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Plitvice Lakes National Park

16 interlinked lakes divided into the upper lakes and the lower lakes are the key feature of the entire National Park. Stunning views and the outstanding beauty of the waterfalls, travertine barriers and the surrounding landscapes never end. It attracts with its natural variety and harmony of forms and colours any time of the year.

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 Risnjak National Park

With the whiteness of its steep cliffs and their highest peaks the mountain massif of Risnjak dominates the greenness of highland forests. The highest mountain is Veliki Risnjak (1528m) which is one of the most beautiful Croatian belvederes commanding a view of the Kvarner Bay, the Kamnik and Julian Alps- Slovenian Snežnik, Klek, Bjelolasica, Velebit. The National Park consists of several areas of which the most precious is the source of the river Kupa, named the magic valley of butterflies that can be found in great number in this area.

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Brijuni Islands National Park

The Maker intended to shape a part of the Earth to the image of Heaven. That is how Istria came into being, like a garden covered with magnificent trees and vast meadows, washed by the deep blue sea, appealing people to a happier life. But the jealous devil destroyed his work by tearing the bag in which the angel was carrying the unused stones. Thousands of rocks scattered around the Istrian land making it a land of contrasts, gentle and rough, fertile and barren, sunny and cloudy. The desolated angels gathered the pieces of Heaven remaining among the scattered rocks and protected them by the sea waves and created this island.

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National park Mljet

NATIONAL PARK MLJET - do not let this landscape - mentioned in the stories about Odyssey and St. Paul, as well as Benedictine monks and the Mediterranean Seal - remain a secret for you. Mljet is an elongated island, with an average width of 3 km, 37 km long. It is an Island of great diversity and contrast, and "Mljet" National Park covers his north-western part with an area of 5.375 ha of protected land and surrounding sea. This area was proclaimed as national park 11 November 1960 and represents the first institutionalised attempt to protect an original ecosystem in the Adriatic.

 More: www.np-mljet.hr/

North Velebit National Park

 North 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 karst forms of Hajdučki and Rožanski kukovi, unique botanical garden and Lukina cave, one of the longest in the world. Croatian mountaineers consider this area the greatest jewel among the Croatian mountains. Due to its remoteness from the main roads, this area is somewhat less visited, but this only increases its mystic and primeval natural ambience.

More: www.np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/

Krka National park

KRKA NATIONAL PARK – it is one of the most beautiful national parks in Croatia and with its seven travertine waterfalls and a total drop of 242 meters, the Krka River is a natural and karst phenomenon. The Krka National Park is a spacious, largely unchanged region of exceptional and multifaceted natural value, and includes one or more preserved or insignificantly altered ecosystems. There have been detected 860 species and subspecies of plants, Illyrian and Adriatic endemic plants dominating.

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Kornati National Park

“On the last day of the Creation God desired to crown His work and thus created Kornati Islands out of tears, stars and breath” (George Bernard Shaw). The National park Kornati is the most densely gathered group of islands in the Mediterranean. It consists of 101 islands on a surface of 224 km2. With its wilderness look and feel it attracts nature lovers, yachtsmen and scuba-divers from around the world. The island coasts facing open sea are steep cliffs up to 80 meters high that plunge vertically into depths of over 100 meters. On the other hand, the coastline facing the mainland descends mildly into pleasant shallow bays suitable for anchoring and swimming. Spending several days exploring the many islands of Kornati National Park can turn into a real adventure.

 More: www.np-kornati.htnet.hr/

Paklenica National Park

The Paklenica National Park is situated in a relatively small area of about 95 square kilometres, from the Adriatic coast up to the highest peaks of Velebit. It"s thanks to many natural peculiarities and phenomena that the whole area was proclaimed a national park in 1949. There are two deep canyons in Paklenica: Velika Paklenica and Mala Paklenica. This is the area of unique an unusual blend of the sea and mountains rich in beech and black pine-tree woods, deep canyons vertically cut into the massive of the Velebit, karst formations, unique karst landscape with numerous caves.

More: www.paklenica.hr/