Nature Monuments - Plitvice Caves

Plitvice Lakes National Park boasts with 114 speleological objects, and some of them are so valuable that they have been additionally protected as nature monuments.

Take advantage of the of the peaceful part of the year and explore the impressive underworld in silence, without crowds and human noise. Bats are now hibernating in small groups; while some species migrate to warmer climates in late summer, most bats seek sheltered places protected from the elements, like attics, walls, caves, and other suitable hibernation sites where they hopefully won't be disturbed.

Bats spend most of the winter hibernating; in order to conserve energy, bats must slow or shut down all vital functions - their heart beats only 6 - 10 times per minute, body temperature drops to only a few degrees above 0 °C, and they lower their metabolic rate, and immune system. It is of the outmost importance that hibernating bats are not disturbed, as well as maternity colonies in early-to-mid summer (depending on the species) when bats give birth and rear their young.
We need to raise awareness about the importance of bats and bat habitat - bats need our help!

If possible, hire a professional guide to get a better picture of the importance and the sensitivity of caves.

Explore nature monuments, caves:
Golubinjača
Šupljara
Crna pećina

Reservations and info:
tel:+385(0)53 751-014
tel:+385(0)53 751-015