Bulgarka Nature Park, Nature park in Gabrovo region, Bulgaria.

Bulgarka Nature Park covers 21,772 hectares on the northern slopes of the Stara Planina, spanning the municipalities of Gabrovo and Tryavna. Forests make up 80.2% of its area, with beech accounting for 65% of the trees. The park also contains the upper course and springs of the Yantra River.

The park was established in 2002 to protect the mountain ecosystems of this part of the Stara Planina. Long before that, the area was used by local communities for herding and forest gathering, as old paths and nearby villages still show.

The park takes its name from the Bulgarian word for a Bulgarian woman. Its boundaries hold the Shipka Pass and the Shipka Memorial on Mount St. Nikolai, commemorating the 1877–78 Battle of Shipka Pass, alongside the Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex, the Sokolski Monastery and the Dryanovo Monastery.

Walking the marked trails is the usual way to move through the park, and the routes range from easy slopes to more demanding sections. Sturdy shoes and extra layers are a good idea since mountain weather can shift quickly at higher elevations.

Some of the plant species found here grow only in this corner of the Balkans and nowhere else in the world. The park is also home to rare animals listed in Bulgaria's official conservation records, making it one of the few places where they can still be observed in the wild.