Plitvice Lakes & Krka National Parks - Croatia

[imhotep]

One member here queried me why travel to Croatia? I don;t really decide where we travel, as I don;t have time to plan these things. I am only the driver that takes the family around wherever we are. We always travel when we can and even though many do not visit these countries, there's plenty of natural beauty on offer.
Travel is not just visiting theme parks or concrete, These are no comparison to what the nature offers.

Plitvička Jezera or the Plitivice Lakes is a really a wonder. It;s the oldest and the largest National Park in Croatia, famous for its many torquoise coloured lakes separated by tufa or travertine barriers.
It's a UNESCO Heritage site and its not just a Lake but a system of lakes. Both Plitvice and Krka National Parks deserve a visit. Plitvice can be done in half a day if you start early. It's about sixteen lakes connected together. The entire park is nothing but a water feature wherever you look around. Amazing.

 

[Johnnie_Walker]

Really nice...

 

[your_love]

do you own a sri lankan PP?

 

[Stimulus mind]

Beautiful

 

[imhotep]

Really nice...

It is... one of the best National parks in Europe. A 295-sq.-km forest reserve, if you like you can walk for 8 hrs. We started at 7AM and finished by 1.30PM or so. It's stunningly beautiful. As I mentioned before, the entire park is a water feature. The colours are beyond description. No bathing or going innto the water is allowed - only you can observe the beauty. Entrance ticket includes a boat ride and a train ride back to the base.
Usually these places are full with tourists but because of Covid the tourism is only picking up and we avoided school holidays in Europe.

 

[BadBlueGenius]

bummp

 

[kinkon]

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[NRTG]

BUMP

 

[thomian]

 

[B.Chat]

Nice

 

[imhotep]

Nice

There are beautiful places and and the coast (along the Adriatic Sea) is nice. Plitvice Lakes is quite unique. Never seen anything like that annywhere in the world.
Several islands too to visit in the Adriatic. We took a ferry to Hvar Island and stayed for a couple of days. You can take the car in the ferry. The car rental guys will charge a bit extra for insurance for ferry transport.

Croatia itself is not developed as the others nearby. Slovenia is way ahead. Even the Car rental guys were scammers. They chaged me about $600 as a deposit which they said will be returned within two weeks. Since I never heard from them for months, even after I called tham and sent several emails, I contacted Discovery Cars whom I made the original booking with. The called me within a day and said just leave the matter with them to be sorted out, which they did within three days. The rental guys who never answered me, sent an apology and fully refunded.