Plitvice Lake National Park, Croatia

Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia's most well-known national park, and it is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is a popular tourist site all year and a must-see for any Croatian visitor. It is well-known for its system of cascading lakes, which connects sixteen beautiful lakes by cascades and waterfalls. The park is really stunning. The primary attraction of the park is its sixteen lakes, which are separated into two sections - Gornja jezera (Upper Lakes) and Donja Jezera (Lower Lakes), as well as numerous waterfalls and cascades.

Located in Lika and bounded by the mountains Mala Kapela, Medveak, and Gornja Pljeevica, the National Park covers an area of just under 30 thousand hectares (about 300 square kilometers), including forests (14 thousand hectares), water, meadows, pastures, and scattered hamlets (Rastovaa, Poljanak, Jezerce, and Plitvica). It is home to eleven different forest ecosystems, including beech, fir, spruce, and pine species. Bears, wolves, otters, wild boars, skunks, squirrels, rabbits, foxes, and other bird species may also be found in the park. Plitvice Lakes National Park was established in April 1949, recognizing the area to be of great natural beauty. That was Croatia's first National Park. Later on, in 1979, Plitvice was put by UNESCO on the of World's cultural and natural inheritance.

Worldpackers has 34 fantastic hosts in Croatia, all of them are located in the country's most gorgeous settings. Most destinations are within a 4-hour drive of the Plitvice Lakes. The nearest volunteering opportunity to the lakes is in the little village of Vojnic, where you may take part in an intriguing permaculture project and demonstrate your farming, gardening, or cooking abilities. You can reach the famed national park in less than an hour from here, making it ideal for a day trip!

Location: Lika-Senj County, Karlovac County, Croatia