[2] It is located in El Tambo, on the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental, 61 km from the city of Popayán.

The park takes its name from the Munchique Mountain, located in the southeast part of the area.

[5] The park has one of Colombia's highest biodiversity indices and a high number of endemic and endangered species, this due to low human activity in the area and diversity of thermal levels.

Noteworthy birds include long-wattled umbrellabird and the colorful puffleg, the latter being endemic to the region.

[6] The park is also home to 182 mammals, among them spectacled bears, pumas, jaguars, northern pudú, South American coati, scaly-footed small-eared shrew, porcupines and three species of ocelot.