Plitvice lake

By: Klara Fruk, Ana Matizović I Đuka Damjano

Location
The park is situated in the mountainous region of Croatia
 It is between the Mala Kapela mountain range and the Lička Plješivica mountain
range
The park falls within two counties: Lika-Senj (90.7%) and Karlovac (9.3%)
General information
Plitvice Lakes is the oldest and largest national park in the Republic of Croatia
It was proclaimed Croatia’s first national park on 8 April 1949
The park is on the UNESCO World Heritage List
The park is primarily covered in forest vegetation
The most attractive part of the park – the lakes – cover just under 1% of the total
park area
Name Plitvice
The name Plitvice was first mentioned in a written document in 1777 by Dominik
Vukasović, the priest of Otočac
Name was designated due to natural phenomena that have created the lakes
Nature formed shallow basins (Croatian pličina or plitvak, plitko means shallow),
which have been filled with water
The Lakes
The lake system is comprised of 16 named and several smaller unnamed lakes,
cascading one into the next
They are divided into the Upper and Lower lakes
The lakes end in the impressive waterfalls Sastavci, with the Korana River
springing under the base of the falls
Routes
The Plitvice Lakes National Park offers visitors seven different routes to tour the
lake system and four hiking trails
The park is open to visitors year round
Each year, more than 1 million visitors are recorded
Activities
Lake Tour program
Hiking
Rowing
Skiing and sleighing
Cycling
Hotels and campsites
Hotel Jezero *** in the central zone of the Plitvice Lakes National Park
Hotel Plitvice **** located in heart of Plitvice Lakes National Park at the very
doorstep of Park visitor zone
Borje Camp located in a unique pine forest setting
Korana Camp situated alongside the canyon of Korana River
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