Plitvice Lakes National Park, composed of 19.5 hectares of woods, lakes and waterfalls. Its most popular National Park and a World Heritage Site in Croatia. The 16 lakes are a stunning turquoise and spill over into waterfalls and bubbling streams. The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams. The stars of the park are bears and wolves, but there are also deer, boar, rabbits, foxes and badgers. There are over 120 different species of bird such as hawks, owls, cuckoos, thrushes, starlings, kingfishers, wild ducks and herons.
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