The "Monfragüe Natural Park" was the first protected space in Extremadura. This natural area can be considered to be a valley cut through the Tajo and Tietar rivers. The mountain that definite it have an important variety of holm-oak woods, Mediterranean bushes, rocky places, dammings and watercourses, allowing the existence of a rich and varied animal and vegetable life.

The autochthonous vegetation is very well preserved, with a great diversity. In the fauna, there are some of the most significant species of the Spanish nature as the Imperial Eagle, the Black Vulture, the Black Stork or the Lynx, all of them in danger of extinction. The Romans named to this place “Monsfragorum” that is to say, rough mountain. On April 4, 1979, Monfragüe is declared a natural park.