The Krka National Park is a spacious, largely unchanged region of exceptional and multifaceted natural value, and includes one or more preserved ecosystems. It is intended primarily for scientific, cultural, educational, recreational, and tourism activities such as visiting and sightseeing. It was proclaimed a national park in 1985 and is the seventh national park in Croatia.

The Krka National Park is located entirely within the territory of Šibnik-Knin County, and covers the major part of the amazing Krka River, which springs two kilometers northeast of Knin and passes through the deep and vivid 75 km long canyon forming seven deafening waterfalls, the main attraction of this park. The widest of these is Roški slap, although the highest and more imposing is Skradinski buk. With its seventeen steps extended to a length of 800 meters and a total altitude of 46 meters, Skradinski buk is in fact the greatest calcareous travertine barrier in Europe.

In National Park Krka, two cultural and historic monuments stand out: the Franciscan monastery on the island of Visovac and the Ortodox Monastery in the middle of the canyon. Starting from Skradin Village, Skradinski buk’s mooring or Roški slap’s mooring it is possibile to take a ferry and wonder from the water side the beauty and wilderness of Krka Canyon and its waterfalls. Tourists can also enjoy walks through a myriad of paths which, for the most part, follow ancient trails, testified by the numerous little old bridges. A magnet for visitors are the old mills which have been restored and transformed into small ethnographich museums,wher one can see how wheat was ground in alden days. Demonstrations are given by interpreters of history, attired in traditional folk costumes.

from: www.npkrka.hr