Krka National Park

Krka National Park lies in central Dalmatia in Šibenik-Knin County, a few kilometers northeast of the city of Šibenik. The park was proclaimed a national park in January 1985 to protect the Krka River, which flows from the foot of the Dinara mountains near Knin through a canyon to Šibenik Bay. Its best-known stop is Skradinski buk, where 17 travertine waterfalls fall within about 400 by 100 meters and the drop from the first to the last fall is 47.7 meters. The lower river is a ria, a river mouth drowned by rising sea level, so seawater reaches the base of the falls.

Boat trips from Skradinski buk reach Visovac, an island with a Franciscan monastery founded in 1445. Roški Slap, near Miljevci, is the park's second most visited attraction. It can be reached by excursion boat or public road and visited all year. About 222 bird species have been recorded in the park, and the Krka is important for migration in spring and autumn. Water flow at Skradinski buk is about 43 cubic meters per second in winter and 18 in summer, so the falls carry much more water in winter.