Private Guided Day Tour of Plitvice National Park from Zagreb
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Private Guided Day Tour of Plitvice National Park from Zagreb
By The Guide - Day Tours
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Ages 18-80
Duration: 9h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Morning coffee/tea
- Professional guide/driver
- Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting point
- Private tour
- Comfortable vehicle
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entry/Admission - Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Entry/Admission - Rastoke
What's not included- Souvenirs
- Lunch
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- we pick up from hotel
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.Airport pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.- Pleso Airport, Zagreb Croatia
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats available
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 31078P1- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- A minimum of 4 people per booking is required
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 31078P1
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- daphpang0 contributionsFantastic family experience with The Guide!Just got back from a fabulous 2 week trip planned by Jakov and guided for the most part by Patrik. We were recommended to tour Croatia and to connect with Jakov by our family doc who's been on four trips with Jakov :-) For our first trip to this part of the world, it hit all the highlights and Patrik was dedicated and attentive, and detail and needs oriented. Safe driver! He also connected superbly with my sons in their early 20s and late teens. Was super to get to chat with him and Jakov through the trip and get to know how some local Croatians. Hotels were well planned according to our specs - we requested a triple and a twin room either connecting or close to one another. Of note, Patrik observed our family and suggested a change to the planned itinerary which worked out beautifully - so instead of another coastal city/churches, he took us to Lipica Horse Farm, preceded by a delicious lunch. On another day, after discussing which cave we preferred to visit, we ended up choosing Postojna because of the cool train ride :-P - but we appreciated how both Patrik and Jakov gave their honest opinions on each. Jakov is full of crackling energy and so fun and authentic to talk to! I will not hesitate to recommend him to anyone looking to tour the region (and we've found he also does tours to surrounding areas too!) Something else to note: from October, many hotels turn off the AC and turn on central heating, so those like us who need a lower temperature for sleeping need to sleep with the windows open, which may not be optimal depending on whether your room overlooks a street.Written October 29, 2024
- 657gigiw0 contributionsWine tasting in the hillsWe loved the area and tour. The winery was wonderful and views spectacular. Our guide was informative and fun. Would highly recommend this toyrWritten October 16, 2024
- MaxeyP10 contributionsExcellent, A High Recommendation.Very knowledgeable guide, comfortable van, beautiful countryside, personalized service. The winery staff took the time to explain their operation in detail, and the wine was delicious. We recommend the tour highly.Written September 26, 2024
- RognShar0 contributionsFabulous experienceOur experience with The Guide was fabulous. All we had to do was enjoy all that the Balkans had to offer. Jakov customized a tour for us base on our preferences and added his suggestions of sites to see. We covered an amazing amount of area in two weeks...from Zagreb to Ljubljana all the way down the coast to Dubrovnik. The hotels, the meals, our knowledgeable guide and driver, Patrik all combined for a first class experience. I would not hesitate for a second to recommend The Guide to anyone who wants to truly explore and learn about the real Croatia and surroundings.Written June 24, 2024
- bruces4340 contributionsYou are in good hands with The GuideI don't normally write reviews, but we had such a wonderful time on our two week tour that I am compelled to let others know. Without going into detail, every hotel we stayed in was really nice - better than ones we would have picked for ourselves. I believe the term is "four star" hotels, and I believe it. We did a lot of driving because there was so much we wanted to see in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but much of the travel time was an opportunity to have Patrik (our driver and guide extraordinaire) fill us in on the history of the people and places we were going to. Patrik was outstanding and really added to the enjoyment of the trip. By the time we were done, he was like one of the family. :-) Another thing I liked about the personalized tour was that we could change our minds about what we wanted to see or do on a certain day and, if reasonable (and possible), Patrik would adjust our itinerary accordingly. We ended up seeing very cool things that were not on our original itinerary - and having lunch in Italy! Thank you Patrik and Jakov for the outstanding job you did taking care of all the details and making sure we had an excellent time. We Did!Written June 14, 2024
- Roberta330 contributionsPrivate tours by The Guide are the way to go!Do not hesitate to employ The Guide as your private tour planner! The planning stages went so smoothly thanks to Jakov who corresponded with me via email through the whole process. Jakov was quick to reply to every question with great suggestions and was very accommodating to the requests of our group of 6 adults, which resulted in a fabulous well-planned 12-day tour through Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia. The hotels were beautiful, comfortable and all had great food. There were so many trip details and they all went smoothly. Our tour guide and driver was an amiable young man, Patrik, who is very knowledgeable and passionate about the beautiful regions we visited and their history. Patrik saw to our every need with patience, friendliness and good humor. Here's the best thing about private tours - you can hear the tour guide and ask questions; you can actually find a place together to sit down for dinner; you can linger at a spot for a bit longer; you can slip into stores and ask your tour leader to wait up a bit and you can change plans en route! Patrik accommodated all of this with ease as well as suggesting restaurants and foods to try, places to explore on our own and giving us plenty of free time to experience the area. We had so much fun with Patrik! Thanks again, Jakov and Patrik, for making this tour such a wonderful experience for our group. If we are ever in the region again, we will call on you!Written June 14, 2024
- Gastromed0 contributionsA stellar introduction to a fascinating and beautiful region: Croatia with forays into Montenegro, Bosnia & SloveniaThe Guide, helmed by Jakov Radman, has developed a strong following among Singaporeans, which is not small feat given Singaporeans' avid appetite for traveling and high standards demanded of any experience. We were referred to Jakov by a friend who had traveled with him. The first thing to say is that Jakov is highly personable and gave very close personal attention to detail in order to deliver what we desired of a private two-family tour. We communicated via email, WhatsApp chat and video calls to make our plans for a 2 week trip. Jakov gave very helpful guidance as to where best to enter and leave, and we ultimately entered via Istanbul to Podgorica in Montenegro, wound our way northward and exited via Zagreb through Frankfurt. We had a busy itinerary that would no doubt be a skim and sample savour of Croatia as a priority, with forays into Montenegro, Bosnia and Slovenia. Our courier, guide and driver was Jakov's close collaborator Ante Lovric, who was the epitome of a perfectly balanced guide: friendly, equanimous, efficient, informative, flexible and responsive. Ante ensured that we were well looked after and we had great confidence in him throughout the trip. It would take too long to describe the highlights of all the places we went to, except to say that they were well chosen to represent the best of each region we traversed, in terms of history, culture, food and wine. We could pin Budva, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Split, Mostar, Plitvice Lakes, Rovinj, Postojna caves, Bled, Ljubljana and Zagreb as stops providing special memories. At every region we left wishing we could have spent a whole week there. Memorable interludes included dinners and lunches (as part of the itinerary and curated by Jakov and Ante) at absolutely local and down-to-earth establishments boasting the freshest and best victuals typical of the area, wine tastings at family run wineries and oyster tasting in the Bay of Ston, on a boat, offered by a 5th generation oyster farmer, accompanied by local wines. To illustrate the flexibility and the personal touch, Ante offered us a variation of our itinerary which we readily accepted, an option to bypass Zadar, no doubt another very attractive historical city on the Dalmatian coast, in favour of a completely different experience, heading into the scenic foothills to his home village of Miljevci to meet his father and brother (and family dog Ron, whom our kids loved!) in their family home and to partake of village style hospitality in a local tavern restaurant by an olive grove, where apart from a sumptuous lunch grilled to perfection a la minute we had the opportunity to try home made white and red wines and a range of delicious but head spinning Schnapps-like shots. We had requested accommodations with character, rather than generic tourist hotels. Apart from Dubrovnik where by the nature of the options available outside of the walled city, our hotel was rather nondescript, the rest of our accommodations were mostly interesting, historic buildings in the cultural heart of our destinations, refurbished to a high standard and offering bed and breakfast of exceptional quality. Standouts were Hotel Santa Lucia Heritage in Split, Hotel Villa Tutorotto in Rovinj and Hotel Triglav in Bled. Restaurants curated for us were superb, with special mention going to Sandvran in Mostar, Bakus in Ston, Peace in Miljevci, Sestica in Ljubljana and Batak Grill in Zagreb. Of those we tried on our own, the only disappointment was Pod Napun in Motovun, which was meant to be a tasty introduction to truffle cuisine in Istria, but which instead disappointed us in the poor quality of food (but with due credit to a rather nice steak) and the complete absence of even a whiff of truffle, despite truffle prices on everything. The waiter tried "It's like that", but we are not truffle naive. We recommended to Ante to steer his future clients away from this place. Overall, it was a wonderful introduction to this part of the world, an emerging and rapidly developing tourist destination, full of friendly folk, where we always felt very safe, more so than in many of the more well known locations in Europe. It is a region which we longed to return to even as we finished our tour, due in no small part to the careful curation of our itinerary by Jakov and the highly professional and well appreciated efforts of Ante to make our time with him very special. We will be back, and we will in future focus on individual regions for more depth than breadth.Written April 21, 2024
- taiyy0 contributionsAwesome experience of Slovenia and Croatia!What an unforgettable tour of Slovenia and Croatia with Jakov and Ante. We were blown away by the beauty these countries had to offer, made more enjoyable by the dedication and passion of Jakov and Ante. Jakov took us to the beautiful Lake Bled and Ljubjiana while Ante brought us around Croatia and a day trip to Montenegro for the rest of our 15-day trip. We were blessed with a variety of experiences from the amazing waterfalls in Plitvice & Krka National Parks, to fortified Old Towns like Dubrovnik, Trogir and Omis to name a few to the beautiful city of Zagreb where it snowed on one of the evenings. We have learnt so much about the history of the country from Ante which made the experience so much richer. What we appreciate is that Ante and Jakov made the effort to understand our culture and we felt an immediate connection with them. Their recommendation of restaurants have been good and we ate well. Thank you Ante and Jakov! We will definitely recommend you to our friends! Wishing you a blessed Christmas and happy new year in advance!Written December 5, 2023
- Jenny S0 contributionsAmazing Slovenia & Croatia Experience with Jakov, The Guide!We travelled to Slovenia & Croatia twice (pre/ post pandemic) and we had a really amazing time exploring different parts of the countries as there’s so much to see and explore and never enough time to cover all. We trust Jakov as he’s reliable, customer oriented and always do his best even during difficult situations such as our tour mate couple came down with Covid during our 2023 trip. His willingness and agility in making last minute adjustments to accommodate his customers’ needs is very valuable. I just came back from Tuscany trip organised by Jakov and team mate Ante and once again it’s really enjoyable and all the tour itinerary very well planned, hotels were greatWritten November 17, 2023
- jennifernU8462VJ0 contributionsAmazing Balkans tour with the Guide.I totally enjoyed my second visit to the Balkans (private 16 days tour) thanks to them for making it really fun and memorable. Their passion for their country/the region and their understanding and deep knowledge of the cultures and history added that extra perspective/flavor that I really appreciate. Jakov Radman took really good care of us eg logistics, accommodations and sharing the amazing history of the places. Love his fun personality too and giving us so many laughing moments to remember. And I enjoyed the food much more this round as he had great recommendations on restaurants and food as well. Also really blessed to have Patrick Gilja as my driver/guide for the trip (in the 2nd car). In addition to his passion and knowledge of the region, really thankful for his safe driving, understanding and patience to deal with 4 vocal women in his car for most of the holiday 😁. I will definitely go with them again to explore other parts of this beautiful region.Written October 21, 2023
- denisew1020200 contributionsLovely relaxing day at end of our long holidayWe had a lovely relaxing last day in Zagreb travelling by private car to Samovor - beautiful old town and tasted local cream slice - light n tasty.then a visit to local renown crystal glass cutting workshop - real craftsmanship at work.Then picturesque drive along the “ wine road” up the hills for a very pleasant informative 6 wine tasting accompanied by local cheese, salami and prosciutto- Jagunic wines - very nice sparkling wines - great day and Toni our driver was very professional informative and lovely man to chat about Croatian lifeWritten October 12, 2023
- ghallowell0 contributionsFantastic wine tasting and tour of the wine region around SamaborReally great morning. Relaxed pace with a great walk around Samabor and fabulous coffee and cake. We then went to see some great crystal cutting at a small producer- amazing to see the quality crystal produced from a small area with a limited number of machines. We then drove around the wine region and had a great lunch and tasted 6 amazing wines at one vineyard. A truly lovely trip- highly recommend.Written October 11, 2023
- Inspire5415620 contributionsFantastic experienceHad a wonderful time with Tom. He personalized the tour to what we wanted to do. Coffee and cake, a small museum, a place that makes beautiful crystal, then a fantastic winery in the hills. Great good, great wine and a chance to chat with the winemaker. It was a great way to see a bit of Croatia outside of Zagreb.Written September 16, 2023
- Sally4010 contributionsBeautiful and relaxing holidayOur family (13 of us) had a wonderful and memorable time in Salzburg, Slovenia, Bosnia and Croatia with Jacov(The Guide). Everything was well planned and Jacov was very knowledgeable, entertaining and fun to be with. We enjoyed all the places we went to. He came very highly recommended and we are so glad we had him as our guide throughout our 14 day tour. Thank you very much from all of us.Written June 26, 2023
- janiceaJ1739SD0 contributionsUnforgettableDid a 10 day tour private tour across Croatia with Jakov. He comes highly recommended and lives up to his reputation. Very good knowledge of the region and very entertaining throughout the trip. Brought us to great foiod places (including a very familial lunch which was sooo yummy) and amazing picture spots. All hotels arrangements were great and his van spacious and comfortable. Very caring guide and good & safe driver. Itinerary planned was interesting and flexible. Definitely THE GUIDE to use if you are looking for one to visit the region.Written June 3, 2023
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Gopalan R
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Outstanding gift of nature; well maintained by the Government; extremely passionate tour operator - Yacob who made it memorable
Written June 22, 2023
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Hi guys.. thank you for your review
Wishing you all the best
Jakov
Written November 29, 2023
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VerveIbm
Island of Malta, Malta87 contributions
My friend and I had no idea of Croatia but thanks to Jakov he experienced the beauty of this country Croatia
We highly recommend Jakov as an informative guide / private chauffeur and charismatic Croatian.
We had a lovely adventure all was fantastic
Hvala Jakov
We highly recommend Jakov as an informative guide / private chauffeur and charismatic Croatian.
We had a lovely adventure all was fantastic
Hvala Jakov
Written April 3, 2023
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Hi Isabelle, thank you for your kind words and review, it’s was pleasure to guide you and spend day tour with you girls , we at the guide try to deliver best as possible to our guests. Feel free to consider having a friend in Croatia
To the next visit
Best
Jakov
Written April 9, 2023
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Elena A
Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany5 contributions
We had a great time exploring the lakes with Jakov. He shared a lot about the country and its history. We’ll need to return to Croatia in the summertime for sure!
Written January 30, 2022
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Hi Elena, thank you for review, hope to see you guys again in this parts soon. It was a pleasure to guide you I enjoyed your company .
Best Regards
Jakov
Written February 1, 2022
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James K
Colorado Springs, CO101 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
We utilized Jakov for four days while in Croatia - best experience ever. It was raining the day we went to Plitvice but he was fully prepared with rain gear and a thorough knowledge of how to handle the crowds. Told us about the "not to miss sights" along the way. Great break and lunch spots. This is the way to go!
Thanks Jakov!
Thanks Jakov!
Written September 3, 2018
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Dear Jim,thank you for sharing your experience in this review. It has been my pleasure touring and showing you around Croatia and finding your family backround like highlight of the tour.I hope to see you again since there is much more to see. best Jakov The Guide
Written October 17, 2018
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Haiushi
Edinburgh, UK1 contribution
May 2018 • Couples
It was an excellent experience for us. The guide was super nice, not only knowledgeable but also well prepared for everything. He is the best guide we’ve ever met. We 100% enjoyed the Plitvice Lakes National Park without having being annoyed by the crowd thanks to his well-prepared guide. For example, he had got tickets for us so that we don’t have to wait for a long time in a queue to enter the park. Moreover, he took us to the best route that majority of the visitors don’t choose. He also let us notice every wonderful detail about the beauty and dynamics of the park that we could never recognise without his understandable, elaborated explanation. On the way to the park, you can also see the history of Croatian war as well as enjoy a peaceful break at Rastoke village. In total, we definitely recommend their tour!
Written May 13, 2018
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. We are very pleased that you had a great time on yourday trip to Plitvice Lakes National Park with us. We always try to give our best and are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour. Your feedback is very much appreciated and valuable to us. . Thank you for choosing The Guide TA! Hope to see you again soon!
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Jakov
Written June 1, 2018
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