On route to our next Croatian destination, Zadar, we visited the Plitivice Lakes, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The lakes are the only natural monument in Croatia to be put on the UNESCO World Heritage list, back in 1979, among the first ones in the entire world!!
We left Zagreb at 7.30am and reached Plitvice at 9.45am. The tickets can be bought at the Autobusni and cost around 184kunas. After reaching Plitvice, we first bought the tickets for the remaining journey to Zadar (ticket counter was right at the bus stop). From there we proceeded to the entrance no.2 where we bought the entrance ticket for the lakes (110 kunas per person) and kept our luggage in the locker ( free of cost). Since we had 5-6 hours, we opted for the route H, which is the most beautiful route which you cover on road train (10-15mins), 5 kms trek on foot, then further bit on small ship (15 mins) and the last 3 kms again on foot, before boarding the road train to reach the entrance again. Depending on the time that one has, one can choose the route. The route that we covered on foot was the most amazing part of the lakes. The image of the turquoise lakes each fed by a sequence of terraced travertine waterfalls is extremely breathtaking. The flora and fauna of the region is also very interesting. The park is very well organized with clearly signposted network of footpaths running alongside the lakes and wooden walkways spanning some of the rapids. There are restaurants and bistro at the entrances and in the middle of the nationalpark, but if you are a vegetarian its better you carry some stuff to add variety, as what we got was just cheese roll and cheese sandwich. We really enjoyed the ice creams though!
The second series of small lakes ( the ones after we were dropped off by the boat) were similar to the first set except the water area of each one was a bit larger and took a bit longer to walk around.As in the first series there were boardwalks that took us over the waterfall areas with the rushing water underneath our feet.. It is difficult to stop clicking pictures but the narrow wooden walkways makes it difficult to take pictures sometimes, but nonethess, we kept it slow as we had time enough and managed to capture some beautiful shots.
The lakes are indeed an unmatched masterpiece of nature unique enough to stick in a visitor's memory for a lifetime. And yes, they look as beautiful and surreal in real as in Pictures:)
We left Zagreb at 7.30am and reached Plitvice at 9.45am. The tickets can be bought at the Autobusni and cost around 184kunas. After reaching Plitvice, we first bought the tickets for the remaining journey to Zadar (ticket counter was right at the bus stop). From there we proceeded to the entrance no.2 where we bought the entrance ticket for the lakes (110 kunas per person) and kept our luggage in the locker ( free of cost). Since we had 5-6 hours, we opted for the route H, which is the most beautiful route which you cover on road train (10-15mins), 5 kms trek on foot, then further bit on small ship (15 mins) and the last 3 kms again on foot, before boarding the road train to reach the entrance again. Depending on the time that one has, one can choose the route. The route that we covered on foot was the most amazing part of the lakes. The image of the turquoise lakes each fed by a sequence of terraced travertine waterfalls is extremely breathtaking. The flora and fauna of the region is also very interesting. The park is very well organized with clearly signposted network of footpaths running alongside the lakes and wooden walkways spanning some of the rapids. There are restaurants and bistro at the entrances and in the middle of the nationalpark, but if you are a vegetarian its better you carry some stuff to add variety, as what we got was just cheese roll and cheese sandwich. We really enjoyed the ice creams though!
The second series of small lakes ( the ones after we were dropped off by the boat) were similar to the first set except the water area of each one was a bit larger and took a bit longer to walk around.As in the first series there were boardwalks that took us over the waterfall areas with the rushing water underneath our feet.. It is difficult to stop clicking pictures but the narrow wooden walkways makes it difficult to take pictures sometimes, but nonethess, we kept it slow as we had time enough and managed to capture some beautiful shots.
The lakes are indeed an unmatched masterpiece of nature unique enough to stick in a visitor's memory for a lifetime. And yes, they look as beautiful and surreal in real as in Pictures:)
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