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February 29th, 2008
Whoops. Forbes magazine has turned its lofty attention to Eastern Europe in the latest online issue. And that’s a good thing for Croatia even though Croatians consider themselves part of Mediterranean Europe, thank you very much.
Plitvice Lakes National Park is an “exceptional” Eastern Europe site and fully deserves its mention as one of the region’s top ten highlights. But it’s important to get the facts right. Contrary to the article’s advice that the park is “great for hiking, boating, camping and sightseeing” there is, in fact, no camping allowed in the National Park. Plitvice Lakes custodians guard the integrity of the fragile environment with scrupulous care and camping is not part of the plan. But you can camp outside the park in Korana, only 6km away.
And, by the way, it’s not a place to go “boating” either. There is an authorized park boat that takes you around a few of the larger lakes but that’s it. But it’s true that hiking is wonderful and the wooden walkways linking the lakes and waterfalls make sightseeing a pleasure.
Read more about Plitvice Lakes National Park.
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