SKRADINSKI BUK WATERFALLS - NATIONAL PARK KRKA, SIBENIK, CROATIA
Skradinski Buk is the seventh, final and longest travertine barrier on the
Krka River. It is one of the most unusual and beautiful landscapes in Krka
National Park, about 50 kilometers downstream from the Krka source and 13
kilometers downstream from Roski slap (Roski waterfalls). Due to the wealth
and variety of geomorphological forms, vegetation, and the various effects
caused by the play of light on the whirlpools, Skradinski Buk is considered to
be one of the most beautiful calcium carbonate waterfalls in Europe.
A wooden walking path has been constructed over the river. The path takes you on
a 60 minute light walk through the deep shade of lush Mediterranean and
sub-Mediterranean vegetation, which offers the exceptional possibility of direct
contact with the unique microcosms of mystical sounds, lights, colours, the
mysterious world of travertine mosses and numerous plant species of the
travertine barriers and aquatic habitats. Lucky visitors will not miss the song
of the nightingale, the splashing of the coot, the swimming of the Illyrian ide,
the call of the green frog, the flight of the hawk and the playful ballet of
emerald dragonflies and colourful butterflies.
