Komodo National Park belongs Wallacea area of Republic of Indonesia, discovered by WWF and Conservation International as a global preservation priority region.  The Park is placed between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores at the border of the Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTP) provinces. It includes three major islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar, and numerous smaller islands together totaling 603 km2 of land.  The total size of Komodo National Park is presently 1,817 km2.  Proposed extensions of 25 km2 of land (Banta Island) and 479 km2 of marine waters would bring the total surface area up to 2,321 km2.

Komodo National Park was accomplished in 1980 and was announced a World inheritance web site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986.  The park was initially established to economize the  unique Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), first discovered by the scientific world in 1911 by  J.K.H. Van Steyn.  Since then conservation goals have expanded protecting it is total biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.

Komodo National Park is presently among three destination in Indonesia that has been  modified in the New seven Wonders of Nature campaign held by the New 7 Wonders Foundation (two other candidates is Lake Toaba and Krakatau Island).