The goal of this final study is insight into protected areas of the County of Koprivnica-Križevci and their effect on the tourist offer development. The study emphasises specificity of protected areas, more precisely habitats in which specific plant and animal communities reside. Protection of specific natural areas is the first step in sustainable development, but also starting point for a sustainable way of tourism. Except for touristic purposes, these areas have an important role for domestic population which draws benefits from these areas since ancient times. Symbiosis between man and nature can be achieved by applying proper and rational human impact onto natural resources. Sights of nature can be a key factor in creation of tourist product which will be appealling to a large number of tourists. Generally, tourism is a set of relations and appearances resulting from travel and stay of tourists, and tourist product is complex set of experiences. Creating interesting and appealling tourist product is complex and long lasting process, and tourism in this area is oriented towards specific forms of tourism. Turistic offer is based on hunting and fishing tourism. Except these, other reasons for arrival are connected to work, sights of nature and cultural sights. Purpose of this work is to emphasize the fact that nature is an important factor for every single inhabitant of the planet, and with rational management and exploitation of natural resources we could provide that what we inherited to use. Rational management means creation of tourist offer and tourist product which in the proper manner presents sights of nature, and yet emphasizes the importance of preservation, concern and care of man for the nature.