The park is in the traditional country of the Banbai and the Ngarrabul Aboriginal people and within the Guyra and Glen Innes Local Aboriginal Land Council area.

This park was created to protect a rare and special sample of tablelands old growth forest. The forest has many plants and wildlife that are now threatened elsewhere.
 

Warra is an important habitat for a number of flora and fauna. The plants include the Pygmy Cypress Pine, Black Holly Grevillea, Mat Geebung and two endangered eucalypt trees, the Swamp Gum and the New England Mallee. The park also has a rare sphagnum bog. Its metre-deep bed of sphagnum plants is like a huge sponge, holding tonnes of water. This water is slowly released during dry times, helping to support plants and animals downstream. Some of the rare wildlife include the Spotted-tailed Quoll, Masked Owl, Glossy Black Cockatoo and the Glandular Frog.

You can visit the national park from your accommodation in Glen Innes, Armidale or Glencoe. There are informal camping areas at ‘The Green’ and at ‘The Long Point’. An identification and regulatory sign is located at the western access point to the park. Campers must be completely self-reliant.

There are informal bushwalking (no marked tracks) along the Sara River and to the rocky outcrop of Crown Mountain and Nightcap Mountain.¹

For more information, you can contact the nearest NPWS office.