The Cabo de Gata Natural Park is a nature reserve near Almería, Spain. It is the largest terrestrial-maritime reserve in the European Western Mediterranean Sea, covering 460 square kilometres including the town of Carboneras, the mountain range of Sierra de Cabo de Gata, and 120 square kilometres of the sea as a part of a marine reserve. It is of volcanic origin and is centred around the Cabo de Gata headland. Its climate is semiarid to the extent of being the driest location in Europe. In 1997 it was designated as a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

There are over 1,000 plants recorded in the reserve, some of which are endemic to the park. 1,100 species of fauna have been recorded within the park, the majority of which are birds. It was designated a special protected zone for birds in 2000. The salt flats provide an important habitat for both the resident birds and the thousands of migrating birds that stop on their journey between Europe and Africa.