Krka National Park

If Plitvice Lakes park isn't convenient, try Krka National Park, another land of lakes and waterfalls. As another karstic terrain, the national park is full of porous rock through which the Krka river has carved lakes, cascades and caverns.

There's also the Krka Monastery which dates back to the 14th century and the Visovac Monastery in the middle of gleaming Lake Visovac.

Visiting the Park

From Skradin, take a short boatride to Skradinski buk and then explore the falls by wooden walkway. The best feature is that, unlike Plitvice Lakes, you can swim in the lower lake.

Boats to Skradinski buk leave every hour in season but from Skradinski buk there are only one or two boats a day that go further up the falls to Roski Slap or Lake Visovac. The park is partly visited on foot, as walkways take you around the lower falls, and partly visited by boat.

Travel tip: Contact the National Park Office before you arrive and try to get the boat schedule so you can visit the entire park.

Travel to Krka National Park

The park is an easy 1/2 hour drive from Sibenik, on Croatia's central Dalmatian coast and there are regular daily buses from Sibenik if you don't have a car. Travel agencies in Sibenik and Zadar sell excursions to the National Park if you're pressed for time.