square kilometres in the tropical north…

Kalbarri National Park

Australia

+157 birds+6 mammals

Where ochre cliffs and weathered gorges slice through Western Australia's semi-arid interior, Kalbarri National Park reveals a landscape shaped by millions of years of erosion and…

Kampinos National Park

Roztoka, Poland

+183 birds+18 mammals

Sandy pine forests and wetland mosaics spread across the glacial plains northwest of Warsaw, where Kampinos National Park protects one of central Europe's most distinctive lowland…

Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Kisli F.V., India

+321 birds+23 mammals

Where sal forests give way to emerald meadows and crystalline streams carve through ancient valleys, one of India's finest wilderness reserves unfolds across the Maikal Range.…

Karula National Park

Võru County, Estonia

+110 birds+9 mammals

Where glacial lakes pierce a landscape of boreal forest and bogland, Karula National Park sprawls across 222 square kilometers of southeastern Estonia, a sanctuary where the…

Kaziranga National Park

Kohora, India

+422 birds+26 mammals

Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of northeastern Assam is a mosaic of…

Keoladeo National Park

Shreenagar Rural, India

+326 birds+14 mammals

Where shallow wetlands shimmer beneath vast Rajasthani skies, one of Asia's finest bird sanctuaries pulses with extraordinary life. This former maharaja's hunting reserve, now spanning 29…

Kerkini Lake National Park

Serres, Greece

+291 birds+18 mammals

Where the Strymon River widens into a sprawling freshwater lake hemmed by the Rhodope Mountains, Kerkini National Park unfolds across northern Greece as one of southeastern…

Khangai Nuruu National Park

Erdenetsogt, Mongolia

+136 birds+7 mammals

Where granite ridges pierce Mongolia's central steppe, alpine meadows give way to dense coniferous forests that climb toward windswept summits. Khangai Nuruu sweeps across 1.2 million…

Khangchendzonga National Park

Sakkyong, India

+290 birds+1 mammals

Where the eastern Himalayas surge toward their crowning peaks, Khangchendzonga National Park embraces a landscape of almost overwhelming vertical drama. Rising from subtropical river valleys into…

Khoridol Saridag National Park

Khatgal, Mongolia

+164 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia's remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges carved through ancient stone create a…

Kielderhead National Nature Reserve

Catcleugh, United Kingdom

+108 birds+21 mammals

High moorland sweeps across the Pennines at Kielderhead, where blanket bog and heathland dominate a landscape shaped by cool, moist Atlantic winds and the reserve's temperate…

Kinglake National Park

Australia

+164 birds+11 mammals

Where the volcanic plains of central Victoria rise into forested ridges, Kinglake National Park encompasses roughly 844 square kilometres of diverse habitat that represents one of…

Kolkheti National Park

Nigvziani, Georgia

+60 birds+1 mammals

Where the Caucasus descends to meet the Black Sea, a mosaic of wetlands, reed beds, and coastal lagoons creates one of the Mediterranean's most biodiverse refuges.…

Kosciuszko National Park

Australia

+211 birds+52 mammals

Where the Great Dividing Range reaches its highest peaks in southeastern Australia, Kosciuszko National Park encompasses a landscape of windswept plateaus, rocky ridges, and deep river…

Kosterhavets National Park

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

+211 birds+9 mammals

Where the west coast of Sweden dissolves into an archipelago of granite skerries and pine-clad islands, Kosterhavets National Park emerges as one of northern Europe's most…

Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada

Carleton Parish, Canada

+207 birds+14 mammals

Where the Maritime provinces meet the Atlantic, 591 square kilometres of coastal forest and wetland unfold across New Brunswick's eastern shoulder, a mosaic of boreal woodland,…

Kruger National Park

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, South Africa

+540 birds+91 mammals

Across the low-lying savanna of northeastern South Africa unfolds one of Africa's largest and most ecologically intact protected areas, where acacia woodlands merge into mopane scrub…

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Sydney, Australia

+216 birds+39 mammals

Where Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs plunge toward sheltered bays and creeks, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park unfolds across rugged terrain just north of Sydney, a mosaic of eucalyptus…

Kurjenrahka National Park

Nousiainen, Finland

+114 birds+3 mammals

Across the forests and wetlands of southwestern Finland, Kurjenrahka National Park spans 112 square kilometres of the kind of landscape that defines the boreal transition zone—a…

L’Albufera Natural Park

València, Spain

+321 birds+18 mammals

Where shallow lagoons meet Mediterranean coastal marshland, L'Albufera Nature Park unfolds as one of Spain's most vital wetland complexes. This protected landscape, designated under IUCN Category…

L’Île-Bonaventure-Et-Du-Rocher-Percé National Park

Le Rocher-Percé, Canada

+214 birds+3 mammals

A dramatic thrust of russet sandstone pierces the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, its weathered arch framing a seascape where cool Atlantic currents sweep past cliffs alive…

La Maddalena Archipelago National Park

La Maddalena, Italy

+86 birds+1 mammals

Crystalline waters lap against granite islands scattered across the Tyrrhenian Sea, where Dell'Arcipelago di la Maddalena unfolds as a Mediterranean archipelago of raw geological beauty and…

Lagunas de Archidona Nature Reserve

Archidona, Spain

+142 birds+4 mammals

Where shallow freshwater lagoons merge with reed beds and Mediterranean scrub, Lagunas de Archidona in Andalusia creates a wetland mosaic of profound ecological importance. These interconnected…

Lahemaa National Park

Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

+237 birds+25 mammals

Where the Baltic coast meets temperate forest in northwestern Estonia, Lahemaa National Park sprawls across more than 1,300 square kilometers of deeply character-filled terrain. Coastal wetlands…

Lake District National Park

Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom

+209 birds+36 mammals

Where slate fells rise steeply from mirror-still waters, the Lake District unfolds as one of Britain's most ecologically intricate mountain landscapes. The park's patchwork of deep…

Lake Eildon National Park

Australia

+119 birds+8 mammals

Across the rippled waters and wooded shorelines of central Victoria's sprawling reservoir system, Lake Eildon National Park encompasses nearly 870 square kilometres of transformed landscape where…

Lake Nakuru National Park

Nakuru West, Kenya

+494 birds+32 mammals

Alkaline waters ringed by acacia woodland and grassland create one of East Africa's most distinctive wetland ecosystems, where the interplay of geology and climate sustains a…

Langtang National Park

Helambu, Nepal

+364 birds+14 mammals

Where the southern slopes of the Himalayan highlands descend toward the subtropical valleys of central Nepal, Langtang National Park sprawls across one of the subcontinent's most…

Lincoln National Park

Australia

+149 birds+5 mammals

Across the mid-north of South Australia, where the landscape transitions from coastal lowlands toward semi-arid interior plains, sprawls a wilderness of 2,671 square kilometres where red-earth…

Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve

Holy Island, United Kingdom

+240 birds+13 mammals

Windswept tidal flats and rocky outcrops define this reserve on Holy Island, where the North Sea's relentless rhythm shapes both landscape and wildlife. The terrain shifts…

Little Desert National Park

Australia

+200 birds+11 mammals

Across northwestern Victoria's semi-arid interior, sandstone ridges and heathland plateaus rise from red earth in a landscape sculpted by fire and drought rather than water. Little…

Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park

Duchray, United Kingdom

+188 birds+40 mammals

Where ancient woodlands rise from glassy lochs and rugged Highland peaks pierce the lowland horizon, Scotland's most biodiverse landscape unfolds across 720 square kilometres of wild…

Lower Glenelg National Park

Australia

+161 birds+12 mammals

Where the Glenelg River carves through southeastern Victoria's limestone country, Lower Glenelg National Park unfolds across nearly 800 square kilometres of river gorge, eucalypt woodland, and…

Lower Oder Valley National Park

Schwedt/Oder, Germany

+216 birds+21 mammals

Where the Oder River winds through northeastern Brandenburg, the Lower Oder Valley National Park protects one of Central Europe's most vital wetland systems. This sprawling mosaic…

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

Norderney, Germany

+193 birds+12 mammals

Where the North Sea meets the German coast, a vast expanse of tidal mudflats, salt marshes, and shallow waters creates one of Europe's most dynamic estuarine…

Lunugamvehera National Park

Sri Lanka

+204 birds+14 mammals

Dry scrubland and shallow wetlands converge in Sri Lanka's southeastern lowlands, where Lunugamvehera National Park anchors one of the island's most ecologically vital landscapes. The park's…

Mabamba Swamp

Memere, Uganda

+464 birds+2 mammals

Across the Central Region of Uganda spreads one of Africa's most biodiverse freshwater wetlands, a sprawling nature reserve of roughly 283 square kilometres where papyrus swamps…

Machakhela Planned National Park

Skurdidi, Georgia

+32 birds+2 mammals

Where the Lesser Caucasus mountains plunge toward the lowlands of southern Georgia, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds. Steep limestone canyons carve through mixed deciduous and…

Magura National Park

Kotań, Poland

+133 birds+14 mammals

Where the Pieniny Mountains rise in soft folds across the Subcarpathian landscape, Magura National Park spans 635 square kilometres of mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland, limestone…

Maiella National Park

Pacentro, Italy

+131 birds+11 mammals

Limestone scarps rise abruptly from the valleys around Pacentro, their pale faces scored by millennia of water and wind into a landscape of canyons, karst features,…

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

Gucta, Botswana

+272 birds+27 mammals

Where salt-crusted flatlands stretch endlessly toward a shimmering horizon, one of Africa's most extraordinary ecosystems awakens with the rains. The Makgadikgadi Pans comprise vast mineral-rich basins…

Mapungubwe National Park

Musina Local Municipality, South Africa

+358 birds+29 mammals

Where the Limpopo River cuts through sandstone ridges at the convergence of South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe National Park preserves a landscape of profound ecological…

Marakele National Park

Modimolle Local Municipality, South Africa

+341 birds+36 mammals

Granite ridges and sprawling grasslands dominate this 1,176-square-kilometre reserve in Limpopo's heartland, where bushveld transitions between rocky outcrops and open savanna. The park's rugged topography creates…

Marjal Pego-Oliva Natural Park

Molinell, Spain

+219 birds+2 mammals

Where the Valencian littoral flattens into wetland and reed-bed, Marjal Pego-Oliva straddles the boundary between the Mediterranean and its inland margins, a mosaic of shallow lagoons,…

Mercantour National Park

Isola, France

+146 birds+32 mammals

Where alpine meadows surrender to vertiginous limestone cliffs, the Mercantour's beating heart pulses with Mediterranean and Alpine rhythms. This 4,221-square-kilometre sanctuary straddles France's southeastern border, its…

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Cyanika, Uganda

+429 birds+6 mammals

Where the Virunga Mountains rise steeply from the Uganda–Rwanda–Democratic Republic of Congo frontier, montane forest cloaks the volcanic slopes in a dense, moisture-laden embrace. Mgahinga Gorilla…

Minneriya National Park

Sri Lanka

+158 birds+9 mammals

Across the dry zone of Sri Lanka's North Central Province spreads a landscape of shallow tanks, grassland margins, and scattered dry forest—a mosaic of water and…

Mokala National Park

Siyancuma Local Municipality, South Africa

+246 birds+35 mammals

Across the semi-arid savanna of the Northern Cape, where red earth meets sparse acacia woodland and open grassland punctuated by rocky outcrops, lies a landscape shaped…

Monfragüe National Park

Torrejón el Rubio, Spain

+219 birds+10 mammals

Where the Tagus River cuts through limestone plateaus in central Extremadura, Monfragüe National Park rises as a fortress of Mediterranean and Atlantic woodland, its dramatic rocky…

Montaña de Montserrat Natural Park

Marganell, Spain

+149 birds+10 mammals

Where granite monoliths erupt from the Mediterranean scrubland like cathedral spires, an otherworldly landscape unfolds across Catalonia's most dramatic mountain reserve. These iconic sandstone and conglomerate…

Montaña Palentina Natural Park

Vidrieros, Spain

+180 birds+29 mammals

Where the Cantabrian mountains rise above the Palencia plateau, Montaña Palentina Nature Park sprawls across nearly 1,500 square kilometres of some of northern Spain's most dramatic…

Montañas de Prades

Capafonts, Spain

+151 birds+13 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tarragona hinterland, a wild mosaic of pine forests, scrubland, and limestone cliffs creates one of northeastern Spain's most biodiverse…

Montes de Málaga Natural Park

Málaga, Spain

+159 birds+7 mammals

Where cork oak and pine forest sweep across the rugged hills inland from the Costa del Sol, the Montes de Málaga Nature Park unfolds as a…

Monti Sibillini National Park

Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Italy

+113 birds+11 mammals

Where the Apennines rear their limestone spine across central Italy, the Sibillini Mountains National Park reveals a landscape of dramatic vertical relief, high plateaus, and deeply…

Montseny Natural Park

Viladrau, Spain

+156 birds+30 mammals

The Montseny Natural Park is one of Catalonia’s most remarkable protected areas, offering an extraordinary blend of biodiversity, scenic landscapes, and cultural heritage within easy reach…

Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve

Barnard Castle, United Kingdom

+94 birds+8 mammals

Where the Pennine watershed reaches its highest moorland plateaus, Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve encompasses over 4,000 hectares of upland landscape shaped by centuries of…

Morton National Park

Australia

+253 birds+57 mammals

Across nearly 4,800 square kilometers of New South Wales's Southern Tablelands, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above sheltered valleys where cool-climate eucalypt woodland meets grassy heath and…

Mount Ainos National Park

Sami Municipal Unit, Greece

+118 birds+1 mammals

Where limestone and conglomerate peaks rise dramatically above the Ionian Sea, Mount Ainos commands the landscape of Kefalonia with a rugged majesty that few Mediterranean summits…

Mount Buffalo National Park

Myrtleford, Australia

+124 birds+7 mammals

Granite peaks rise abruptly from the volcanic plains of northeastern Victoria, their exposed rock faces and windswept ridges defining Mount Buffalo National Park's rugged character. The…

Mountain Zebra National Park

Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, South Africa

+265 birds+35 mammals

Across the windswept plateaus and deeply incised valleys of the Eastern Cape's interior, Mountain Zebra National Park unfolds as a landscape of geological drama and ecological…

Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve

Dinnet, United Kingdom

+87 birds+12 mammals

Across the Aberdeenshire moorlands east of the Cairngorms, rolling heathland and scattered Scots pine forest meet marshy ground fed by year-round precipitation—a temperate landscape where water…

Mungo National Park

Australia

+135 birds+7 mammals

Across the semi-arid inland plains of New South Wales, where sparse shrubland and scattered grassland stretch beneath enormous skies, lies a landscape shaped by ancient geological…

Murchison Falls National Park

Uganda

+608 birds+33 mammals

Where the Victoria Nile compresses through a narrow gorge and explodes across a 45-meter precipice, the landscape speaks in thunder. Murchison Falls National Park sprawls across…

Murray-Sunset National Park

Australia

+205 birds+2 mammals

Across the semi-arid borderlands of northwestern Victoria, where the Murray River defines the state's edge, sprawls a landscape of remarkable resilience and subtle beauty. Murray-Sunset National…

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

Nalkeri Forest, India

+323 birds+23 mammals

Where granite escarpments rise above dense deciduous forests and the Kabini River carves through pristine wilderness, one of India's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the Western…

Nairobi National Park

Nairobi, Kenya

+515 birds+35 mammals

Just minutes from Kenya's capital, where the Nairobi River winds through acacia woodland and open grassland, lies one of Africa's most paradoxical wildlife sanctuaries. The park's…

Nambung National Park

Grey, Australia

+124 birds+2 mammals

Where limestone pinnacles rise like sharpened teeth from golden sand, Nambung National Park unveils one of Western Australia's most distinctive landscapes. The Pinnacles Desert, the park's…

Namib-Naukluft National Park

Namibia

+217 birds+33 mammals

Across nearly 94,000 square kilometers of southwestern Namibia, a landscape of extremes unfolds where towering sand dunes meet rugged mountain ranges, and ancient riverbeds carve through…

National Park Djerdap

Mehedinți, Romania

+127 birds+5 mammals

Where the Danube carves its most dramatic passage through southeastern Europe, the Djerdap Gorge defines the boundary between Romania and Serbia, and within this UNESCO-recognised landscape…

Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve

Goldcliff, United Kingdom

+153 birds+7 mammals

Across the Severn Estuary's southern reaches, where the Gwent Levels meet tidal mud and reedbed in a mosaic of wet grassland and shallow pools, lies one…

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Tanzania

+626 birds+55 mammals

Volcanic calderas and open grassland dominate this high plateau in northern Tanzania, where the landscape rises above 2,000 metres and ancient geological forces have shaped both…

Nitmiluk National Park

Australia

+186 birds+27 mammals

Dramatic sandstone gorges carved by the Katherine River slice through the tropical savanna of Australia's Top End, creating a landscape where escarpments tower above crystalline pools…

Nizhnyaya Kama National Park

Yelabuzhsky District, Russia

+92 birds+7 mammals

Where the Kama River carves through the eastern margins of European Russia, a sprawling mosaic of floodplain forests, oxbow lakes, and riparian grasslands protects one of…

Noosa National Park

Marcus Beach, Australia

+216 birds+8 mammals

Subtropical eucalypt woodland and open forest meet coastal heathland along the Noosa Peninsula, where the temperate waters of the Tasman current moderate the Queensland climate into…

North York Moors National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+234 birds+32 mammals

Across the high moorlands of North Yorkshire, where heather and bilberry sprawl beneath vast skies, the landscape rises and falls in gentle undulation—a patchwork of open…

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Mu Dan Jiang Shi, China

+202 birds+19 mammals

Across the temperate forests of northeastern China, where winters grip the landscape in subzero silence and summers remain cool and brief, the Mudanjiang region supports a…

Nuuk Fjord System

Nuuk, Greenland

+54 birds+3 mammals

Where granite peaks plunge directly into the Arctic Ocean, a labyrinth of deep fjords carves through Greenland's southwestern coast, their waters eternally shadowed by towering rock…

Nuuksio National Park

Espoo, Finland

+135 birds+12 mammals

Across the forested plateaus and rocky shorelines of southern Finland, where granite bedrock pierces through boreal woodland just twenty kilometers northwest of Helsinki, lies a landscape…

Olympos National Park

Pieria Regional Unit, Greece

+137 birds+3 mammals

Where the Thessalian plains give way to soaring limestone massifs, Olympos National Park rises as one of the Aegean's most dramatic mountain wilderness areas. This IUCN…

Onkaparinga River National Park

Adelaide, Australia

+126 birds+16 mammals

Where the Onkaparinga River winds through the Adelaide Hills and down toward the coastal plain, a mosaic of eucalyptus woodland, riparian corridors, and open grassland creates…

Orang National Park

Rangagarapathar, India

+298 birds+1 mammals

Where the Brahmaputra's floodplains meet the foothills of Assam, Orang National Park unfolds across a mosaic of riverine grasslands, forests and wetlands that pulse with the…

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Sobrarbe, Spain

+162 birds+13 mammals

Where limestone cliffs soar a thousand metres above cascading rivers, the Pyrenean massif reveals itself in its most dramatic form. Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park…

Őrség National Park

Kondorfa, Hungary

+88 birds+12 mammals

Where low, forested ridges roll across the border landscape between Hungary and Slovenia, Őrség National Park encompasses a patchwork of beech and oak woodlands, wetland corridors,…

Oxley Wild Rivers National Park

Australia

+202 birds+45 mammals

Where the New England Tablelands descend toward the coast, river gorges carve through temperate forests in a landscape of dramatic geological contrast. Oxley Wild Rivers National…

Päijänne National Park

Padasjoki, Finland

+84 birds

Across the Päijät-Häme region of south-central Finland, where glacial action has carved a landscape of ridges, lakes, and mixed boreal forest, Päijänne National Park sprawls across…

Pampadum Shola National Park

Vattavada, India

+258 birds+14 mammals

Where misty shola forests cling to the high plateaus of the Nilgiri Mountains, ancient evergreen remnants create a world apart. This 2,316-hectare reserve protects one of…

Panna National Park

Badgadi Kalan, India

+271 birds+17 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through central India's Vindhyan plateau, a landscape of stark beauty unfolds across nearly six hundred square kilometers. The Ken River carves through…

Parc del Foix

Castellet i la Gornal, Spain

+180 birds+4 mammals

Where the Foix River carves through limestone ridges southwest of Barcelona, a natural park of modest area but outsized ecological richness unfolds across roughly 37 square…

Parc del Garraf

Rat-Penat, Spain

+190 birds+15 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Mediterranean coastal plain, Parc Natural del Garraf unfolds across 319 square kilometers of one of Catalonia's most dramatic protected…

Parc del Montnegre i el Corredor

Font-Montnegre, Spain

+148 birds+16 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland gives way to deciduous and coniferous woodland, the Parc Natural del Montnegre i el Corredor unfolds across nearly 478 square kilometres of northeastern…

Parcial C Marina de les Medes Nature Reserve

Torroella de Montgrí, Spain

+93 birds

Where the Costa Brava's limestone cliffs plunge into crystalline Mediterranean waters, the Parcial C section of Marina de les Medes Nature Reserve protects one of Catalonia's…

Parcial de la Fageda d’en Jordà Nature Reserve

Santa Pau, Spain

+117 birds+5 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise above the Catalan heartland, the Parcial de la Fagada d'en Jordà unfolds across five square kilometres of one of Europe's most botanically…

Parque-Reserva Natural de las Quinientas

Berlanga, Spain

+75 birds

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises and falls across the limestone plateaus of central Extremadura, the Parque-Reserva Natural de las Quinientas protects a landscape of profound ecological richness.…

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Dare County, United States

+356 birds+15 mammals

Where the Outer Banks taper toward the Atlantic, a sliver of barrier island creates a microcosm of coastal ecology. Pea Island National Wildlife Sanctuary spans over…

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

+250 birds+41 mammals

Where the Cambrian coastline meets the Celtic Sea, cliff-top moorland and hidden coves define a landscape carved by 300 million years of geological drama. Pembrokeshire Coast…

Peneda-Gerês National Park

A Baixa Limia, Portugal

+156 birds+15 mammals

Where granite gorges cut through ancient montane forests, the Peneda-Gerês National Park rises across the rugged borderlands between northern Portugal and Galicia, a landscape shaped by…

Periyar National Park

Mlappara, India

+232 birds+4 mammals

Dawn breaks over mist-shrouded ridges where the Western Ghats tumble toward Kerala's spice-scented lowlands. Here, ancient tropical forests envelope a glittering artificial lake, creating a mosaic…

Picos de Europa National Park

Posada de Valdeón, Spain

+166 birds+26 mammals

Where limestone massifs rise abruptly from the Castilian plateau, the Picos de Europa create one of Spain's most dramatic mountain wilderness areas. The park's jagged peaks,…

Pieniny National Park

Sromowce Niżne, Poland

+112 birds+4 mammals

Where limestone cliffs rise steeply from the Dunajec River Gorge, Pieniny National Park unfolds across 48 square kilometres of some of Poland's most dramatic terrain. The…

Pilanesberg National Park

Moses Kotane Local Municipality, South Africa

+364 birds+49 mammals

Granite peaks and volcanic ridges rise unexpectedly from the savanna floor across this 734-square-kilometre expanse in the North West province, creating a landscape of profound ecological…

Pindos National Park

Ioannina Regional Unit, Greece

+163 birds+12 mammals

Where limestone peaks rise abruptly from the Pindus range in northwestern Greece, a landscape of dramatic gorges, alpine meadows, and dense beech forests creates one of…

Pirin National Park

Bansko, Bulgaria

+124 birds+10 mammals

Where jagged limestone peaks pierce the Macedonian sky, ancient glacial valleys cradle some of Bulgaria's most pristine wilderness. This southwestern corner of the Balkans rises to…

Pleshcheyevo Lake National Park

Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

+137 birds+4 mammals

Where the continental forests of western Russia meet the glacial imprint of the last ice age, Pleshcheyevo Lake sprawls across the landscape near Pereslavl-Zalessky like a…

Polesie National Park

Michałów, Poland

+172 birds+9 mammals

Where the Pripyat River winds through eastern Poland, Polesie National Park sprawls across 418 square kilometres of a landscape shaped by water, peat, and millennia of…

Pollino National Park

Viggianello, Italy

+125 birds+9 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Basilicatan foothills, Pollino National Park enfolds a landscape of profound ecological character—one defined by steep valleys, alpine meadows clinging…

Port Campbell National Park

Port Campbell, Australia

+170 birds+7 mammals

Dramatic sea cliffs rise from churning waters along Victoria's southwestern coast, where sandstone and limestone formations tower over a hundred metres above the Southern Ocean. Port…

Port-Cros National Park

Hyères, France

+271 birds+29 mammals

Where Mediterranean granite islands rise from crystalline waters off the Provençal coast, Port-Cros National Park protects one of Europe's most intact marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The…

Ports Natural Park

Alfara de Carles, Spain

+157 birds+13 mammals

Where the eastern Catalan ranges descend toward the Mediterranean, a sprawling mosaic of Mediterranean scrubland, pine woodland, and rocky limestone terrain defines Ports Natural Park, a…

Posets–maladeta Natural Park

Benasque, Spain

+122 birds+9 mammals

Where granite gorges cut through the High Pyrenees, Posets–Maladeta Natural Park rises as one of Spain's most formidable alpine landscapes. Straddling the Huesca province along the…

Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve

Shangrao, China

+270 birds+7 mammals

Where the Yangtze River's massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent's most dynamic and water-rich wetland systems.…

Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve

Norden, United Kingdom

+143 birds+8 mammals

Across the gently undulating plateau of Dorset's heathlands, Purbeck's ancient landscape unfolds as a mosaic of heather, gorse, and scattered pines—a habitat shaped by millennia of…

Pyrénées National Park

Hautes Pyrenees, France

+150 birds+35 mammals

Where alpine meadows give way to limestone cliffs and rushing torrents carve through ancient stone, the Pyrénées National Park spans a landscape of austere beauty along…

Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve

Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

+243 birds+11 mammals

At 3,200 metres above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, where winter temperatures plunge far below freezing and snow blankets the landscape for half the year,…

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Uganda

+672 birds+30 mammals

Across the southwestern escarpment of Uganda, where the Western Rift Valley descends through ancient volcanic terrain, Queen Elizabeth National Park sprawls across more than 8,300 square…

Ranthambhore National Park

Sawai Madhopur, India

+294 birds+20 mammals

Granite ridges and ravines carved through the Aravalli Range frame this protected landscape in eastern Rajasthan, where deciduous forest mingles with open scrubland and seasonal water…

Redes Natural Park

Arrobio, Spain

+163 birds+16 mammals

Where the Picos de Europa cast their shadow westward, the Redes Nature Park sprawls across nearly 600 square kilometres of Asturian limestone and schist, a wild…

Regional Park of the Catalan Pyrenees

Olette, France

+244 birds+63 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward above cloud-laden valleys, a wild tapestry of Mediterranean and alpine ecosystems interweaves across the Franco-Spanish frontier. These Pyrenean slopes harbour extraordinary…

Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve

Southport, United Kingdom

+197 birds+17 mammals

Where the Ribble flows into the Irish Sea, a landscape of mudflats, salt marshes and shallow pools creates one of northwest England's most dynamic estuarine ecosystems.…

Rila National Park

Mala tsarkva, Bulgaria

+138 birds+4 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Balkan skyline, pristine conifer forests blanket steep mountain slopes in an ecological tapestry that has remained largely undisturbed for centuries. Bulgaria's…

Rinyirru National Park

Lakefield, Australia

+258 birds+7 mammals

Where the savanna grasslands of far north Queensland meet seasonal wetlands and eucalypt woodlands, Rinyirru National Park sprawls across more than 12,500 square kilometres of rugged,…

Royal National Park

Sydney, Australia

+296 birds+46 mammals

Where sandstone ridges plunge toward the Tasman Sea, Royal National Park unfolds across 343 square kilometres of southeastern Australian coastal wilderness. The park's defining character emerges…

Rum National Nature Reserve

Isle Of Rum, United Kingdom

+112 birds+8 mammals

Where the Inner Hebrides rise from the Atlantic, Rum's landscape embodies the raw drama of Scotland's northwest. Steep ridges and volcanic plateaus dominate this island nature…

S’Albufera Natural Park

Platja de Muro, Spain

+253 birds+6 mammals

Where Mediterranean lagoons meet the Balearic coast, S'Albufera stretches across nearly 1,600 hectares of wetland and dune systems that rank among Europe's most ecologically vital shallow-water…

Samburu National Reserve

Samburu, Kenya

+430 birds+42 mammals

Across the arid plains of northern Kenya, where scattered acacia woodland gives way to rocky outcrops and dry riverbeds, Samburu National Park unfolds as one of…

Sanjiangyuan National Park

Nagqu, China

+187 birds+25 mammals

Where the headwaters of three great Asian rivers emerge from a high alpine plateau, the landscape unfolds in tundra and dwarf shrubland—a world of austere beauty…

Saxon Switzerland National Park

Sebnitz, Germany

+118 birds+9 mammals

Sandstone cliffs and narrow gorges define this corner of eastern Saxony, where the Elbe River has carved a dramatic landscape of towering rock formations and densely…

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park

Germany

+378 birds+49 mammals

Where the North Sea ebbs and flows across a vast expanse of exposed mud and sand, the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park reveals one of Europe's most…

Schwarzwald National Park

Baiersbronn, Germany

+120 birds+18 mammals

Where dense spruce forests give way to ancient beech woodlands and windswept moorlands, one of Central Europe's most ecologically vital landscapes unfolds across the Black Forest.…

Serengeti National Park

Tanzania

+558 birds+57 mammals

Across Tanzania's northern plateau, where volcanic soils meet acacia woodland and open grassland, unfolds one of Earth's most dynamic ecosystems. The Serengeti National Park sprawls across…

Serra D’Irta Natural Park

Alcossebre, Spain

+122 birds+13 mammals

Where Mediterranean limestone cliffs meet the Balearic Sea, Serra d'Irta unfolds as a tapestry of dramatic coastal terrain and diverse terrestrial habitats. This Category 5 protected…

Serra de Mariola Natural Park

Bocairent, Spain

+164 birds+19 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise above the Valencian interior, Serra de Mariola unfolds across 225 square kilometers of Mediterranean mountain terrain that shifts between dense evergreen woodland,…

Serra de Montsant Natural Park

La Morera de Montsant, Spain

+134 birds+15 mammals

Rugged limestone ridges and deeply incised gorges define the Serra de Montsant, a 10,000-hectare protected landscape that rises abruptly from the wine-growing plains of Tarragona in…

Seven Sisters National Nature Reserve

Eastbourne, United Kingdom

+190 birds+15 mammals

Where the South Downs meet the English Channel, the chalk cliffs of Seven Sisters rise in a dramatic sequence of white promontories that have shaped both…

Sibiloi National Park

Kenya

+118 birds

Where the northern deserts of Kenya meet the volcanic Chalbi Plain, Sibiloi National Park sprawls across a landscape shaped by millennia of tectonic upheaval and semi-arid…

Sierra de Andújar Natural Park

Our Lady of Cabeza, Spain

+198 birds+19 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through Mediterranean scrubland and cork forests cascade down Andalusian hillsides, one of Spain's most pristine wilderness areas unfolds across 74,000 hectares of…

Sierra de Boumort

Segan, Spain

+145 birds+13 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through the Catalan Pyrenees, ancient limestone cliffs rise in dramatic ramparts above dense Mediterranean forests. This wild corner of northeastern Spain harbors…

Sierra de Castril Natural Park

Castril, Spain

+110 birds+13 mammals

Where limestone walls rise abruptly from the Guadalentín valley, carving passages of breathtaking drama through Andalusia's interior, one encounters the raw geological theatre of this protected…

Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Nature Park

Las Canalejas, Spain

+176 birds+21 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through mountainous terrain in eastern Andalusia, the Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Nature Park sprawls across more than 5,200 square…

Sierra de Gredos Regional Park

Candeleda, Spain

+180 birds+18 mammals

Where granite peaks claw at 2,592 metres and alpine meadows give way to cork oak scrubland, Spain's central highlands reveal a landscape of remarkable vertical drama.…

Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

Rascafría, Spain

+179 birds+13 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from the central Spanish plateau, the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park unfolds across more than eleven hundred square kilometres of montane…

Sierra de Huétor Natural Park

Huétor Santillán, Spain

+126 birds+3 mammals

Where limestone ridges pierce the Mediterranean sky above Granada, a 273-square-kilometre sanctuary of pine forest and alpine meadow rises to nearly 2,400 metres. This protected landscape,…

Sierra de las Nieves National Park

Tolox, Spain

+159 birds+7 mammals

Where limestone summits pierce the Mediterranean sky above Andalusia's coastal ranges, Sierra de las Nieves National Park unfolds across nearly 500 square kilometres of dramatically folded…

Sierra Nevada National Park

Válor, Spain

+137 birds+7 mammals

Where granite ridges rise above 3,000 metres across the Alpujarra foothills, Sierra Nevada National Park crowns southern Spain's most dramatic mountain landscape. The park encompasses a…

Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park

Casbas de Huesca/Casbas de Uesca, Spain

+175 birds+10 mammals

Where limestone gorges slice through the pre-Pyrenean foothills of Aragon, the Sierra y Cañones de Guara sprawls across nearly 940 square kilometers of one of Spain's…

Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park

Algar, Spain

+156 birds+10 mammals

Where limestone ridges rise abruptly from the Córdoba countryside, the Sierras Subbéticas Nature Park sprawls across nearly 583 square kilometres of one of Andalusia's most rugged…

Sila National Park

San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy

+125 birds+11 mammals

Where the Calabrian Apennines rise inland from the Ionian coast, Sila National Park preserves a landscape of high plateaus and beech-dominated forests that feel more Central…

Skeleton Coast Park

Barcelona, Namibia

+143 birds+7 mammals

Where the Atlantic's cold Benguela Current collides with one of Africa's most hostile coastlines, the Skeleton Coast Park sprawls across more than 104,000 square kilometres of…

Skomer Island

Haverfordwest, United Kingdom

+177 birds+5 mammals

Where the Irish Sea crashes against the Welsh coast, wind-scoured cliffs rise dramatically from churning waters, creating one of Britain's most pristine island sanctuaries. Skomer Island's…

Skuleskogen

Nätra District, Sweden

+158 birds+11 mammals

Where boreal forest meets the raw Höga Kusten coastline, Skuleskogen National Park unfolds across nearly 47 square kilometers of one of northern Sweden's most dramatic landscapes.…

Słowiński National Park

Smołdzino, Poland

+217 birds+16 mammals

Where the Baltic shoreline surrenders to vast inland dunes and freshwater lagoons, Słowiński National Park spans nearly 610 square kilometres of one of Europe's most dynamic…

Söderåsens National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+136 birds+18 mammals