• A guide to Paklenica National Park including accommodation, tourist information, getting to Paklenica National Park and the natural phenomena.
  • Where is NP Paklenica situated in Croatia? Croatian national park Paklenica is situated in Zadar County near the Adriatic Sea and Starigrad-Paklenica.
  • Welcome to Paklenica National Park, Starigrad, Zadar County, Croatia! Some of Croatia’s beautiful National Parks and Nature Parks have been tamed.
  • Understandably so, for of all the great climbing areas in Croatia, Paklenica is definitely the biggest and most popular of all.
  • We travelled from Zadar by bus and it was very straightforward. Below, we have outlined the easiest ways to go from Zadar to Paklenica National Park.
  • 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!
  • Mala Paklenica, literally “Small Paklenica” in Croatian, is not particularly big but passing through Mala Paklenica requires some skill.
  • Starigrad-Paklenica is situated 40 km north of Zadar, at the foot of the Velibit Mountains, the biggest Croatian mountain massif.
  • Composed of karst features, the Paklenica park abounds in highly varied rocky “sculptures”, which alternate with wooded valleys and mountain meadows.