PLITVICE, CROATIA, 18 SEPTEMBER, 2020Bus Transport With Carriages In Plitvice National Park. Editorial Photo

Shuttle bus with carriages drive the tourists to the heart of the Plitvice Lakes National Park. Bus tours set off regularly everyday at the entrance of the Plitvice National Park. This kind of buses is specially designed for touring in a forest. The bus runs along a road on the eastern side of the lakes, starting from Entrance 1 up to Kozjak lake S2 and then up to Lake Okrugljak ST3 in the upper lakes. Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register. The national park was founded in 1949 and is in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The important north–south road that passes through the national park area connects the Croatian inland with the Adriatic coastal region.The protected area extends over 296.85 square kilometres. The national park is world-famous for its lakes arranged in cascades. Sixteen lakes can be seen from the surface. These lakes are a result of the confluence of several small rivers and subterranean karst rivers. The lakes are all interconnected and follow the water flow. They are separated by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action of moss, algae, and bacteria. Croatia, Europe.