Hiking through Croatia's national parks

HIKING THROUGH CROATIA'S NATIONAL PARKS 

 

 

• Welcome drink upon arrival

• 2 x half board (breakfast and dinner a buffet) at GH Adriatic 3* Opatija

• 1 x half board (buffet breakfast and menu dinner) at 3* hotel in National Park Plitvice Lakes area

• 3 x half board (breakfast and dinner a buffet) at Hotel Pinija 4* Zadar

• Use of indoor pool in Opatija and Zadar

• English speaking tour guide / hiking guide for the whole time of the 7 day of the all-inclusive package, all tours from and to the hotel 

• Entrance fee to the NP Risnjak

• Entrance fee to the NP Plitvice Lakes

• Entrance fee to the NP Krka

• Entrance fee to the NP Paklenica 

 

The program HIKING THROUGH CROATIA’S NATIONAL PARKS can be well combined as a bus tour + hiking trip. Ask for our offer! 

 

Day 1: Arrival / Welcome drink

 

Day 2: Excursion to NATIONAL PARK RISNJAK

 

Day 3: Excursion to NATIONAL PARK PLITVICE LAKES  / accommodation at the National Park Plitvice Lakes

 

Day 4: Plitvice Lakes – Zadar , sightseeing and accommodation in Zadar

 

Day 5: Excursion NATIONAL PARK PAKLENICA

 

Day 6: Excursion NATIONAL PARK KRKA WATERFALLS

 

Day 7: Homeward journey. 

 

National Park Plitvice Lakes is the most famous and most visited National Park in Croatia.

It is the only Natural Heritage site in Croatia that is also included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

It became part of the UNESCO World Heritage in 1979, and so became one of the first sites to be on that list. 

 

National Park Krka became a National Park in 1985, and it is therefore the seventh national park in Croatia.

It is located on the territory of Šibenik-Knin County, and it includes an area of 109 km2 along the Krka River: two kilometres downriver from Knin to Skradin and the lower reaches of the river Čikola.

The Krka springs at the foot of the Dinara mountain range in Knin; including the estuary it is about 72 km long.

The total area of its drainage basin is 2,088 km2. The mean annual flow over the waterfall of Skradin is 55 m3 / s, while, during heavy rainfall in the hinterland, it raises over 350 m3 / s.

The Krka River is, with its seven waterfalls formed by limestone: Bilušića buk (22.4 m), Corica buk or Brljan (15.5 m), Manojlovački Slapovi (a series of waterfalls with a total height of 59.6 m and the main stage of 32 m), Rošnjak (8.4 m), Miljacka slap (23.8 m), Roški (25.5 m) and Skradinski buk (17 steps with an overall height of 45.7 m) and a total drop of 242 m a natural and karstic phenomenon.

The limestone, deposited by the water, forms thresholds, ceilings, beards, curtains and other geomorphology forms and thereby produces the phenomenon and structure of today’s hydro-geological landscape of the National Park Krka.

 

National Park Risnjak became a National Park in 1953 was and includes numerous hills, with Veliki Risnjak at 1528 m above sea level as the highest peak.

The area offers many natural sites and attractions as the mountain ridge with typical characteristics of the Dinar Mountains and beautiful viewpoints with more than 30 specific plant species.

For hiking, the trail Lesko is recommended; it is approximately 4 km long and you can visit 16 different natural and cultural phenomena: a basin, the spring, and beech and fir forest.

National Park Paklenica became National Park in in 1949 and is located in the mountain area VELEBIT.

Velebit is a protected nature park within which are two National Parks: National Park North Velebit and National Park Paklenica.

The Canyons "Mala Paklenica” and "Velika Paklenica” delight every guest.

The highest peaks are Vaganski Vrh 1757 and Sveto Brdo 1,753 m above sea level.

There are also numerous caves in the National Park Paklenica, the largest being "Manita pec”.

Difficulty: difficult and very difficult.