Plitvice Lakes National Park

The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls.

These geological processes continue today. The forests in the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.

Plitvice is composed of sixteen interlocking lakes that are generally visited in two groups: the Upper lakes and the Lower lakes.

Upper Lakes.

The scenery of the Upper Lakes is wilder and more spectacular, making it well worth the effort of getting there.

Proscansko Lake It's the largest and highest of the Upper lakes and the most remote as it's surrounded by dense forest.

Ciginovac , just below is this much smaller lake.

Okrugljak, this lake is known for its long cave that contains two halls and a small pond.

Batinovac, Great Lake, Small Lake, Vir or Small Burget Okrugljak and Proscansko feed into these lakes that are ravishing in spring when the dams and barriers between them are sprinkled with hundreds of small waterfalls.

Galovac Galovac wins the beauty contest of all the Upper Lakes.

Milino Lake is a tiny lake.

Gradinsko Lake is surrounded by reeds, this lake is a favourite nesting place of ducks.

Great Burget is more of a pond than a lake.

Kozjak This is the largest lake of the Plitvice lake system and is the last lake in the Upper Lakes. In the middle of the lake is a small oval island which now contains a restaurant.

Lower Lakes

It's a different feeling here in the Lower Lakes. The steep shores are surrounded by cliffs and there are an abundance of grottoes and caves.