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Croatia19 Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia is one of the oldest national parks in Southeast Europe. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register.

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Croatia19 Plitvice Lakes National Park

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  1. 19 CROATIA Plitvice Lakes 4 National Park

  2. Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of the oldest national parks in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register. The national park was founded in 1949 and is situated in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The protected area extends over 296.85 square kilometres. The national park is world famous for its lakes arranged in cascades. Currently, 16 lakes can be seen from the surface. These lakes are a result of the confluence of several small rivers and subterranean karst rivers. The lakes are all interconnected and follow the water flow. They are separated by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action of moss, algae, and bacteria Electrically-powered tourist boat on the Lake Kozjak (internet image)

  3.  Electrically-powered tourist boats on the largest upper lake (Kojak)

  4.    iridescent aquamarine waters 

  5.  Fish in the crystal-clear water. European chubs are driving away trouts

  6. Kozjak lake (Goat lake) On the island in the middle of the lake farmers used to protect their goats from wolves. The name originates from a legend, according to which 30 young goats were running away from wolves during winter. They drowned in the lake as the thin ice layer cracked

  7. About 400 years ago, Lake Kozjak consisted of two lakes separated by a fall about 40 m high

  8. The lakes are renowned for their distinctive colors, ranging from azure to green, grey or blue. The colors change constantly depending on the quantity of minerals or organisms in the water and the angle of sunlight

  9. Each year, more than 1.1 million visitors are recorded.

  10. Lake Kozjak

  11. Waiting a boat for the ride across Lake Kozjak. Boats leave every 30mins

  12. Kozjak Lake is the largest lake in Plitvice, and it is the one that connects the Lower and Upper Lakes together

  13. Milanovac lake

  14. According to a legend, the lake was named after a shepherd called Mile who drowned in it, or after the miller Mile Perišić who owned a mill at the lake

  15. Named, Milanovacki Slapovi, this waterfall spills into Milanovac Jezero; about 20 metres high, the waterfall can be seen from both sides of the gorge

  16. Cascade between Kozjak lake and Milanovac lake

  17. Waterfall between Milanovac and Gavanovac lakes called Slap Milke Trnine, named after a world famous Croatian opera singer (1863 –1941)

  18. MilkaTrnina in 1897 made ​​a generous donation for the construction of footpaths and more in the Plitvice national park

  19. A walk through the limestone canyon of the lower Lakes to the “Great Waterfall”

  20. Surrounding the lake, is a rim of more than 20 meter high limestone rock

  21. Boardwalk between lakes Gavanovac & Kaluderovac

  22. Boardwalk across the lake, and view the cascades falling over the barrier between the lakes Gavanovac and Kaluderovac

  23. There is a legend to this lake that says the Gavanova treasure disappeared into this lake

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