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With close to a million visitors the National Park Plitvice lakes is one of the most visited tourist sites in Croatia, since 1949 the area has been declared as a national park and has during they years been expanded several times, so that the national park now covers and area of more than 300 km2, which makes it one of the largest nature parks in Europe.

The parks unique flora and fauna, was one of the main reason why UNESCO in 1979 appointed the National park as a World nature heritage site. On the official homepage of the National park you find detailed information about plants and animals in the park Plitvice homepage

At our last visit here in the beginning of October, the national part was “dressed” in the autumn colors, green, yellow and brown, I think it was quite beautiful?

What do you think?

If you plan to visit National Park Plitvice, maybe you should have look at our  guide to National Park Plitvice

The Adriatic Dolphin Project is the longest consistent study of bottlenose. By participating in the Blue World "Adopt a dolphin" campaign you are supporting the Adriatic Dolphin Project and activities of research and protection of the bottlenose dolphins and their environment around the islands of Lošinj and Cres. Your donation will help the continuation of our work to increase public awareness at local and national level through actions such as the Dolphin Day, educational lectures at libraries, schools and kinder gardens, and the promotion of the overall protection of Lošinj archipelago.

If you are a student of biology, environmental science or geography, or a similar subject and you can suggest a thesis or project please contact us.

College credit may be arranged by the student through their department or as an independent research program at their college or university. The project encourages this, and will take whatever steps are required to facilitate such efforts.

The Adriatic Dolphin Project gives you the opportunity to join our research as a volunteer. It is an unique chance to live the experience of meeting the dolphins in their own environment. Volunteers spend twelve days in our field base in Lošinj and actively participate in our daily routine. This includes collecting data at sea, preparation of boat and equipment, logging of data into the computer,preliminary data analysis, preparation of lecture materials and background reading. Eco-volunteers live with the researchers; they are expected to help in practical everyday jobs such as the preparation of meals or field base maintenance. The motivation of these people involved in the program is of great importance for the project as a whole.

There is no typical day… much of what we do is based on sea conditions. When the sea is calm and the weather is fine, you will prepare your lunch after breakfast and then head for the boat to search for the dolphins. When a group of dolphins is located, the animals are followed at close quarters for as long as it is necessary to take data. The moment the dolphins are sighted, everyone on board has a specific task to fulfil. Your task as project participant is to record; the time, the number and breakdown of animals, their behavioural activity and their names as the researcher calls them out. If the sea is not calm, the team remains at the base co-operating in the data handling and analysis as well as in the everyday activities. One of the other attractions of this project is the unique chance you get to learn more about dolphins and their lifestyle. However, the eco-volunteers are free to visit the island and enjoy its beauty and the clean sea. When you need some time off or some privacy, you must indicate this yourself, as there are no fixed days off. The atmosphere at the project is informal and relaxed and by mutual arrangement many things are possible.

You should remember that this is no ordinary holiday and that the researchers are not tour leaders.

If you want to join us as a volunteer check the positions and dates for the year 2008!

Best Regards from Lošinj !

The place Žrnovnica is 4 km east from Split. Žrnovnica is located in valley surrounded with high hills.

The highest of them is mountain Mosor, trips upward Mosor has become tradition for people from the Split area. The Split mountain association build there mountaineer home in year 1925 and from that association many good mountaineers has taken the route to Mount Everest, Mount Blanc… One of world’s most successful Himalayan climbers is Stipe Bozic from Split. He was the second European, after Messner who climbed Mount Everest twice. He is also the only one who has recorded his trips upward to the top of three highest peaks in the world, he has made three documentary films which have been shown on international film festivals.

If you are admiring climbing and want to now all about Stipe and he’s adventures, beautiful and amazing pictures, itinerary, you can find that here, in Mosor association. Mosor association counts 500 members. They also take care about nature, tracks and roads around mountain, every year the have educational program in mountaineering, speleology and mountain climbing, they Mosor asociation also lectures and organize exhibitions on about mountaineering.

You will possibly not decide to take a route to Mount Everest but you can definitely enjoy in adventures which Mosor gives, from beautiful nature, spectacular view, fresh air and good food which on this mountain places called „mountaineers home“.

But that is not only thing, on Mosor you can also visit observatory. The observatory can be visited by car, just follow the road Split-Žrnovnica-Gornje Sitno, as a very special thing the observatory has sleep over for 20 persons, so evening if you are not making holiday in this area, you can still go and visit and see the beatifull sunset and the stars.

During nice day from highest top of the Mosor you can see Apennine Mountains in Italy.

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This Sunday we together with our Australian friends went to see the National park Krka to see the waterfalls, although we have been here several times, this was our first trip in the winter season. We went to Skradin, which is the southern entrance for the park, he we actually had plan to have lunch in a winery which friends of ours from Split had recommended, unfortunately the place was closed.

From Skradin you can in the summer season go with boats to the lower end of the waterfalls, at this time a year options are by foot or car, so we headed for the blue bridge just outside of Skradin, from where a road leads to the lower end of the waterfalls, the young man at the gate was so kind to inform us that it was actually easier to go to the entrance in Lozovac (7 Km from Skradin).

In Lozovac, you would normally have to park you car app. 1 Km from the waterfalls and take the bus or walk down to the small village inside the park, but during winter you can go by own car, so after paying the 25 Kuna entrance we did so.

From the village, which actually in the summer works as a museum with blacksmith, weavery etc which you can visit. We took at walk on the beautiful laid out walking paths, compared to our last visit this summer you could clearly see the difference in the amount of water going down the falls, which made everything looks much more wild. Judge your self!

Summer visit to Krka Waterfalls

Winter visit to Krka Waterfalls

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