The Dajti National Park is a national park in Albania and situated 26 km east of Tirana. The park has a surface area of 29,384 hectares and was designated in 1996 and also expanded in 2006. It is considered as the Natural Balcony of Tirana.
Dajti Mountain together with Priska Mountain (1353m) to the south and Brari Mountain to the North consists of the national park. The 3,300 hectares (33 km2) protection area was expanded on 21 June 2006 by many more times with the core zone now being 9,000 hectares (90 km2). In addition to the forests and beautiful mountain landscapes with many wild flowers, numerous mammals are protected as well. In the park there exist wild boar, eurasian wolf, red fox, european hare, brown bears and wildcats. In the lower part of the mountains the vegetation is scrub determined with much heath, myrtle and fragaria. Oak dominates at around the 1,000 metres altitude zone following with beech forests with some conifers. Perched on the top there is almost no vegetation.
Brari Mountain to the north is also part of the protected area. It is located near Brar village containing panoramic Brari Canyon, Ottoman Bridge and a cave. One of Tirana's main water sources, Bovilla Lake is located to the northeast of Brar village. On the other extremity of the park along Erzeni River is found the impressive Pellumbas Cave, Erzeni Canyon and Peshkashesh Dam. Another natural attraction is the spectacular Shengjini Waterfall (Ujvara e Shengjinit) located near Shengjergj village. There also exists a protected area to the east of the park called the Mali me Gropa-Biza-Martaneshi Protected Landscape featuring mountain meadows, forests, and several mineral water sources. Prior to the 90s, this area served as one of the places where opponents of the communist regime were rounded up during communism in Albania.
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