The Plitvice Journal

The lakes, in depth

Articles that go past the logistics — the tufa, the lakes' history and the landscape of Lika around them.

Planning a visit instead? Start with the practical guides.

Dozens of thin streams of water falling over a moss-covered rock face into a pool, with broad-leaved green plants in the foreground

Plitvice Lakes Accommodation: Park Hotel, Campsites and Villages

Where to stay at Plitvice Lakes: Hotel Jezero by Entrance 2, the Korana and Borje campsites, the closed Plitvice and Bellevue hotels, village rooms and Korenica.

Aerial view of a long blue lake with a wooded island and a small white boat, above smaller turquoise lakes divided by reeds and crossed by a wooden boardwalk

Reference

Plitvice Lakes Map Explained: All Sixteen Lakes and Where They Are

How to read a Plitvice Lakes map: the sixteen lakes from Prošćansko down to Novakovića Brod, Upper and Lower Lakes, the entrances, boat docks and viewpoints.

Aerial view of a tall waterfall pouring down a cliff into a gorge, with people on a wooden boardwalk beside turquoise pools and a lower cascade in the foreground

Geology

Plitvice Waterfalls: The Great Waterfall, Sastavci and How They Form

The Plitvice waterfalls explained: how tall the Great Waterfall really is, where Sastavci and the Prštavci falls are, and how tufa builds and drowns the falls.

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