Gennargentu National Park

The Gennargentu massif in central Sardinia contains the island's highest peaks and a vast highland wilderness of granite mountains, oak and chestnut forests, and deep river gorges that isolates the traditional pastoral villages of the Barbagia. The Supramonte limestone plateau at the eastern edge of the park drops in sheer cliffs to the Gulf of Orosei below, creating a dramatic transition between mountain and sea rarely found in the Mediterranean. The park is inhabited by the Sardinian deer, the Sardinian mouflon, and the rare Griffon vulture.