Samariá Gorge National Park
Samariá Gorge National Park—Greek: Εθνικό Πάρκο Σαμαριάς—is a valley park on the island of Crete. The protected landscape centres on the Samariá Gorge, a deep cut through the White Mountains (Lefká Óri), and it is managed as a national park for conservation. The park is especially known for the Cretan wild goat, the kri-kri, which survives here in the gorge’s steep, rocky terrain. In the broader story of Crete’s natural heritage, this valley matters because it protects habitat in one of the island’s most rugged mountain systems, where isolation helps species persist. Samariá was designated a national park in 1962, making it one of Greece’s earlier protected areas. …
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