Plitvice Lakes National Park

Awe-filled Natural Wonder

Jun 13, 2026

“As long as I live, I will hear waterfalls and birds and wind sing.” John Muir

Oh, how John Muir would have loved Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia if he had a chance to visit this Natural Wonder. I could not contain my joy during our visit to this beautiful National Park. I found myself just saying, “Wow”, over and over as we turned a corner and saw another beautiful waterfall. The sounds of birds singing and the frogs croaking made it all so magical. I found myself, just shouting out my joy with screams of delight!

“The beautiful stops the viewer in his tracks and then plants within him a desire to speak to others of what he has seen.” Hans Urs von Balthasar

At times it seemed surreal almost and there were no words to describe what you were seeing. One of the reasons I have not posted a blog recently is I have been trying to figure out some way to do that, to describe something that defies description.

The National Park consists of two large lakes and lots of trails and boardwalks that weave in and around the lakes with waterfalls everywhere you looked!!

The color and the clarity of the water was stunning and the sounds of water rushing and flowing around you was you walked through this gorgeous landscape was just overwhelming.

These photos provide you with only a small sample of the visual delight walking through the landscape of this beautiful park. I also wanted to share with a sample of the soundscape of the park. Here is a short clip of some of the sounds.