Hungary's oldest and largest national park covers 800 km² of the Great Hungarian Plain, protecting the last major stretch of original puszta grassland in Central Europe. The landscape is flat, treeless, and immense — the horizon visible in every direction, broken only by the silhouettes of the traditional well-sweep structures (gémeskút) that dot the plain.
The park is home to the grey Hungarian cattle, the curly-horned Racka sheep, and the Nonius horses that have grazed these grasslands for centuries. The csikós (puszta horsemen) still work here in traditional dress and perform the "Puszta Five" — a demonstration in which a single rider stands astride two galloping horses while driving three more ahead — several times a day during the summer season. Birdwatchers come from across Europe for the park's 340 recorded species, which include great bustard, aquatic warbler, and in autumn, tens of thousands of migrating common cranes. The park visitor centre near the bridge provides maps and schedules.