What to book before you travel to Plitvice Lakes?

Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.

7 activities to book

Plitvice Lakes

Days 1-7
Days 1-7Veliki SlapThe highest waterfall in Croatia, a 78-metre drop where the Plitvica stream falls into the Korana canyon, at its strongest in April and May.included in the park ticketBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Lower lakes and canyonFour lakes set in a limestone canyon with 40-metre walls, Milanovac, Gavanovac, Kaluđerovac and Novakovića Brod, each spilling into the next.included in the park ticketBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Šupljara caveA cave open at both ends above Kaluđerovac lake, entered from the lower boardwalks and left thirty metres higher by a narrow, damp stone stairway.included in the park ticketBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Crossing Lake KozjakThe largest of the sixteen lakes, 46 metres deep, crossed by a silent electric boat in about twenty minutes between piers P2 and P3.included in the park ticketBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Upper lakes and Galovački BukTwelve lakes over about a hundred metres of height in a wider, wooded valley, with massive travertine barriers covered in living moss.included in the park ticketBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Vidikovac viewpointA wooden platform on the cliff above the lower lakes, looking down the chain of turquoise pools and waterfalls towards Veliki Slap.included in the park ticketBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Prošćansko LakeThe highest and southernmost lake, at 636 metres, two kilometres long in a closed forest valley where the whole system begins.included in the park ticketBook on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: Rastoke village

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Frequently asked questions

What can you do in Plitvice Lakes without booking anything?

One visit on this itinerary needs no ticket or time slot, starting with Rastoke village. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.

The rest of the trip