From Zadar: Plitvice Lakes with Boat Ride & Zadar Old town tour
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Zadar, Croatia
- 10 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
What's Included
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Panoramic boat ride
- Electric train ride
- Tour guide
- Zadar Old Town walking tour (available to join on any day at 6:00 PM)
- Entry ticket to the Plitvice Lakes National Park(if option with entrance selected)
- Lunch
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Ul. Alesandra Paravije 5, 23000, Zadar, Croatia
Meet your guide at Ul.Aleksandra Paravije 5 (Zadar in & out office). Please enter the office, where you will be checked in and greeted by your tour guide. • For the Zadar Old Town walking tour, meet at 6:00 PM (any day) in front of Novi Cafe in Zadar, beside the Roman column (Trg Petra Zoranića).
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Plitvice Lakes National Park
5 hours • Admission Ticket Free
2
Zadar
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 70 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Riyaz_N
It’s a must see if coming to Croatia! Just breathtaking in every angle. Filip our tour guide was great !
Reviews
4.9
based on 1,139 reviews
Meaghan_M, Oct 2025
Excellent all day adventure from Zadar. Our guide Filip was excellent. There was a brief stop prior to entering the park for breakfast. The route he takes is 90% downhill making it an easier hike. It was nice being able to relax while someone else drove.
Riyaz_N, Oct 2025
It’s a must see if coming to Croatia! Just breathtaking in every angle. Filip our tour guide was great !
Devarshi_B, Oct 2025
The place is amazing. If you have to choose between krka and this, do this. Phillip was a great guide.
Nicola_S, Oct 2025
This place had been on my bucket list for some time and it was a truly magical and stunning place with the train ride and boat transfer included. A large group but it all worked out well and our guide Paula was very knowledgeable for her younger years. Communication on the day was via WhatsApp which I don't use but I didn't get lost so was alright in the end. Nice unexpected touch at the end with the free souvenir gift too.
Jesse_D, Sep 2025
Great tour. Filip was fantastic and well organised. The lakes were absolutely amazing and can not recommend this tour enough
Ivy_M, Sep 2025
The tour to Plitvice Lakes is fantastic. The whole arrangement was smooth with no time wasted. Our guide Dom was helpful and attentive, closely watching us to make sure no one get lost. A WhatsApp group was created which helped to disseminate messages efficiently.
The city tour with Ante as the guide is also interesting and informative.
Edmund_P, Aug 2025
Had a really great day. The lakes were beautiful and well worth the trip. Our tour guide Felip was great. Highly recommended.
Rachael_D, Jul 2025
This was an amazing day, maybe better than I had imagined. Our guide, Bojan, was really knowledgeable about all things Croatia and gave us a potted history on the outward journey. The weather was horrendous but that worked in our favour - the park itself was reasonably quiet.
I would definitely recommend this tour with this company and would happily do it again.
Charlotte_K, Jul 2025
The lakes/waterfalls are amazing and once you get there its brilliant and would recommend 100%
The travel does take a while; however there was a stop for ‘food & drinks’ on route to get lunch as we were told the food and drinks at Plitvice were expensive and not good so this dragged out the day so much - met at 7:30am and we didn't actually get going on the walk until 11:30am - would be better if the tour said just bring your own lunch / buy it at the lakes (its not expensive and its just the basic sandwiches/burgers/hot/cold drinks/ice creams (better option than the stop off) and just miss out the stop which just drags the travel out! The route we took was brilliant and the guide was also fantastic - just think it could be a-lot more efficient - boat ride is lovely and so peaceful
Jeremy_F, Jun 2025
The lakes were amazing our guide was excellent !! He took us the right way to avoid crowds, he knew a lot about the area:) told us all about the park!! Fun experience would do it again
Giovanni_M, Jun 2025
The experience was great, the tour guide was super good and very well organized. Higly recommended!
One constructive critizism to the tour operator is that the bus that we travlled with was very old and needs to be updated. We travelled for almost 90mins each way and inside the bus was super hot, the seats were unconfortable and old and my seat was broken so it was painful for me the journey unfortunatelly.
Christy_D, May 2025
This is a larger group experience, but we had a wonderful guide, Paula, who made the tour interesting and fun-such a beautiful place! There is a lot of walking but the pace was perfect and the route we took avoided lines and crowds! A wonderful day.
David_H, May 2025
Amazing day out - stunning park, amazing views, and so we’ll organised! Our tour guide Bojan was an endless source of information about the park itself and Croatia more widely. The only downside is the fact that it is a two hour drive from Zadar, but it’s so worth the journey. Great day out that’s not to be missed
Mateusz_P, May 2025
I consider this a "semi guided" tour.
We had Bojan with us all day.
It was semi guided in the sense that Bojan set out the route we were doing. Kept us on time, told us where to go. We had meeting spots and locations where he gave us information. But in between we could go at our own pace and explore as we wanted to.
Really good balance!
ps1431973, May 2025
I highly recommend this tour and Bojan is a great tour guide! It is better to join this tour than to do it on your own.
piscesfireandice, Apr 2025
Very pretty, big thank you to our guide and group enjoyed the style where they give you meeting points and you take your time to hike there.
Marie_A, Oct 2024
It was a amazing experience, the view was fantastic and the water color was so beautiful. Our guide was a great and wonderful. I definitely recommend this excursion.
Alli_B, Jul 2024
Great tour to Plitvice Lakes with Bojan! The group was large - 55 people - but Bojan was very personable and talked to many people throughout the walk. The bus ride was 2 hours each way from Zadar and the bus is super comfortable! The walk is somewhat guided - we had various meeting points throughout the day with explanations at each stop. There is a stop for lunch at the boat pier and the bistro and grill only take credit cards so be prepared for that! The park is absolutely amazing - unlike anywhere I’ve ever been. We spent about 5 hours in the park so the day was a total of 9 hours and we were exhausted after. Great experience!
Lihsin_C, Apr 2024
We had a wonderful guide who told us the comprehensive information of lakes, and clear for each gathering point and time to make sure everyone is on track.
David_G, Oct 2023
We had a wonderful guide that did the hike with us and showed us the most amazing views. Kept us ahead of the crowds or avoided them. Was a very safe and courteous young man. Enjoyed his company.
Kathleen_d, Sep 2023
Jelena was an excellent tour guide. Just beware that the tour states it’s in an air conditioned vehicle. It was a very nice bus with 49 people. I did not expect a vehicle to be a bus. More people than I wanted to do a tour with.
Cora_J, Jun 2023
Beautiful sights
We loved the waterfalls and the crystal clear water
Highly recommend the tour
The driver and tour guide were very helpful, friendly and
Patient as we were a few minutes late and he called on what’s app and waited for us! Awesome!
Be prepared for about 30000 steps of walking though!
Also the directions and meeting place could be clearer marked example, have the tour guide out front with a sign
There were a couple of times we almost missed boarding!
Carol_M, May 2023
Our tour with Jelena was great. She explained the history of the area thoroughly
She was punctual with the pick up and worked hard to get everyone back on time
This was an excellent tour and worth the money
Liz_M, May 2023
The lake was beautiful, although it rained all day and we all got soaked. Visibility was poor initially. Was not informed that after the lakes there would be a stop at an alcohol place and we had to pay €23.50 each cash. Lucky I had some money on me. As wasn’t expecting to go anywhere else. Once we arrived at the place. 2 couples got cheese platters to have with the alcohol tasting and the rest of us didn’t ( some had not had lunch). Would have been nice to be informed prior and to have the choice for the the Rajike tasting and cheese platter. Not just be told to pay up, we’re going alcohol tasting. Keep in mind for recovering alcoholics this wouldn’t have gone well.
Claudia_B, Oct 2025
The bus ride to the falls took almost 2 hours each. The guides were friendly
The falls and the whole area is picturesque
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ANALUCIA_V, Jun 2025
Worth every minute of the walk! The road from Zadar to the park is already very beautiful, and the park is wonderful!!! The guide Bojan made everything even better, knowing how to make the best decisions. Bus great tb. Really, sensational!
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Sonia_R, May 2025
Excellente activité, mais besoin de bonnes chaussures et frais.
Les lacs sont maginifiques, l'eau clair et propre. Les chutes sont impressionnantes. Le guide était nous a partagé de belles histoires. Je referais cette activité sans problème.
Gabriele_L, Aug 2024
Esperienza stupenda in un luogo meraviglioso. Tutto organizzato nel migliore dei modi. Consigliatissimo
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