Up at 6.15am to catch a 7am bus into the city centre. We grabbed a coffee and pastries for breakfast then met our tour - we are going to Krka (pronounced Kirk-a) National Park as we had read about the spectacular waterfalls. There was only 8 of us on the tour in total, 1 family with 2 small boys from Spain, a couple from Norway and Al and I. We had a comfortable mini bus that took us on an hours drive to a small harbour town called Skradin, then we had a short ferry ride to the entrance of Krka National Park.
Our guide Anna was great, she showed us around the site for over an hour. We saw the waterfalls, remains of a former hydro-electric plant (built in 1895, second one built only 2 days after the first at Niagra Falls), and an old settlement on site that included a blacksmith shop, laundry (100 year old pounder of material), spa and bathing room and the water system.
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The water once again was crystal clear and full of fish. There are 7 stages of the waterfalls, fed from the Krka River, and it is set in an area of 109 square km that was declared a national park in 1985. It was wonderful hearing all the birdlife, seeing the dense vegetation and nature (such as the dragon fly). The place was teeming with tourists - Anna said that she had never seen it so busy.
After our hour tour we had 2 hours to explore ourselves, which included a swim in the lowest pool. Al and I decided against it as the pools were packed with people and it was incredibly hot so we went and enjoyed a beer and something to eat in the shade.
2pm we met up with the group again for the return journey to Zadar. We were so lucky our group was small and all the people were lovely. Krka National Park was incredible to see.
Back at the hotel we had a quick swim before showers and heading back into town. We hit the Garden Bar, which is owned by one of the musicians from UB40 for a couple of cocktails. Whilst there we met Boris and Gaggs (Australian and Irish guys) who just arrived that day from Dublin. They were a laugh and good to have a drink and enjoy the sunset with. The music at the bar was fabulous!
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Next stop was to see the Sun Salutation at night. I will put in a day photo and night photo so you can appreciate it. The colours and patterns are continually changing. It is fabulous seeing people of all ages getting a kick out of it!
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Dinner was quite late, about 9.30pm at this restaurant called Trata that we had found previously. It is tucked away in a secret garden. My pork chops in pepper sauce were lovely, and so was the local red wine. We caught a taxi back to the hotel...it had been a really BIG day and we were both pretty tired from it all.
Our guide Anna was great, she showed us around the site for over an hour. We saw the waterfalls, remains of a former hydro-electric plant (built in 1895, second one built only 2 days after the first at Niagra Falls), and an old settlement on site that included a blacksmith shop, laundry (100 year old pounder of material), spa and bathing room and the water system.
After our hour tour we had 2 hours to explore ourselves, which included a swim in the lowest pool. Al and I decided against it as the pools were packed with people and it was incredibly hot so we went and enjoyed a beer and something to eat in the shade.
2pm we met up with the group again for the return journey to Zadar. We were so lucky our group was small and all the people were lovely. Krka National Park was incredible to see.
Back at the hotel we had a quick swim before showers and heading back into town. We hit the Garden Bar, which is owned by one of the musicians from UB40 for a couple of cocktails. Whilst there we met Boris and Gaggs (Australian and Irish guys) who just arrived that day from Dublin. They were a laugh and good to have a drink and enjoy the sunset with. The music at the bar was fabulous!
Next stop was to see the Sun Salutation at night. I will put in a day photo and night photo so you can appreciate it. The colours and patterns are continually changing. It is fabulous seeing people of all ages getting a kick out of it!
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Dinner was quite late, about 9.30pm at this restaurant called Trata that we had found previously. It is tucked away in a secret garden. My pork chops in pepper sauce were lovely, and so was the local red wine. We caught a taxi back to the hotel...it had been a really BIG day and we were both pretty tired from it all.
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