The Park was developed around the Marguareis Massif, in the centre of the Ligurian Alps and includes two valleys: the Pesio Valley and a part of the Upper Tanaro Valley. Its particular position with a climate that feels the marine influences coming from the near Mediterranean, made it famous for the variety in flora: it preserves a quarter of the vegetal species present in Italy. Varied and rich the presence of the fauna: chamois, eagles, deer, roe deer and fork cocks populate the territory. The wolf has reappeared on these mountains since some years.