NP Kornati
Kornati national park, with its 89 islands and rocks and total
surface of 302 square kilometers, is a unique island group in the Mediterranean
sea . Landscape and panorama are very interesting for boater and numerous park
visitors. The wild beauty of rocks, clear blue sky, secluded bays, incredible
contrasts of the nature, and especially the world of silence, are a unique
experience. Under the sea level, there is a real treasure hidden. Sea cliffs,
caves (grotto), holes, meadows under the sea level with beautiful flower of
Psedonia and a sea plant Palm Sunday, corals and shells, they all represent the
priceless treasure which is present in the whole area of the national park.
http://www.kornati.hr
NP Plitvicka jezera
The best known of all Croatian National Parks, part of the
UNESCO World Heritage. It includes a string of 16 lakes which are connected by
waterfalls naturally created by limestone barriers. Most of the area of the Park
is covered by pine forests. Various animals live in the Park, brown bear and
wolf among them; many of them are the species whose numbers are dwindling in the
wild.
http://www.np-plitvicka-jezera.hr
NP Krka
Krka national park covers 14200 hectares in the region of towns
Šibenik, Drniš and Knin, and spreads over the area which begins at the fort
Nečmen and Trošelj under the noisy waterfalls Manjolovac, Risnjak and Miljacka,
over the 26 meters high waterfall “Roški slap”, the lake “Visovačko jezero” and
the waterfall “Skradinski buk” (46 m), which is the biggest chalk barrier in
Europe, and extends to the lake “Prokljansko jezero” and the sunken rivermouth
in the Šibenik bay. Numerous historical and cultural monuments give this park
special importance: Franciscan monastery on the island Visovac and monastery
Krka. Among many picturesque villages in the region of the park, the most
interesting one is Skradin, a village listed and protected as a historic
monument.
http://www.npkrka.hr
NP Paklenica
The most beautiful and individual natural and other sights of
Velebit are joined together in the national park Paklenica which is one of the
most attractive natural-scientific and touristic destination of the north-east
Mediterranean Sea. You can follow the park paths, you can see magnificent
canyons, you can admire the cave “Manita peć”, you can observe the climbers
climbing rocks, swim in the crystal clear sea, enjoy domestic cuisine, you can
get to know the life and friendly people: small things for a big experience.
http://www.paklenica.hr
NP Sjeverni Velebit
The National Park comprises the most interesting and attractive
part of the highest regions of Velebit. It includes the Strict Natural Reserves
of Rozanski and Hajducki kukovi with their magnificent karst formations and the
Lukina jama, one of the deepest caves in the world and well-known Velebit
Botanical Garden.
http://www.np-sjeverni-velebit.hr
Park prirode Telašćica
Nature Park Telašćica Nature Park Telašćica on the south-east
part of Dugi otok together with 13 surrounding islands and islets, makes a
marvelous harmony of the nature on the 70,5 sq.m. There is a contrast of quiet
bays with rough cliffs, the area of the wood complex of the Alpine pine trees
and holly oak macchia on side, with bare rocky grounds on the other side, the
area of cultivated fields of vineyards and olive-trees, as well as the area of
rocky grassland. Mediterranean vegetation with more than 400 species of plants,
numerous rare and endemic.
www.telascica.hr
Park prirode Vransko jezero
The natural phenomenon, the lake “Vransko jezero”, is situated
near the Pakoštane on the onshore side of the road “Jadranska cesta” and has
every right to be called Nature Park . This is the biggest natural lake in
Croatia , covering 30,7 square kilometers and is actually the sunken Karst
valley which is about 14 km long, 4 km wide and 3,9 m deep. As natural
phenomenon, it offers many interesting sights, it is a habitat and a protected
ornithological reserve of numerous and rare wading birds. There is a small
colony of egrets and small crows, staying there over the whole year, as well. It
is an important resting and feeding place of various wading birds during their
migrations and their life in winter.
www.vransko-jezero.hr
Park prirode Velebit
Velebit – 'The Grand Mountain' – surely deserves the name it was
given. It is the largest mountain in the country and, since it was declared a
nature park in 1981, the largest protected natural area in Croatia. In
1978.UNESCO declared Velebit a world’s biosphere reserve. Two national parks (Paklenica
and Sjeverni Velebit), flora and fauna diversity, and a significant number of
endemic species are a proof of its unique value.
www.pp-velebit.hr