Bjeshkët e Nemuna, the Accursed Mountains, hold Theth and Valbona and the pass between them, now one of the most-walked trails in the Balkans.
Lake Ohrid, shared with North Macedonia, is among the oldest lakes on earth and holds more than 200 endemic species, 73.5% of its freshwater gastropods live nowhere else.
The Vjosa runs 190 km of its 270 km course through Albania without a single dam, and on 15 March 2023 became Europe's first Wild River National Park, 12,727 ha, 1,100+ recorded species.
Also: the Blue Eye (Syri i Kaltër) spring, the Llogara pass, the Karaburun to Sazan marine park, and the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests at Gashi and Rrajca (UNESCO 2017).
Research by ARBËR, the Living Museum of Albania. Published facts are verified or presented as open debate.