Less than 500 people reside within the park, where the San Juan de Caaveiro Monastery can also be found here.

In addition to its wide variety of ferns, it is an important site for amphibians and invertebrates such as the Kerry slug.

[2] The Fragas do Eume is a mixed forest, considered one of the most extensive and best preserved on Europe's Atlantic coast.

The slopes of the river gorge are covered by oak and chestnut trees, alongside a wide variety of ferns and lichen.

[3] In 2012, a fire destroyed a section of the park, with initial estimates stating that 750 hectares had burned.