It is located in Béjaïa Province, near the shrine of Sidi Touati.

The park includes many beaches and cliffs, which make it a swimming destination for many Algerians.

The permanent population in the Gouraya National Park is of Berber origins, 1,655 inhabitants across 13 villages.

The Barbary macaque is a primate with a very restricted range in portions of northwestern North Africa and disjunctively in Gibraltar.

[1] In 2011, the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique led a phytosociological study which concluded there were 7 vegetation groups belonging to 4 phytosociological classes:[3]