Description
The name of Gouraya National Park is derived from the 660 metres high Gouraya Mountain. The mountain, cliffs, forest and beaches give the park a rich biodiversity. Gouraya National Park is a good area for conservation with barbary macaques, jackals and wildcats on land, sperm whale, dolphins and porpoise, strmoglavec, atlantski viharnik, strakoš and sredozemski galeb offshore. Birds may also include veliki skovik, velika uharica, egiptovski jastreb, kačar, biserna stepska kokoška, divja grlica, dular, mala droplja, škrjančar, prepelica, Sršenar, podhujka, rdečevrata podhujka, žametna penica, svetlooka penica, kratkoperuti vrtnik, laški škrjanec, kratkoprsti škrjanček, čopasti škrjanec, travniški vrabec, skalni vrabec, puščavec, veliki strnad, plotni strnad and skalni strnad.
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Access
City of Bejaia has an airport and train station and is 2 and a 1/2 hours east of Algiers. The N24 coast road passes through the park. Most other roads are narrow, steep and winding. Summer temperatures can reach 47° and are best avoided. Travel here in early spring or late autumn for best results.


