Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Central Croatia, Croatia

5Vicki B 5:00 PM Apr 26, 2017

Amazing nature away from everything
We stayed at this nature park for two days and had a wonderful time. We loved the nature, the old wooden houses, the pastures with the free ranging horses, old breed of pigs and cattle. Most of all it's stork time. There were 30 stork couples sitting in their nests on the roof tops of the houses. We were early. Later there will be over a hundred couples. A wonderful nature spectacle. This place is definitely worth a visit. It's still a hidden secret and not over run by tourists. That's what we liked. if you like to get away from it all and dive into a good old time this is the place to go. The people there are helpful and you find a few nice little guesthouses and restaurants hidden away. It's worth finding them and try the traditional food. This place is highly recommendable for nature lovers.

5Renata Frascassi 5:00 PM Sep 30, 2017

Beautiful nature, but visitors should get more!
Really special and pretty big area of protected woodlands, water canals and wildlife between Sava river (bordering to Bosnia Herzegowina) and highway leading to Belgrade and beyond. Very forthcoming young lady working in the office of the Nature Park explained us a lot at the entrance to the protected area and ornithological paradise. You can take your bike, there are beautiful empty roads passing through, unfortunately, mostly deserted villages. Wooden houses, pecularity of this region, are numerous and well preserved although some are crumbling down. Looks like you stepped into some distant past or some special pocket of parallelreality. Locals, as well as preservationists, do not care a lot about tourists. Signs are sparse, tourist attractions almost non-existent (mostly couple of horses and hairy pigs). Expected some kind of museum or ethno village where we could learn something about architecture, life near the river, animals and plants - but there is none.Also, stroll through the swamp-like backwaters of river Sava would be nice as well as boat trips and cruises, but seems that nobody got the idea to offer such thing to visitors. Still, there are two decent restaurants at the beginning and the end of the area, camping site and private accomodation.