POLONINY National Park is located in the east of Slovakia, spreads over to Ukraine and Poland, and is considered to be a significant biosphere area of Europe. The highest point of Poloniny is hill Kremenec, which connects the borders of all three states in one place.

The phenomenon of the Eastern Carpathians to be seen here is the so-called „poloniny“(from which the name of the national park was derived) – large flowering meadows located over the upper forest line.

The Poloniny is a territory with original extensive beech-fir primeval forests – Stužica, Hávešová and Rožok, which have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2007.

There is “The Dark Sky Park” located on its territory, which is one of Europe‘s darkest areas in terms of light pollution. It has an exceptionally low population density of only 9 inhabitants per km2. At the same time, it is the least visited national park in Slovakia, so the human impact on the environment is almost undetectable. The natural nighttime darkness and nightly biorhythms of all living organisms are not disturbed by the hustle of civilization. That is the cause of an extraordinary concentration of endemic and endangered species of plants, fungi and animals. Poloniny is therefore naturally rich in fauna and flora. The area is also well-known for occurrence of large wild animals: brown bears, wolves, lynxes, wild cats and elks.

POLONINY National Park is part of the International Carpathian Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO in 1993 – the only one in the world to extend over the territories of three states (with a total size of 164 190 ha).