- Welcome to Paklenica National Park, Starigrad, Zadar County, Croatia! Some of Croatia’s beautiful National Parks and Nature Parks have been tamed.
- If you want to explore more of the climbing areas in Croatia, or if you want to climb and hike in the Paklenica National Park, then this is quite a good place to start!
- A guide to Paklenica National Park including accommodation, tourist information, getting to Paklenica National Park and the natural phenomena.
- Paklenica national park is located northeast of Zadar on the southern Velebit mountain range. It is Croatia’s second oldest national park, right after Plitvice Lakes.
- Paklenica National Park is one of the top destinations for rock climbers. There are over 500 well-equipped climbing routes available for climbers.
- Paklenica is part of nature park Velebit. It is Velebit’s closeness that allows one to do such sports as mountaineering and “free climbing”.
- The area of Paklenica National Park is well known for its natural beauty, particularly around the Velika Paklenica and Mala Paklenica canyons.
- Mala Paklenica, literally “Small Paklenica” in Croatian, is not particularly big but passing through Mala Paklenica requires some skill.
- Composed of karst features, the Paklenica park abounds in highly varied rocky “sculptures”, which alternate with wooded valleys and mountain meadows.