Photos of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

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Plitvice Lakes National Park

The Plitvice Lakes National Park is probably Croatia's most popular tourist attraction, a chain of 16 terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls, extending into a limestone canyon. It is the oldest and the largest national park in Croatia - it was declared a national park in 1949 and was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979.

Water mill
 
Lake Kozjak
 
Waterfalls, Lake Milanovac
 
Waterfalls, Plitvice Lakes
 
Waterfall
 
Lake Milanovac
 
View to Veliki Slap
 
Veliki Slap
 
View to Lake Milanovac
 
Lake Milanovac and lower lakes
 
Lake Milanovac and Lake Kozjak
 
Veliki Prštavac
 
Galovački buk
 
Galovački buk
 
Upper lakes
 
Foot path
 
Waterfall on Jezero Okrugljak
 
Along Jezero Kozjak
 

The Korana river flows through a karst landscape via rich forests; limestone tufa barriers created those lakes, connected by waterfalls. The total height difference between the lakes themselves is only 135 metres. Many walking trails and boardwalks allow access to all lakes and beautiful waterfall views.

Twelve upper lakes of different sizes have three waterfalls connecting them, the water flowing into Jezero Kozjak, the largest lake. The Korana river continues over two waterfalls to the other lower lakes. The Plitvica river joins, flowing over the highest waterfall, Veliki Slap, 70 metres tall. The Korana river continues northward, eventually forming a border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.