What is useful to know if you want to visit the National Park Krka?

Entrance and parking

There are two official entrances for National Park Krka, if you arrive via motorway A1 there is signs for the exit you need to take, once you are of the highway you have options to choose between the entrances.

Official entrance Lozovac

Road approach either from Sibenik-Tromilja-Lozovac or from Knin-Drnis-Tromilja-Lozovac.

From the entrance Lozovac you can (expect for July and august)* drive to the ethno village inside of the park, this is also the closest entrance for visitors who wants to go to directly to Island Visovac.

If you follow the wooden path form the ethno village you will be back at the village after 2-3 hours depending on walking speed. (You will see lower and mid part of the park)

*During the months of July and August visitors are transported from parking lot on the Lozovac entrance to the Skradinski buk by the buses which of course included in entrance ticket.

Official entrance Skradin ( my favorite)

With car you reach the national park by road from Sibenik-Tromilja-Skradin or from Knin-Drnis-Tromilja-Skradin.

Well arrived in Skradin, you will find parking very close to the center of town, ignore the pushy sales people how try to get you into parking lots at the entrance of  town Skradin (You can always go back to them if main parking is full).

From Skradin you need to go with boat to the national park, boats sail every fill hour, and return from National park at half hours. Last boat leave park around 17.30 in the summer.

The Sailing time from Skradin to Skradinski buk (lower part of national park) is 25 minutes one way, from where the boats arrive there is a 5 minutes walk to the bottom of the waterfalls.

Entrance fee:

Alternative ways to reach Skradin entrance:

To make visit extra special you can also go by boat from Sibenik, boats leave from Sibenik harbor, the trips which is about 1.5 hour will take you trough the -Saint Joseph channel and the Lake Prukljan-Skradin, tours are organized by private tour operators and cost around 300 kuna including park entrance.

When is the best time to visit park:

The National Park Krka is a beautiful sight whole year so no matter when you are on holiday in Croatia, is it worthwhile spending a day on visiting National Park Krka. A special feature for summer visit is that you can swim at the lower part of the parks, so don’t forget your swimsuit.

Excursions:

National park Krka offers a number of guided excursions which can be bought as an ad on to the entrance tickets:

SKRADINSKI BUK – VISOVAC – SKRADINSKI BUK

Skradinski buk is the most attractive part of National Park Krka.

• sightseeing cruise lasts 2 hours (a walk on footpaths, a visit to mills, …)
• A boat trip to the island of Visovac (a ride along the upper part of the Krka River, a visit to Franciscan monastery, church and museum).
• Additional fee – adults 70 Kuna, children 4-14 years old 40 Kuna!

SKRADINSKI BUK – VISOVAC – ROŠKI SLAP – SKRADINSKI BUK

The most attractive way to reach Roški slap is to take one of the excursions boats operated by the National Park Krka. It is also possible to travel to Roški slap by public road.

• Excursion lasts four hours (a ride along the upper Krka River, a visit to Franciscan monastery, sightseeing at Roški slap,…)
• Additional fee – adults 100 Kuna, children 4-14 years old 60 Kuna!

ROŠKI SLAP – KRKA MONASTERY – TROŠENJ and NEČVEN FORTRESSES

• A boat trip which last two and a half hours.
• Additional fee – adults 70 Kuna, children 4-14 years old 40 Kuna!

Accommodation:

You can find accommodations such as rooms, apartments and pensions in the surrounding towns of Skradin, Knin, Primošten, and villages which are located quite near the Krka.

Hotels:

HOTEL VRATA KRKE *** – 49 rooms (double),  Is located in Lozovac, on the main entrance to the NP Krka, 6 km from the highway (Zagreb-Split A1) and 12 km from Šibenik.

Campsites:

CAMP KRKA *** (rooms, apartments, camp),  Is situated on the road to Skradin, only 2.5 km away from the NP Krka, on the surface of 5000m2. The price for two people is 12 Euro.

CAMP MARINA *** (double, triple rooms, pensions, camp), Is situated in Lozovac, on the road to Skradin, 5 km from NP Krka, on the surface of 3000m2.

Other things which might be useful to know:

• You need to bring good walking shoes.
• For swimming bring bathing suit, sun lotion and a towel.
• no swimming outside of the designated areas – if you do you will hear the park rangers (-:
• appropriate clothing for visiting monastery (women must have scarf over the bare shoulders, men must not have too short trousers)
• no diving and hunting with an underwater rifle
• no hunting animals
• no polluting water and discarding garbage

Driving distance to park from major towns:

Sibenik – National park Krka                   KM     20      Time 20 minutes
Zadar – National park Krka                    KM     73      Time 1 hour
Spilt – National park Krka                      KM     92      Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Zagreb – National park Krka                   KM     325     Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Rijeka – National park Krka                    KM     280     Time 3 hours 50 minutes

Official contact details of the Park:

Nacionalni park Krka
Trg Ivana Palva II br. 5
22000 Sibenik
Tel: 385 (0) 22 201777
E-mail:  info@npk.hr

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