Krka waterfalls and boat trips

Skradinski buk

Skradinski buk is the seventh and last barrier on the river and the one on every photograph: 17 travertine steps spread over about 800 metres, with a total drop of around 46 metres, finishing in a wide green pool. A 1,900-metre one-way educational trail loops over boardwalks and stone paths through the cascades, past restored watermills, washing-mills and an ethnographic collection, and past the remains of the Krka hydroelectric plant, which started up on 28 August 1895, two days after the world's first at Niagara. The loop takes an hour and a half to two hours. Swimming here has not been allowed since 2021: the pool below the falls was the park's bathing spot for decades, and many visitors still arrive with swimsuits. The ban is permanent and enforced, so plan the day around the walk and the boats, not a swim.

• 17 steps, about 800 m long, about 46 m total drop; the longest travertine barrier in Europe
• 1,900 m one-way boardwalk loop, 1.5–2 h with the mills and viewpoints
• First Croatian hydroelectric plant, 1895, two days after Niagara
• No swimming since 2021; no exceptions

Roški slap, Manojlovac and Visovac

Roški slap, 15 kilometres upstream, is the quieter waterfall: a main cascade of about 22 metres below a broad fan of small travertine steps the locals call the necklaces, with working mills on the bank and the Oziđana cave, inhabited from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age, in the cliff above. Between the two falls the river widens into Visovac lake, with the island of Visovac and its Franciscan monastery, founded in 1445, reached only by boat. Further north, below the Roman military camp of Burnum and its amphitheatre, Manojlovac is the highest waterfall in the park at about 60 metres, best seen from the viewpoint on the old Roman road and at its fullest in spring; in late summer it can run almost dry. Bilušić buk, Brljan, Rošnjak and Miljacka complete the seven. Hours for each site are on the opening hours page.

Boat excursions: routes, times and prices

The boat from Skradin to Skradinski buk is included in the entry ticket; everything beyond it is a paid excursion bought on top of the ticket, at the park's own counters, from 1 April to 31 October and in March and November only if the weather allows. Departure times for individual visitors are set each day on site, so ask at the counter when you arrive. Children aged 4 to 18 pay the reduced rate and under-fours travel free. The prices below are the park's official 2026 excursion list.

Prices are the park's official 2026 price list at the time of writing; the park reserves the right to change them.

Rules worth knowing before you go

The park's rules are short and enforced. Swimming is banned except in specially marked places, and there are none at Skradinski buk; walking on the travertine outside the boardwalk is forbidden because the rock is alive and crumbles. Dogs are welcome on a lead, but not on Visovac island. Drones are banned, as are camping, fires outside marked spots and commercial photography without a permit. Keep to the marked trails, keep the noise down and leave the mills and dry-stone walls alone. Which entrance to use and how the included transfers work is on the getting there page; whether this or Plitvice deserves your day is on the Krka or Plitvice page.

• No swimming at Skradinski buk or anywhere unmarked
• Stay on the boardwalks; do not step onto the travertine
• Dogs on a lead, not on Visovac
• No drones, no camping, no fires outside marked places

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