Parque Nacional de los Lagos de Plitvice - Nacionalni park 'Plitvička jezera'
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,500 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 2,500 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,272 ft
- TrailRank
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77
5
- Min elevation
- 1,645 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 348
- Uploaded
- May 27, 2019
near Osredak, Ličko-Senjska (Hrvatska)
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Itinerary description
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We left Zadar station, with Flixbus, at 8:30 and we arrived there at 10:30. The ticket offices for daily tickets open at 11:30 and there is a quota for each day, so it is better to take it bought in advance. We had to queue since we arrived to be able to enter so at 12:00. The route itself is a pass and affordable for everyone, including different levels and modalities. The routes that are proposed to you are quite consistent with what they specify and during the way everything is signaled. Upon receiving the map, with the schedule we had and with the information they gave us, we decided to do route C, we ate at 3:00 pm in St.1 and at 3:45 pm we saw the great cataract as a colophon.
To return, at 5:00 pm we left the stop on time and arrived around 7:00 p.m. to Zadar. As a culmination for such a day, when we arrived, we did snorkeling in Bjalo beach at dusk.
The bus cost us each 26 euros approx. plus the 11 euros of the entrance to the national park (PN) as students.
The entrance includes WC, accident insurance, boat ride (electric), panoramic vehicle ride (electric), contribution to permanent protection and maintenance of the landscape, 22 km of trails and 36 km of hiking trails. Its price varies according to conditions, promotions and the time of year.
If you want to be more than one day you have to request an application. For amateurs of photography, the use of drones without authorization is prohibited. It is a unique place, wildlife is seen every two times and there are still bears in freedom, please respect the rules and contribute to the already good cleaning of the park . The number for emergencies is 112.
You have to keep an eye on the time during the visit, since there are hardly any places to take shelter in case of a bad day. You also have to be parrot with the temperature since you are in the bush. Luckily we saw it on a good day but the day before and the following week it was not like that. It is not uncommon to see snow in May and October. Go the day you go, there are always people, and more when the good weather starts.
As a curiosity, it is the oldest national park in Croatia (1949), and 30 years later it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It has not suffered hardly alterations and during the past turbulent of Croatia, it did not suffer the vagaries of the war. In spite of being a PN it has all the possible services, from stay in hotel to possibility of collaborating as a volunteer.
For everything the web explains everything very well:
https://np-plitvicka-jezera.hr/en/
-MEASURE
Severity of the medium: 2 (2 risk factors)
Orientation of the itinerary: 2. I left without uploading many photos and without putting many prominent sites, why but what grace would you have to go?
Displacement difficulty: 1
Amount of effort: 1
-RPE: 2
-Time: 5h with stops.
Done on 5/11/2019
Waypoints
Information point
1,789 ft
Inicio
Caseta 1 entrance to the park, ticket sales area and information. It is essential to speak English, they speak in Croatian in general, but for information they have people who speak French, Italian, Spanish and German.
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Panorama
Lake
Intersection
1,733 ft
Desvío
We went to the left, without going through the great waterfalls to be able to see it in the end with more time and less people. All a success, since nothing else to arrive was full of people waiting from the footbridge.
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River
Mooring point
1,774 ft
Embarcadero
Walk with panoramic views of Lake Kozjak. They ask you for the entrance to get on board. Point on the map as P3. There is a toilet, garbage, a place to lie down and information, as well as a bar.
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Car park
2,109 ft
Vehículo panorámico
It looks like you're in Jurassic Park. Above they are super silent and respectful with the environment. They did not ask us to enter here. Point on the map as St3. There is toilet, trash and information, plus a bar. There is also a monument next to the river, and if you have time before taking the vehicle, on google maps it seems that if you continue straight on past the stop there is an incredible view of the next lake.
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Car park
1,895 ft
Primera parada
Point on the map as St2. There is toilet, garbage, information a bar and entrance 2 to the park.
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Car park
1,876 ft
Última parada
Point on the map as St1. There is a toilet, garbage and a bar type place. We ate here about 3:00 p.m.
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Waypoint
1,784 ft
Llegada al inicio
Waypoint
1,793 ft
Bajada final
Waterfall
1,816 ft
Catarata
78m of pure fall. If you get as close as possible, I'll let you know that you'll end up dripping, 5 'before it's a good time to take the raincoat out of your backpack.
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Waypoint
1,685 ft
Subida
Fountain
Bus stop
1,798 ft
Parada del bus
Arrival and departure from most destinations and buses. It is not a stop to use, but a crossing with an information booth and where the bus is put aside to pick up people. From here it goes through the entrance 2.
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Easy to follow
Scenery
Easy
Entorno espectacular. Agua, cascadas, lagos, verde, bosque. A pesar de ser un lugar masificado vale la pena visitarlo. La ruta está perfectamente señalizada. Despues de ST2 seguí por la carretera que bordea el lago superior. Es bonito aunque no tan espectacular como el resto. Pero al estar este tramo fuera del recorrido C del parque estuvimos solos en este tramo. Contraste grande con el resto del recorrido muy masificado
Gracias por compartir y por las explicaciones, fue bien saber a lo que ibamos de antemano.