Khenifiss National Park

Khenifiss National Park is a national park in the southwest of Morocco, located near Akhfenir on the Atlantic coast in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. It was established in 2006. The area of the park is 1,850 square kilometres. The national park was created to protect desert, wetlands, and coastal dunes.The park was first created as a natural reserve in 1960, and in 1980, it was classified as a wetland of international importance. In 1983, the natural reserve was transformed into a Permanent Biological Reserve, and on September 26, 2006, the national park was created.The park is located at the coast of Atlantic Ocean, north of the border with Western Sahara, between the towns of Tan-Tan and Tarfaya. The National Route 1, which runs along the Atlantic coast of Morocco, passes through the park.