Plitvice Lakes National Park in Autumn: The best places to photograph

How many times have you looked at the photos of your trip after returning home? How many times have those photos made you happy because you captured at least a little bit of the beauty and emotions you experienced? We are sure you want to return home with the most beautiful photos of the magnificent waterfalls, lakes and forest. No trip to Croatia is complete without a visit to the oldest national park in Southeast Europe, Plitvice Lakes National Park. There is not a single place in Plitvice Lakes National Park that is not special, but we definitely want to single out the most interesting spots for you to capture the most beautiful pictures of Plitvice.

Overlook – A View of the Veliki Slap Waterfall and Sastavci

On arrival at Entrance 1 of Plitvice Lakes National Park, the first sight you will be greeted with is Veliki Slap, the largest waterfall in the Park, but in Croatia as well. It is interesting that Veliki Slap, whose total height from the source of the Korana River is 87 m, is not formed from the water from the Plitvice Lakes, but from the small Plitvice stream, which crashes down a 62-meter rock into the lake below and then overflows over several cascades. Its magnificence never ceases to amaze. In winter, the temperatures sometimes drop below zero and the waterfall freezes, whereas in the spring, it is replenished with water from melted snow and swells in unison with the surrounding vegetation.

Veliki Slap has less water in the summer, but even then it is grandiose and the mere sight of it takes everyone’s breath away. The elegance of the waterfall comes to the fore in autumn, when the rains start to fall and when each leaf is preparing to showcase its palette of colours. The view of the Veliki Slap appears differently based on the time of the day because it is located in a canyon and the sun shines on it brightly during the day. From the overlook at Entrance 1, the view stretches not only over Veliki slap but also the Lower Lakes canyon and Sastavci waterfalls, which form the Korana River together with Veliki Slap. The turquoise colour of the Lower Lakes is a stunning sight in itself.

Under Veliki Slap

After admiring the view of the Veliki slap from a height, we slowly take a path down through the forest and by the lake to arrive directly below Veliki Slap. The view of the Sastavci and the source of the Korana River is special, especially on the days when the waterfalls create a rainbow, but when…