Plitwich Lakes National Park Day
Description:
April 8 is Plitwich Lakes National Park Day in Croatia. It is located in the upper reaches of the Qur’an, between the Velika and Mala Capela and Pleševica mountain ranges, mainly composed of limestones. The area is about 19 thousand hectares (1974).
It was created in 1949 to protect a unique cascade (with a height difference of 156 m) of 16 karst lakes, terrace-shaped and connected by ducts. 140 waterfalls, many caves, grottoes and springs. Forests of beech, fir, fir, fir, yew, and other breeds. There is a bear, a fox, a deer, a boar.
The park is visited by about 200 thousand tourists a year.