The Plitvice Lakes were declared a national park in 1949. This is a wooded highland habitat where 16 remarkable lakes of varying sizes can be found, each with crystal clear, turquoise waters. The water is channeled into the area by numerous rivers and streams, forming lakes that cascade into one another through a network of noisy, foaming waterfalls. Visitors from all over the world are drawn each year by the amazing beauty of the lakes and waterfalls; the abundance of flora and fauna; the contrasting colours; the forests and mountain air; the walks along forest trails and across wooden bridges, and they often stay at the variety of small, homely and luxurious hotels and restaurants in the vicinity. 

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