Prespa National Park (Albania)
Two high tectonic lakes, reed beds and oak and beech forest in southeastern Albania
Great and Small Prespa Lake sit between 849 and 853 metres, the highest tectonic lakes in Southeastern Europe, ringed by Mali i Thatë and Galičica. Reed beds, freshwater marshes and forest cover the surrounding land, where Albania, Greece and North Macedonia meet.
Things to do
- Try thisLook for white and dalmatian pelicans on the lakes of Great and Small Prespa in summer
- On footWalk the beech slopes and alpine meadows of Mali i Thatë
- HeritageVisit the island of Maligrad, with its many caves and a circular cliff
- HeritageSeek out the Byzantine St. Mary's Church and the caves of Zaver and Treni