The Cabárceno Natural Park has two main purposes: the conservation of endangered species and environmental education.

The natural park of Cabárceno is a naturalised space reclaimed from 750 hectares (1,900 acres) of former open-pit mines and restored to the primitive beauty of the karst landscape.

In the gardens, there are: yew, oak, walnut, bamboo, birch, olive, oak, pine, cherry, horse chestnut, alder, holly, cypress, laurels, figs, bananas, strawberry, laurel, oleander, Atlas cedar, ginkgo, ornamental barberry (Bordeaux colour), mock orange, and pittosporum.

The park has collaborated with the Deutsches Primatenzentrum and the University of Göttingen (Germany) on the development of techniques that have allowed for the study of the sexual cycle of the female African elephant via noninvasive methods (namely the use faeces and urine samples).

[6] The park also collaborates with other zoos and partners with animal conservationists in the conservation of endangered species like: tigers, lions, bobcats, rhinos, and more.