13/08/2026
Croatia has eight national parks. These five are the ones worth building a trip around.
→ Plitvice — 16 lakes joined by waterfalls. The travertine barriers grow a few centimetres a year, so the park is constantly re-plumbing itself. That turquoise is minerals, not a filter.
→ Krka — Skradinski Buk drops 46 metres over seventeen travertine steps. Twenty minutes from our door, which means you’re there before the tour buses.
→ Brijuni — fourteen islands, no cars. Roman ruins, dinosaur footprints, an olive tree that’s been fruiting for about 1,600 years, and a safari park stocked with animals world leaders gave Tito.
→ Paklenica — sea level to 1,757 m. Two canyons cut straight into Velebit, and Anića k*k rises 350 metres in one wall: the biggest climbing face in Croatia.
→ Kornati — 89 islands, no roads, almost nobody. A morning’s sail from Šibenik.
Three of the five are a day trip from Šibenik. That’s the whole reason we tell guests to keep a day open.
Which one are you doing first? 👇
Save this for your Croatia trip.
📍 Šibenik, Hrvatska
