Pelister National Park is located in the Municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It is part of the Baba Mountain area and covers 171.5 square kilometers (66.2 square miles). Created in 1948, it was Yugoslavia’s first national park and North Macedonia’s oldest protected area.
Mavrovo National Park (Macedonian: Национален парк Маврово) is the largest of the four national parks in North Macedonia, located within the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuse. It is found in the western part of the country and covers an area of about 780 square kilometers (about 300 square miles). The park has deep canyons, lakes, and thick forests that are home to many types of plants and animals.
Galičica (Macedonian: Галичица, Albanian: Mali i Thatë) is a mountain located along the border between North Macedonia and Albania. The part of the mountain in North Macedonia is named a national park and is found between the country’s two largest lakes, Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. It covers an area of 227 square kilometers (88 square miles).
Lake Skadar, also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodra, and Lake Shkodër, is located on the border between Albania and Montenegro. It is the largest lake in Southern Europe. The lake is named after the Albanian city of Shkodër, which is located on its southeastern shore.
The Accursed Mountains, also called the Albanian Alps, are a mountain range in coastal Southeast Europe near the Adriatic Sea. This range is the southernmost part of the Dinaric Alps, which stretch for about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from northern Albania to western Kosovo and northeastern Montenegro. Maja Jezercë, which reaches 2,694 meters (8,839 feet), is the highest peak in the Accursed Mountains and the entire Dinaric Alps.
Lovćen (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ловћен, pronounced [lôːʋtɕen]) is a mountain and national park located in southwestern Montenegro. It is the reason for the names Montenegro and Crna Gora, both of which mean “Black Mountain” and describe the appearance of Mount Lovćen when covered with thick forests. The name Crna Gora first appeared in a document created by Stefan Milutin in 1276 and was used to describe several areas in medieval Serbian lands, including Skopska Crna Gora and Užička Crna Gora.
Durmitor is a large mountain area in northwestern Montenegro. It is part of the Dinaric Alps. The highest point, Bobotov Kuk, is 2,523 meters (8,278 feet) high.
Biogradska Gora (Montenegrin: Биоградска Гора, pronounced [bîoɡradskaː ɡǒra]) is a forest and a national park in Montenegro. It is located in the Kolašin municipality and is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The area has mountain ridges, glacial lakes, and temperate forests.
Una National Park was created on May 29, 2008, near the Upper Una River, Krka River, and Unac River. It is the largest national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The park’s main goal is to protect the natural Una River and its smaller rivers, Krka and Unac, which flow through the area.
The Sutjeska National Park (Serbo-Croatian: Nacionalni park Sutjeska, Национални парк Сутјеска, pronounced [sûtjɛska]) is a national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was created in 1962 and is the oldest national park in the country. The park includes Maglić, the highest mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which rises more than 2,386 metres (7,828 ft) and is located on the border with Montenegro.