Croatia is not only beautiful beaches and historical places. If you are looking for an active holiday, you have come to the right place.
Explore unspoiled nature of the Croatian National Parks and the diversity of flora and fauna will leave no one indifferent. Croatia has eight national parks: Brijuni, Kornati, Krka, Mljet, Paklenica, Plitvice Lakes, Risnjak, and Northern Velebit, whose unspoiled nature takes almost 8 % of Croatia.
If you want to explore Croatian National parks, National park Brijuni, which has its 14 islands and is often referred to as heaven on earth, National park Kornati, with about 140 small islands which are known for their wonderful shapes, varied and unusual forms, and high cliffs, or National park Plitvice Lakes with 16 lakes which are connected by waterfalls as high as 78 meters are only some of the Croatian national parks that will simply amaze you with its natural beauties.
Brijuni
Brijuni are a group of two larger and twelve smaller islets along the West coast of Istria, near Pula, with the total area of only 7 km2. Both archipelago and the surrounding sea are under protection.
The Brijuni Archipelago is known for its preserved Mediterranean vegetation, which is partly landscape and partly a safari park. The archipelago is noted for its valuable cultural heritage from the Roman and Byzantine times.
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Kornati
Kornati Islands archipelago is the most indented island group in the Mediterranean, situated in North Dalmatia, not far from Šibenik. The archipelago includes 140 uninhabited islands, islets and reefs with the area of only 70 km2.
In the immediate vicinity of the Kornati National Park, there is another jewel of protected nature in Croatia - the Telašćica Nature Park, which includes a wide and deep bay of the same name on the neighbouring Dugi otok (Long island).
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KRKA
Krka is a river in Dalmatia; springs out at the western foot of Dinara Mountain and flows into the sea near Šibenik; length 72.5 km.
The National Park may be reached from Skradin, by a boat operated by the National Park, which goes upstream to Skradinski Buk. Another access to the Park is by car, to the entrance in Lozovac. From Lozovac - buses operated by the National Park take visitors to Skradinski Buk. The waterfall Roški Slap may be reached by car via Miljevci or via Skradin.
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National park Mljet
The Island of Mljet is situated in the far South of Croatia, west from Dubrovnik, Croatia's best known summer resort. A national park of the same name includes a western part of, according to some, the most beautiful island in the Adriatic.
The Park is characterised by two deep bays which are called lakes due to their very narrow passages to the open sea (Veliko and Malo jezero/the Great Lake and the Small Lake), and lush and diversified Mediterranean vegetation.
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National park Paklenica
Paklenica includes the most attractive parts of southern Velebit, including its highest peaks. Two impressive canyons of Velika (Great) and Mala (Small) Paklenica, vertically cut into the mountain from the sea to the peaks are the main attraction of the park.
In a relatively small area of the national park, there are several unusual carst forms, several caves, and extremely rich and varied flora and fauna.
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National park Plitvička jezera
The main attractions of this park, unique in the world, are the 16 small lakes joined by waterfalls created by the sedimentation of travertine, a special type of limestone and blue-green lakes also served as filming location for some of the most famous Winnetou films such as “The Treasure of the Silver Lake”, “Apache Gold” and “The Desperado Trail”.
This national park encompasses the source of the river Korana, located in the area surrounded by dense forests of beech, fir and spruce.
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National park Risnjak
Risnjak is a forested mountain massive not far from the city of Rijeka, named after lynx (ris in Croatian), its best known inhabitant.
The National Park of the same name stretches from 300 to 1,500 m above the sea level. Due to its position at the junction between the Alps and the Dinarides, and from the Mediterranean to Pannonia, almost all types of forests, as well as many plant and animal species are gathered here, in a relatively small area.
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National park Sjeverni Velebit
North Velebit (Sjeverni Velebit) is the youngest of the Croatian national parks, established in 1999. It comprises the most attractive and, in terms of nature, the most valuable areas of the northern part of Velebit.
A large number of attractive sights are concentrated in this predominantly mountainous park-magnificent carst forms of Hajdučki and Rožanski kukovi, unique botanical garden and Lukina cave, one of the longest in the world.
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PARKS OF NATURE
Apart from its 8 national parks, Croatia also abounds in parks of nature – natural areas with distinguished landscapes, educational, cultural, historical, tourism and recreational values. Visit them!
- Park of Nature Biokovo, Dalmatia – Split
- Park of Nature Kopački rit, Continental Croatia
- Park of Nature Lastovo archipelago, Dubrovnik region
- Park of Nature Lonjsko polje, Continental Croatia
- Park of nature Medvednica, Continental Croatia
- Park of Nature Papuk, Continental Croatia
- Park of Nature Telašćica, Dalmatia – Zadar
- Park of Nature Velebit, Dalmatia – Zadar
- Park of Nature Vrana lake, Dalmatia – Zadar
- Park of Nature Učka, Istria
- Park of Nature Žumberak, Continental Croatia
