I remember reading this on Instagram “Take a quiet walk with mother nature. It will nurture your mind, body and soul”
There is a reason why we call nature and earth as mother, because they are BEAUTIFUL 😉 It is out of our imagination, the surprises it holds.
Plitvice (pronounced as Pleet-veet-she) gives a feeling of peace and tranquility. The clarity and the color of the water against the various backdrops is a photographer’s dream. It is largely undiscovered jewel that should be one of world wonders.
This is huge park with chain of 16 terraced lakes joined by waterfalls that extend into a limestone canyon. As our itinerary had changed in the last moment we just had one day to see Whole Park which is quite an impossible stuff. Good idea to stay for an overnight at least to see the complete park at leisure.
There are 2 entry ways to the park but I think the best option was to take the entrance 2. The queue at the main entrance (Entrance 1) was very long.
There are several different paths (labeled with alphabets A, B, C etc) around the lakes ranging in both time and difficulty. The forests and paths are very well maintained and have sign about the trail in proper places.
A complete run through the park can be done in approx 6-8 hours.
From afar, the lake has a vivid, turquoise shade, and up close, one can see clear waters teeming with fish! Beautiful network of lakes with a unique bluish-green color due to the calcium carbonate in the water. In order to maintain this color, the water must not be agitated; hence people aren’t allowed to go swimming. There are a variety of longer trail circuits through the forest park. We could see the small beautiful lakes and waterfall. However, there are a number of stairs at various locations; the park is huge and too crowded too. And sometimes the crowd stopped moving where something was more beautiful. You need to wait to go further but worth to wait, and not annoying at all. One main thing you need is to be patient 🙂 .This is a place that is unique on the face of the earth. Every time we came around a turn in the path, there was another unbelievable view. I have discovered one piece of paradise on Plitvice Lake.
The upper lake took almost 5 hours and we were running out of time as we had our bus back to another city in about 3 hours. When we reached the boat stop from where we had to take a short boat trip toward lower lake the queue was huge! I was very disappointed to see this huge queue at first and thought its of no use waiting as waiting here would mean missing our bus.
I had almost made up my mind to go back and forget the lower lakes, but you see where there is a will there is a way!
When we were trying to get back, I did a little cheat (I know cheating isn’t good but I had to :)) and we just managed to sneak in at the place close to boat entrance J and finally we were towards the lower lake.
The lower lakes have an amazing deep aqua color due to the type of rock there. There are multiple waterfalls, which range from gorgeous to spectacular. These are all easily accessible via walkways that have been constructed to prevent tourists trampling and damaging the environment, but also, to enable most able bodied persons to view these amazing sights without needing to be super hikers. Nature in its fullness!
I wonder the experience of being alone in the whole national park would have made me feel like being in Jurassic park…hehe:-P
One of the main reason to not to miss the lower lakes (which is close to Entrance 1) was due to the biggest water fall of the park- Veliki Slap. It is 78 metre in height.
This place had added another dimension to my Croatian adventure. Photos don’t do justice to this beautiful park, because they can’t capture either the sheer scope of the park and all its waterfalls, or the sound of the water cascading from one level to the next all around you.
Boardwalks allow you to weave your way between, around, over and next to the dozens of waterfalls in this serene setting, and now I know why millions of people visit this park each year.
This park far surpassed even my wildest dreams of the beauty that is possible to experience.
Piece of advice –Buying an online ticket would save lot of time. In peak season (July – Aug) there are around 10000 people visiting daily.
Wear comfortable shoes and carry lot of water and food to eat.
Absolutely stunning photos, thanks for sharing. Can you recommend any places of natural beauty to visit near to Split at all? We are going there this year. Have just started a poetry blog here on WordPress in case you have time to have a look? Have a good day, Sam 🙂
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Stunning scenery. I have a new destination in my bucket list!
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Lovely photos!
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This place looks like heaven…so beautiful ❤
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breathtaking beauty of nature 🙂 and you yourself are a beautiful creation of God. Stay blesses. Thank you enlightening us
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Breathtakingly beautiful!
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Amazingly amazing… Is there a place really exist 🙂 nicely captured place (y)
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I wanna visit it…It is freaking gorgeous
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Enjoyed the pictures. Beautiful. Thanks for your recent visit to my blog.
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Beautiful spot! Looks wonderful 🙂
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Gorgeous place, perfect photos. Thank you for sharing.
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I can set you looking beautiful too in that nature
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Superb place
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Ansolutely heavenly place and you look so gorgeous !!
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Wow what a beautiful place! thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for bringing the stunning natural beauty of Croatia to my attention. I wish I could visit someday!
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What a beautiful spot I have never heard of.
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Looks wonderful, Sally. Hopefully I’ll get there one day 🙂
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Absolutely Gorgeous!!!
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Many thanx for sharing the photos and info about this beautiful place.
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Absolutely glorious! 🙂
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It is sooo beautiful!!!
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I love your pix and your storytelling 😀 ! Thanks for finding me… I adore these exotic finds!
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YOU are so pretty.
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Well, barely an undiscovered gem with 10000 people visiting daily! 😀 Anyway, lovely photos and experience, I’m sure. I was about 14 when I was there. Oh, and regarding pronunciation it’s more Pleet-veet-tze.
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We must add this to our bucket list. Incredible park and you did a great job of displaying the photographs. Thank you for sharing.
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Wow, that water looks amazing. What a cool place.
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Wonderful array of beautiful photos with fabulous explanations.
Makes me want to go.
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Wow… Speechless seeing the pics and reading your narration about Pleet-veet-she….. Yes, as you said, photos cannot do justice to this amazing place fully. You are lucky to experience this cool place on earth. Keep traveling and take us along:)
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This seems to be something like Heaven on Earth
😘
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Beautiful. Lovely post.
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Wow….I just can imagine how beautiful heaven must be…. So enchanting…
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Lovely post and pictures.
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Stunning photographs! Such a beautiful place! And for all that walking and trekking about you remained looking gorgeous and impeccable! Great post 🙂
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Wow, just gorgeous, the scenery and photos of you! Who was your photographer? Fabulous.
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Wha a beautiful place ~ incredible photos of nature (and of a beautiful lady too!), I can almost feel the fresh air all around. Wonderful.
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Thank you so much😊. Indeed an exquisite place it is. Fresh air and clean water and fish in them😀
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Lovely 🙂
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Thankyou Josh🙂✌🏼️
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The photos are supercool,do u have insta account on this travelougue?
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Thank you Ashik, I have personal Insta account named akksharalovesinsta😉
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Oh, you were there too ! I spent my holidays in Croatia like 3 weeks ago… Plitvice is beautiful, and your pictures too! 🙂
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Wow..I am sure you too had an incredible experience and trip🤗✌🏼️
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Wow!Awesome!😃
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Thankyou Abhishek🙂
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Beautiful photos! Croatia is on my list of places to go and seeing this makes me want to go even more!
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Curiosity and interest are the first step for any trip. Wish you good luck with your trip🙂👍
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This is worderful! Definitely travel goal! I think you just gave me my next vacation spot! 😊 great article!
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Thank you..it’s a perfect vacation place🙂
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You’re true. Photos can’t do justice to this place. Sometimes I feel that the moment I’m experiencing is so difficult to capture in an image or to mention it in words. It’s a See It to Believe It experience. As usual, you’re as charming as the Plitvice landscape.
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That’s why they say , picture speak thousand words😀😉. Thank you so much🙂😊
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Whoa! This place looks magical, I wish I could visit it!
https://shesjustlikeheaven.wordpress.com/
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Thank you Daniela🙂 First desire then aspire. Good luck in advance ☺️👍🏽
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Thanks so much Sally!
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So beautiful, the colours are incredible! What a shame you couldn’t spend longer there.
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Glad you liked the post🙂 I wish to have stayed for weeks..but ocean was waiting for me😉😬
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Amazingly beautiful! I’ve never seen water that pretty in all my life, and the rock cliffs around the water are very cool. Great pics I enjoyed them a lot!!
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Thank you so much. Pleasure is mine 🙂😊✌️
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Wow….great shots of the park….it’s real music to go through the exotic views….
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Thank you so much🙂☺️
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The color of the water is gorgeous! Incredible.
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Turquoise is the color of dream..truly amazing. Thank you🙂
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Again Nice Sets of Shots you have capture. its Amazing
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So beautiful !!
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Reblogged this on John Cowgill's Literature Site and commented:
By the adventurous Sallyporte.
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What a beautiful park.
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The national park is absolutely stunning! Amazing photography!
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This is such a pleasant trail that you had with Mother Earth. Heart warming pictures as well as the quote welcomes readers beautifully.
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Gorgeous!! Is the water warm or cold? I would love to go swimming in the clear water!
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Awesome! If I could fly, and if I could afford it, I’d head there tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
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Really peaceful and beautiful. I do a bit of painting and some of your photos would be inspirational to any painter. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much for the sweet compliment. You could give me the royalty payment then, would be helpful for financing my next trip😬😄
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Your photos are lovely and so are you.
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Thank you so much Jane🙂
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Gorgeous. Incredible to think of experiencing that all alone or with one other person.
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Oh man, I love this place ❤ Just as stunning as when I visited years ago 🙂 Well, your pictures are a lot more stunning because my camera from back then was very shitty 😀
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The pictures are so surreal and you look gorgeous.
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Thank you so much Arohi🙂😊
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You are welcome always Sally 🙂
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nice post
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You brought me my virtual moment of zen. I could imagine hearing the falls, feeling the sun on my face, seeing the blueness of the water. Thank you so much for my afternoon break!
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That’s a real feast for the eyes, such beauty in nature!!
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Thank you so much🙂✌🏼️
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Very beautiful…..the place, the person and the wear as well……
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Thankyou soooo much steve😊
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That looks amazing! Making me want to explore Croatia someday. 😃
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Curiosity should be the compass for any trip🙂😉 isn’t it..
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Haha! Indeed! 😃
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The word “beautiful” is inadequate here. This is a real-life fairyland.
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Rightly said, this place is no less than a fairyland🙂✌️
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Wow! This Lake is beautiful! The crowds on the boardwalk are a little daunting, but maybe in the off-season it would be a little better?
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True that, because of the peak season. But in overall was quite manageable.
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