Lake Plitvice National Park Croatia Tour And Travel | Travel Information

Name        : Lake Plitvice National Park Croatia
Location   : Croatia
Country    : Croatia
This location is very beautiful and stunning highly inappropriate for a family vacation who want to travel.

Why Go There

The natural attributes of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, uniqueness and sensibiliry of that phenomenon, deserve a full attention of our visitors. Recreational aspect of stay and the amazement with beauty of the area that conquers by its natural diversity and harmony of shapes and colours in any of the seasons, is based on many mutually conditioned natural characteristics.

The Plitvice lakes, known as "Falling lakes" have enjoyed the status of a national park since 1949, and since 1979 it has been under the protection of UNESCO. The lakes are positioned between the Mala Kapela and Plješivica mountains, in the region of Lika (139 km from Zagreb ). This is a unique system of 16 lakes linked together by a series of waterfalls which cascade over countless travertine barriers. The lakes are divided into the upper lakes (12) and the lower lakes (4). The highest of these is Prošćansko jezero (639 metres), while the lowest is Novakovića Brod (503 metres). The upper lakes are surrounded by thick forests and are connected by numerous waterfalls, while the lower lakes are smaller, shallower and the vegetation is not so lush. Having passed over the Sastavci waterfall on the lower lakes, the lake waters flow into the River Korana, as does the Plitvice stream, tumbling down from a height of 76 metres. In the craggy rocks around the lakes there are fourteen limestone caves and six travertine. The climate in the area is mountainous and the best time to visit is during the three months of high summer when the water temperature in Lake Kozjak rises as high as 24 °C. Those who prefer the winter season can also enjoy the lakes - waterfalls frozen in mid-air, the silence, glistening snow - all this creates an unforgettable picture.

The lakes are divided into the 12 Upper Lakes (Gornja jezera) and the four Lower Lakes (Donja jezera). There is a well established route which begins at Labudovac Falls, which receives water from the highest of the lakes, Proscansko Jezera. From this point you can do a walk, boat ride combination which will take you past falls, streams and lakes, to the lowest Lake, Kaluderovac. There are national park buses which drop visitors at the top and pick up at the bottom, returning people back to the park entrance. This complete trip takes about six hours.

Under the travertine waterfalls Cratoneuron moss sometimes grows, the moss gets encrusted with travertine and fresh moss grows further out, first a crag is formed but later a cave roof forms under the crag. If the water continues flowing the cave becomes progressively bigger. Limestone caves are present as well.

The Plitvice Lakes National Park is heavily forested, mainly with beech, spruce, and fir trees, and features a mixture of Alpine and Mediterranean vegetation. It has a notably wide variety of plant communities, due to its range of microclimates, differing soils and varying levels of altitude.

The area is also home to an extremely wide variety of animal and bird species. Rare fauna such as the European brown bear, wolf, eagle, owl, lynx, wild cat, and capercaillie can be found there, along with many more common species. At least 126 species of birds have been recorded there, of which 70 have been recorded as breeding there.

The Plitvice Lakes National Park had become a major tourist attraction in the late 19th century. The first hotel was built there in 1896, and as early as 1893 it already had a conservation committee - the predecessor of today's national park authority. In 1898, one of the waterfalls was named after Croatian opera singer Milka Ternina. She gave money from concerts to preserve the park, upgrade tracks and build pathways.

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