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just click the next postAt the Big Slap you’ll find a number of platforms on which to take photographs of yourself and your travel companions, making you think it’s the finale. The crowds had been absolutely insane on the Lower Lakes — it was in all probability 5 or 6 occasions as crowded!We began our go to at the first of the two main entrances of the National Park. Straight away we had a panoramic view over a European Niagara Falls, diced and sprinkled over a heavily forested Grand Canyon. Heading down the steep zigzag path we left civilization behind and entered a wonderland of crystalline lakes that tumble into one another via a collection of waterfalls and cascades.All I wanted was to get beautiful, sunny pictures of the dreamy lakes. The path snaked around, up and down — sometimes on dust pathways, generally on wood planks — and whereas the lakes had their share of vacationers, they weren’t too crowded. We’d often cross paths with an athletic-wanting older couple or pair of Korean women in designer flats. So we made certain to get there in the morning so as to maximize our time in the sun.Plan on spending five hours or so.Dave and I spent about two hours every at the Upper Lakes and Lower Lakes, but we moved pretty fast. Dave and I took the H route, which goes to each lakes and consists of two tram rides and a boat journey, and it costs 110 kuna (about $18) per individual.And then came an incredible stroke of luck — by the point we got to the opposite side of the lake, the rain had stopped utterly. My heart sank as we chugged across the lake to the Lower Lakes, rain pouring down around us in sheets so thick we might barely see forward of ourselves.Swimming is forbidden in Plitvice Lakes National Park. As a tour information once explained to me, “The lakes are also a resevoir for ingesting water!