Schutzgebiet · Kukës
Valbona Valley National Park
A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.
Schutzgebiet · Shkodër
Theth National Park
The glacial valley park at the heart of the Albanian Alps, merged into a wider protected complex in 2022.
Schutzgebiet · Vlorë
Llogara National Park
A pine-forested pass at 1,027 m where the road drops from mountain forest to the Ionian in a few kilometres.
Schutzgebiet · Vlorë
Butrint National Park
A wetland and forest park wrapped around the archaeological city, on the Vivari channel.
Schutzgebiet · Vlorë
Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park
Albania's only marine national park: sea caves, wrecks and the country's clearest water.
Schutzgebiet · Gjirokastër
Vjosa Wild River National Park
Declared in March 2023, Europe's first national park built around a whole free-flowing river system.
Schutzgebiet · Fier
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park
Coastal pine forest, dunes and lagoon protecting the region's Dalmatian pelican colony.
Schutzgebiet · Elbasan
Shebenik-Jabllanicë National Park
Old-growth beech forest on the North Macedonian border, part of a UNESCO-listed primeval forest network.
Schutzgebiet · Dibër
Lurë-Dejë Mountain National Park
A cluster of small glacial lakes among black pine on the Lurë ridge, badly damaged by logging and slowly recovering.
Schutzgebiet · Lezhë
Kune-Vain Nature Reserve
Lagoons, pine and one of Albania's few surviving coastal alluvial forests, beside Shëngjin.
Schutzgebiet · Korçë
Prespa National Park
The Albanian share of a three-country park around the Great and Small Prespa lakes.