Ojców National Park - one of the 23 Polish national parks, established in January 1956. It is located in the Malopolska region in southern part of Krakow-Czestochowa Upland, 16 km north of Krakow. It is the smallest of the national parks of the country. Its area is 21, 46 square kilometers, of which a large part is covered by forests. The symbol of the park is the bat.

Karst landforms and two river valleys, as well as numerous limestone cliffs, ravines and more than 400 caves characterize the landscape of the park. The most famous rock formations is a 25-meter column of limestone, called "Mace of Hercules."

Ojców National Park is home to 4,600 insects (butterflies only live here in 1075 species!), And 135 species of birds and 17 species of bats. Here you can find deer, hares, wild boar, red fox, marten, ferrets and weasels, badgers and otters, storks, owls, hawks, owls eared, black woodpeckers, thrushes and redpolls.

The rich flora includes about 950 species of vascular plants, more than 230 species of mosses, 1200 varieties of mushrooms, and 200 species of lichens. More than 80 plant species are under state protection, including: alpine rose, buckthorn, horsetail, dwarf cherry and others. The largest area covered with forests and thickets, among them: Carpathian beech, oak, pine.

The park has several castles, including the ruined Gothic palace and the castle in Pieskowa Skala, both were part of the medieval defense system in the south-west of Poland, known as the Eagles' Nests Trail, which was built by King Casimir the Great.