Monfragüe National Park

Monfragüe National Park
Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordon, Buitre leonado (Monfragüe)
Monfragüe National Park, located in the heart of the province of Caceres, is, without a doubt, a privileged spot to bird watch and one of the best representations of Spain’s Mediterranean mountain ecosystem.

Slopes and valleys densely covered by forests and scrub; highlands which lead up to fells and rocky ridges where griffon vultures and Egyptian vultures nest; and flatter areas that open onto extensive meadows and farms with Holm and cork oak trees, providing a clear example of the sustainable farming of the Mediterranean mountains… Deer, wild boar, badgers, genets, bobcats and otters are all found here, in addition to different species of amphibians and reptiles.

Monfragüe and Doñana National Park, the protected natural reserve best known for its bird watching, are unequalled on the entire continent for their wide variety and dense populations of both Rupicola and forest raptors.