National parks and Nature parks
National Parks
National Park Plitvice Lakes
Plitvice Lakes are the most famous and oldest Croatian National Park, entered on the World Natural Heritage List of UNESCO. It is known for its magnificent travertine waterfalls which create clear lakes in a constant biodynamic process of travertine creation. As a result of that process, a series of 16 cascade-lined larger and several smaller lakes, which are the most picturesque part of this Park, was created…
National Park Brijuni
National Park Brijuni is an archipelago of 14 islands and islets. It is located along the southwest coast of Istria and renowned for its special climate, landscape and cultural-historical features. Except for the islands, the whole costal area is under protection…
National Park Kornati
Kornati are the most indented archipelago in the Mediterranean, and it is located in North Dalmatia not far from Šibenik. This labyrinth of sea and rock consists of 140 uninhabited islands, islets and reefs with an area of only about seventy square kilometers…
National Park Krka
Famous for its numerous waterfalls, formed by deposition of travertine (special kind of limestone) just like the waterfalls in Plitvice Lakes. The National Park comprises the largest part of the river with the surrounding coastal area of the historic town of Knin…
National Park Mljet
National Park Mljet is located on the western part of the same-named island Mljet. Autochthonous forests of Holm oak and Aleppo pine cover more than 90% of the Park’s surface providing it with special biological and aesthetic value and it is therefore often called the “Green Island”…
National Park Paklenica
Paklenica includes the most attractive parts of southern Velebit, the largest Croatian mountain, including its highest peaks. This relatively small area has an abundance of geomorphological forms, diverse flora and fauna, attractive landscapes and intact nature…
National Park Risnjak
Risnjak is a forested mountain massif not far from the city of Rijeka that got its name after the lynx (ris), its best known inhabitant. Park extends from 300 to 1.500 meters above sea level and being located where the Alps meet the Dinaric Range and where the Mediterranean gradually gives way to the Pannonia Plain, it combines almost all the forest types of the areas and contains numerous plant and animal species…
National Park Northern Velebit
Sjeverni Velebit (Northern Velebit) is the youngest Croatian National Park, established in 1999. It comprises the most attractive and, in terms of nature, the most valuable areas of the northern part of Velebit. It was proclaimed a national park for its wealth and diversity of karst forms, flora, fauna and landscapes located within a small area…
Nature Parks
Nature Park Biokovo
Nature Park Biokovo includes the eponymous mountain range of Biokovo, with an area of 195.5 square meters. It was declared as Nature Park in 1981. Park is administratively located in Split-Dalmatia County…
Nature Park Kopački rit
The Nature Park Kopački rit is considered one of the most preserved fluvial-wetlands in Europe characterized by outstanding beauty of landscape and rich biodiversity. It is located in Baranja, in the northeast Croatia…
Nature Park Lonjsko polje
With it area of 50,650 hectares, Nature Park Lonjsko polje is the biggest wetland area not only in Croatia, but also in the entire Danube area…
Nature Park Medvednica
Nature Park Medvednica is located in Zagreb County. The main feature of the Nature Park Medvednica are forests (beech, fir, maple, ash and sessile oak) of great biological value due to which 8 forest reserves are protected within the Park…
Nature Park Papuk
Nature Park Papuk covers the largest part of the mountain Papuk, and partially of Krndija in the general direction northwest – southeast. It covers an area of 336 km2 (33 600 hectares). Almost 95% of the Park’s surface is covered with forests which are under special protection in some sites due to their scientific and landscape value…
Nature Park Telašćica
Nature Park Telašćica is located on southeastern part of the island of Dugi Otok, surrounded by 13 islands and islets. It includes six islands within the bay, and was declared a nature park in 1988…
Nature Park Velebit
Velebit is one of the largest in the area of the Dinarides, extends in length about 145 kilometers from Vratnik pass above Senj to the Valley of Zrmanja River in the southeast…
Nature Park Vransko lake
Nature Park Vransko lake is administratively located in Zadar and Šibenik-Knin County. It was declared a Nature Park in 1999 and it spreads on the area of 57 km2. Park represents a geomorphological rarity of our karsts area since it is a cryptodepression filled with mildly salt water in which a specific community of sea organisms developed…
Nature Park Učka
Nature Park Učka is located in the mountain range Učka in Croatia, near the city of Rijeka and covers an area of 160 square kilometers. Owing to reliefs and immediate vicinity of the sea, the Nature Park Učka has a specific microclimate and developed abundant forest vegetation…
Nature Park Žumberak–Samoborsko gorje
The Nature Park Žumberak–Samoborsko gorje is characterized by preserved nature, forests, streams, waterfalls, vineyard covered hills, pastures and traditional farms. It covers the area of 350 km2…
Nature Park Lastovo Archipelago
Lastovo Archipelago is the youngest Croatian Nature Park (declared in 2006). It consists of 44 islands, islets and highly indented coastline, with a total area of 53 km2 and 143 km2 of sea surface, bordered by stone lights Sušac, Tajana, Loggerhead and Struga…