{"id":10378,"date":"2019-11-11T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T18:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/?p=10378"},"modified":"2019-11-11T10:32:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T18:32:18","slug":"exploring-krka-national-park-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/exploring-krka-national-park-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Krka National Park, Croatia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon we got to explore Krka National Park with sunny skies before the next round of rain clouds show up tonight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039665471\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039665471_c0d7e14a97_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s off-season, we get to pay a discounted rate. We paid 30 kuna for adults and 20 kuna for kids 7-13 years old. Luka is 7 but didn&#8217;t get charged so our grand total today was 100 kuna ($14.85 as of 11\/2019).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039693932\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039693932_5b9eafde59_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can take a free shuttle down to the start of the Skradinski buk hike but we opted for the 875m walk down a rocky path instead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039907377\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039907377_909da6c09e_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039167658\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039167658_88bd538601_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way down, we admired the changing foliage and used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/\">iNaturalist app<\/a> to ID flowers, plants and trees along way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039693747\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039693747_c025d9d9cd_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039166933\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039166933_a3f1bf1185_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our first glimpse of the Krka River.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039540286\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039540286_4b2d304649_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the start of the 2 kilometer trail around Skradinski buk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039035163\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039035163_a87229198b_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the flora and fauna here, Krka is also home to watermills of the past.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039158038\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039158038_2c6b5e0e7e_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, these mills were used to grind wheat and corn, and also for making cloth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039753187\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039753187_fcdc908568_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Posing on a fake donkey.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49038972023\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49038972023_3a908e9548_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luckily nobody fell in during our hike over the cascading waters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039166373\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039166373_a10e2a674c_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not even clumsy me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039692362\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039692362_847c044bbe_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or the one who inherited my clumsiness either. Woohoo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039886317\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039886317_46c970afd5_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost made it to our first viewpoint of the falls.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039753987\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039753987_0ac47fb1bf_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WOW!!!! Really loving the pops of color from autumn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039480196\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039480196_a0c27b8753_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039187913\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039187913_65f162a85f_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiked down a rocky path to see it even closer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039480131\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039480131_8c64b475c8_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039753182\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039753182_2c40336940_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A photo from the long foot bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039887292\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039887292_3b695814f6_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039478266\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039478266_731cbf15eb_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the summer, you can swim under these falls but they shut down swimming on October 1st. The kids would have loved swimming here but soaking in the sights off-season without crowds is a treat as well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039034538\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039034538_19ce732cbb_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49038973883\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49038973883_89eefc505e_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another view of the falls as we near the end of the trail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039887197\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039887197_f75c92b82f_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We finished our hike around the falls just in time to catch the free shuttle back up to the park&#8217;s entrance. Luka really appreciated our timing for his tired legs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"49039886912\" alt=\"Krka National Park, Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49039886912_0a3e29a87c_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a little video I created for Instagram stories. A proper VLOG will replace this once Dan creates it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OzoODLvRUc4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for following our full-time adventures around the world,<br \/>\nMarlene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon we got to explore Krka National Park with sunny skies before the next round of rain clouds show up tonight. Since it&#8217;s off-season, we get to pay a discounted rate. We paid 30 kuna for adults and 20 kuna for kids 7-13 years old. 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