plitvice lakes national park
ABOUT THE TWO ENTRANCES
The park has two entrances, entrance 1/A and entrance 2/B. Entrance 1 is the main entrance and is the entrance we found accommodation at and started our walking trail at. I think it doesn't really matter where which entrance you stay near or begin at, because there is a very efficient shuttle bus in the park that can take you from one entrance to another and this bus is free with your park entrance ticket and comes every half hour. Also, you can always take trails back to front, etc, if you wanted. It's just that you would be going in the other direction to the majority of the crowd. However if I had to choose, I would say to find accommodation & start at entrance 1/A because a really good route I recommend you to take starts at entrance 1/A.
HOW LONG TO SPEND AT PLITVICE LAKES?
Plitvice Lakes is a popular day trip option but when you factor in the 2+ hour drives both ways, it can make for one hectic day! We stayed overnight nearby and found this to be a much less a stressful day as we could spend two half days at the park with the first half day following the trail and the second half day going back to our favourite spots and seeing some things we missed. Plus, you get to see the park in the early hours of the morning and near sunset and it's during these hours that Plitvice Lakes is most empty (as the day-trippers are on-route) so you get the national park all to yourselves!
WHICH SIGHTSEEING TRAIL ROUTE TO TAKE AT PLITVICE LAKES?
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