More than 1 million visitors / year, making Plitvice Lakes National Park the most popular tourist attraction in Croatia.
- 4-5 hours
- 3-4 km of (slow) walking
- walk ➙ boat ➙ walk
- 2 entrances ➙ each determining the direction you will hike
- Krka National Park is somewhat similar, but smaller
- expen$ive
Adult Tickets – Entry fees 2024:
- Jan, Feb, March & Nov, December: 10 Euro or 11.85 US$
- April, May & October: 23.5 Euro or 26.5 US$
- June, July, August & September: 40 Euro or 44.5 US$
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In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, for its outstanding and picturesque series of tufa lakes, caves, and connected waterfalls. …
Sixteen lakes can be seen … all interconnected.
They are separated by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action of moss, algae, and bacteria.
The lakes are renowned for their distinctive colors, ranging from azure to green, grey or blue. The colors change constantly depending on the quantity of minerals or organisms in the water and the angle of sunlight.
I decided — like most tourists — to sign up for a Plitvice Lakes National Park Day Tour.
U.S. $49.56 for travel and the guide. Plus $44.50 for Park entrance.
You can make the trip on your own, but logistics are simpler with a tour. Once in the Park, you can go wherever you like.
It’s crowded most days. Look for gaps in the mob.
Comparable phenomena to those prevailing at the Plitvice Lakes exist at Rastoke (Slunj), at the Krka National Park, at the rivers Una and the Pliva in Bosnia and Herzegovina and at the Krushuna Falls in Bulgaria. The Band-e Amir lakes within the Hindu Kush mountain range form a similar system of lakes and dams …
Calc-sinter formation processes that have not emerged along a river flow can be observed at the Mammoth Hot Springs within Yellowstone National Park (USA) or at Pamukkale in Turkey. Jiuzhaigou is a nature reserve and national park located in the north of Sichuan, China.
