PLITVICE LAKES
Plitvice Lakes (Kvarner Highlands, Croatia) is a Municipality located in Lika-Senj district. Administrative center of Municipality Plitvice Lakes is Korenica. You can get to Plitvice Lakes by national road Zagreb-Split. Municipality Plitvice Lakes is consisted of many settlements (43), such as: Bjelopolje, Homoljac, Jezerce, Korana, Kozjan, Licko Petrovo Selo, Mihaljevac, Plitvicka Jezera (Plitvice Lakes), Prijeboj, Zaklopaca and many other. Municipality Plitvice Lakes has around 4700 inhabitants.
Municipality Plitvice Lakes is located on area of 539,08 km2 and includes National Park Plitvice Lakes. Municipality Plitvice Lakes offers accommodation in many apartments in private houses, hotels, camps. It offers many sports and recreation activities that you can enjoy in, such as skiing, horse riding, fishing, rafting on river Una... You can visit many beautiful places, cultural sights, natural beauties. These are some examples:
- Saw-mill Spoljaric in Korana which uses water for wood sawing;
- Hill Mrsinj with remains of fort Mrsinj Grad (1097 m);
- Caves of Barac near Rakovica;
- Shelter for young bears Velebit;
- Memorial center Nikola Tesla in Smiljan dedicated to scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla;
- Kosinjska Dolina (Kosinj Valley) which is natural beauty with rich cultural heritage...
NATIONAL PARK PLITVICE LAKES
National Park Plitvice Lakes was founded in 1949. It is stretching on area of 29 685 hectares. It is consisted of 19 settlements. National Park Plitvice Lakes is located in Lika-Senj district and Karlovac district. It is located around 140 km far from Zagreb and around 219 km far from Split.
Working hours of National Park Plitvice Lakes:
- Winter: 9am - 4pm
- Spring and autumn: 8am - 6pm
- Summer: 7am - 8pm
National Park Plitvice Lakes is one of the most known and most visited National Parks in Croatia (around 860 000 visitors a year). National Park Plitvice Lakes is consisted of carbonate geological ground, karstic terrains, rare surface flows... It also has many caves, wells, fields, limestone peaks...
National Park Plitvice Lakes is consisted of Upper and Lower Lakes. Upper Lakes are: Proscansko Lake, Ciginovac, Okrugljak, Batinovac, Large Lake, Small Lake, Vir, Galovac, Milino Lake, Gradinsko Lake, Burgeti and Kozjak, which is the largest lake. Lower Lakes are: Milanovac, Gavanovac, Kaluderovac and Novakovica Brod.
Largest waterfall in National Park Plitvice Lakes and in Croatia is Great Fall, falling from 78 m high cliff.
On area of National Park Plitvice Lakes have been recorded 1267 plant species. 22 species have been declared as protected species, such as most beautiful orchid in Europe called Cypripedium calceolus. Other plant species recorded in National Park Plitvice Lakes: Zlatna jezicnica (Ligularia sibirica), round leaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)...
More than 80% of National Park Plitvice Lakes is covered with woods. Most spreaded wood is mountain beech wood. Other woods are: wood of black hornbeam, wood of oak... National Park Plitvice Lakes is also consisted of grassland rich with plant life.
Trademark of National Park Plitvice Lakes is a bear, but it is rich with many other animal species, such as butterflies, fishes, birds, bats, wolfs, deers, wild cats, otters...
National Park Plitvice Lakes is beautiful place where you can enjoy in beautiful nature, waterfalls, animal and plant life, breathe the fresh air... According to archeological foundings, area of National Park Plitvice Lakes was inhabitated in Prehistory. There were found remains of fort of Ilirs. Romans also built monastery, which used to be sentry box. Live-stock farmers used to built wooden cottages and small settlements. First hotel was built in 1896. in Velika Poljana. In 1891. Plitvice Lakes were connected with Karlovac with a road. Around 60`s of 20th century, wooden paths and bridges were built on lakes of National Park Plitvice Lakes.
Natural beauties, cultural heritage, historical monuments, rich animal and plant life, those are just some of the reasons why you should visit Plitvice Lakes. You will enjoy in all the beauties it offers, get to be one with nature and everything that it presents.
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