Cheile Nerei-Beușnița

Cheile Nerei-Beușnița National Park protects one of Romania's wildest and most pristine karst landscapes in Caraș-Severin County of the Southern Carpathians' Banat Mountains. Covering 36,758 hectares, it is Romania's largest national park by area. Established in 1990, the park takes its name from the Nera River Gorge (Cheile Nerei), an 11-kilometer limestone canyon of extraordinary ecological integrity, and the Beușnița waterfalls system. The Nera gorge is distinguished by the virtual absence of roads or permanent settlements within its narrow confines, making it one of Europe's least disturbed river gorge ecosystems. Its turquoise waters, travertine waterfalls, and old-growth forests create a landscape of remarkable natural beauty.