Parc Naturel Regional Perigord-Limousin, Dordogne Region
Beautiful national park in the north of the region
Created in 1998 the Regional Park Périgord-Limousin covers an area of around 1800 square kilometres in the north of the Dordogne region.
Within the park you will find meadowlands near water courses and forests that consist of chestnut and oak trees. To the south there is heathland, with low-growing woody vegetation and dry grasslands. There are also lots of little pools and lakes and many brooks and smaller rivers. Of all these waterways the Isle is the only river that has its source outside of the park's perimeter.
Home to over 40 different species of mammal you may come across European badgers, pine marten, mink, otter, fox, wild boar and of course deer. Hedgehops, mice and squirrel are also common residents. Winger creatures make up a large percentage of the animals with some 12 different species of bat and around 110 species of bird.
The park area has been inhabited by humans since the Lower Paleolithic era, some 3.3 million years ago.
