Plitvice Lakes

Water

Sixteen lakes that pour into each other, in the forests of Croatia.

The Plitvice Lakes lie one above the other like steps, joined by dozens of waterfalls. The water is so clear that you can see fish and fallen trees on the bottom, and it changes from green to blue with the light.

The dams between the lakes were not built by people. They are made of a soft stone that the water itself lays down, and they grow by about a centimetre a year.

lakes
16
the highest waterfall
78 m
World Heritage since
1979
Plitvice Lakes on the map