Apuseni National Park is located in western Romania in the Apuseni Mountains, but also includes parts of the Bihor and Vladeasa Mountains. The park was created to protect unique Romanian cave fauna and is famous for its caves, which have revealed traces of prehistoric man and ice-age animals as well as populations of rare bats. The park is richly forested, with spruce at higher altitudes and beech lower down, and the interesting landforms present in the park are due to the limestone rocks that underlie most of it.

There are fascinating sculptured ridges, vanishing underground rivers, and beautiful caves with delicate natural decorations. Apuseni National Park is a heaven for hikers and cavers, but be prepared for some serious work; there are no nice trails or and signposts.

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