PLNP is the largest of Croatia’s national parks and although we’ve only hiked two others in Croatia, Krka and Paklenica, I can’t imagine there’s any more beautiful…….it’s absolutely stunning and jaw-dropping. Plitvice was proclaimed a national park in 1949 and 30 years later was included in UNESCO’s list of World Natural Heritage sites and has a surface area of over 294 square km. Today we spent almost six glorious hours hiking in the park and were overwhelmed by the beauty…..especially the waterfalls which were continuous! There’s no way to describe it really, but there’s a quote by a 1937 researcher, Iva Pevalek, who said “there are water, lakes, waterfalls and forest elsewhere! but Plitvice Lakes are unique”….they simply must be seen! Jim, Marilyn and I agree……I will attach some photos but the beauty cannot be captured. Marilyn’s beauty, however, was captured in the same three photos I posted on Paklenica but I will be more cautious this time……she’s so little I missed her when I was looking through the photos.