Today we had an early start (at least for us) and headed to the Plitvice Lakes National Park. About a 2 hour drive from Zadar, we would arrive just before 10:30am.
Plitvice Lakes…
Plitvice turned out to be unexpectedly stunning and was truly a hidden wonder tucked away in the Croatian mountains. I use the phrase “tucked away” fairly loosely because despite it’s location, many hundreds of other visitors had managed to find the lakes, where one can explore some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world.
The daily high temperature around Zadar is now in the mid 30s but the visit to Plitvice was very pleasant and the temperature remained in the early 20s for our hike around the park.
The stunning park is awe-inspiring and many have described it as “Mother Nature in her loveliest, most scenic guise”. Words can’t describe this picturesque park which has 16 stunning blue-green Plitvice Lakes, which are separated by natural dams of limestone on the Plitvice plateau.
It is surrounded by the mountains Pljesevica, Mala Kapela and Medvedak, which are part of the Dinaric Alps.
A selection of photos follow from this truly beautiful location.
The Croatian day moth…
Lastly, some information – it’s all available on the website but it took some time for us to fathom out what to do. The two most popular walks are around 8km, with some steep ascents and descents. These two walks are called “C” and “H” and cover similar parts of the national park but are more or less a reverse of each other. Walk “C” starts from park Entrance 1 and involves a 1 hour walk, an electric boat ride, a 1.5 hour walk and then a panoramic train ride to Station 1, which is a 10 minute walk from Entrance 1. Route “H” starts from park entrance 2 and is more or less the reverse of “C”.
In the evening we walked into Nin and ate at Peperoni’s – excellent pizza.
Sunday was a “chill” day, followed by a tour of Zadar with Sue. BBQ in the evening.