NP Krka
Embrace the beauty of untouched nature and feel the breath of history in the fortresses of ancient Croatian nobles.
Only 30-minutes from Vodice flows the pearl and the pride of this region, the river Krka with its many waterfalls, lakes and canyons. It is changeable and upredictable, a beauty that seduces. Sometimes it is quiet and motionless and sometimes it flows wildly and vivaciously over the canyons and flows into lakes and ponds and into the sea, and it breaks into stones and rocks and scatters its pearls of fresh sweet water. Embrace the beauty of untouched nature and feel the breath of history in the fortresses of ancient Croatian nobles.
National Park Krka with its majestic and wild travertine waterfalls, medieval fortresses, monasteries and archeological sites, is one of the most beautiful destinations in Croatia. Situated in the Šibenik – Knin county, the second most visited national park in Croatia is comprised of 109 km² of the river Krka and the lower part of Čikola river.
The best way to sightsee is by a boat. NP Krka offers boat excursions to Visovac, Roški slap, the Krka monastery and medieval fortresses Trošenj and Nečven.
If you enter the Park through the entrance Skradin, every hour you can get on a boat that will take you to Skradinski buk. Keep in mind that other boat excursions and a guide you’ll need to pay for separately from your entrance ticket. If you want to explore Krka’s ancient history, visit the archeological site Burnum, where you can find remains of an amphitheatre with a capacity of between 6,000 to 10,000 people. There is also the unique Oziđana pećina, a cave that contains a collection of archeological findings from the neolitic, eneolitic and early and middle Bronze age.
Bilušića buk waterfall was mined four times in order to prevent floods in the neighbouring Kninsko polje. Despite that, it has managed to save it’s beauty and charm.
If you come in springtime and visit the Brljan waterfall you will see the contrast of the pearly water and lush vegetation in its most impressive way.
Manojlovački waterfall is the highest waterfall easuring 32,2 meters. Many tourist find it the most beautiful of all seven waterfalls.
Underneath the Miljacka waterfall there is the hydroplant Miljacka, which was once the most powerful hydroplant in Europe. In the vicinity, there’s also Miljacka II cave, known for its endemic animal species like the olm (“human fish”) and the long fingered bat.
One of the most beautiful and interesting experiences will be the phenomena of the “silver necklaces”, at the very beginning of the sixth waterfall, the Roški waterfall. The silver necklaces are actually short cascades over which the Krka river overflows.
The most famous and the longest waterfall is Skradinski buk, specific for its unusual appearance due to the seventeen steps distributed along the 800 meters in length over which the river flows.
