Formerly known as Dumoga Bone National Park, it was established in 1991 and was renamed in honour of Nani Wartabone, a local resistance fighter who drove the Japanese from Gorontalo during World War II.

Endangered plants in the park include the matayangan palm (Pholidocarpus ihur), Makassar Ebony, iron wood (Intsia spp.

), yellow wood (Arcangelisia flava), and carrion flower (Amorphophallus companulatus).

[2] These include the endangered anoa and cinnabar hawk owl, which was only described scientifically in 1999 from a specimen collected from the park.

Hungoyono camp in Bone Bolango is the largest maleo habitat which the conservationists have 4 breeding sites.