- 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.
- Of geological interest in Paklenica National Park is the cave Manita pec, which can be visited between April and October on specific days from 10am to 2pm.
- Located on the southern slopes of Velebit, Paklenica National Park is a striking landscape perfect for outdoor recreation.
- Composed of karst features, the Paklenica park abounds in highly varied rocky “sculptures”, which alternate with wooded valleys and mountain meadows.
- Paklenica is part of nature park Velebit. It is Velebit’s closeness that allows one to do such sports as mountaineering and “free climbing”.
- Understandably so, for of all the great climbing areas in Croatia, Paklenica is definitely the biggest and most popular of all.
- Paklenica National Park is one of the top destinations for rock climbers. There are over 500 well-equipped climbing routes available for climbers.
- The area of Paklenica National Park is well known for its natural beauty, particularly around the Velika Paklenica and Mala Paklenica canyons.
- Starigrad-Paklenica is situated 40 km north of Zadar, at the foot of the Velibit Mountains, the biggest Croatian mountain massif.