National parks
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Sixteen turquoise lakes and hundreds of waterfalls
Plitvice Lakes is Croatia's oldest and most visited national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sixteen cascading lakes linked by waterfalls stretch through dense beech and fir forest, with wooden boardwalks taking you right across the water. The park is open all year and looks completely different in each season.
Things to do
- •Walk the boardwalks along the Lower and Upper Lakes
- •Veliki Slap — Croatia's tallest waterfall (78 m)
- •Panoramic boat ride across Lake Kozjak
- •Canyon viewpoints and spectacular autumn colours
Getting there
Plitvice Lakes sits on the D1 state road, about a 2-hour drive from Rijeka and Zagreb and roughly 1 hour 45 minutes from Zadar. We drive you straight to Entrance 1 or Entrance 2 and wait for your agreed return.