Kopacki Rit Nature Park
Kopacki Rit Nature Park
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Ognjen M
Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia57 contributions
Mar 2024 • Friends
A two and half hours trip including boat ride and visit to casle Tikves. Nature is always nice place to be, but for a nature park I expected more. Boat ride was ok, but somehow dull, maybe ride with private boat is better option. Castle Tikves is also pretty boring as there is not much to explore.
Written April 1, 2024
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Ana Varga
Belisce, Croatia206 contributions
Sep 2020 • Family
This place is so beautiful and so romantic. Place filled with wonderful views. There are swans and other nice birds. The sound of nature warms my heart. U must give it a visit, and do it in every season. In winter it looks magic. There is also a restoraunt, coffee shop and wine bar. Great place to spend weekend in nature ambient on fresh air. If your head is filled with problems and you have overthinking issues, you need a break from everyone and everything, just go there and let the nature do the thing. Enjoy
Written September 14, 2020
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dora4444
Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia178 contributions
Aug 2012 • Friends
for a nature lover this was great experience; i was with my friends and we had so much fun studying about all those birds, frogs, turtles, stunning Slavonian nature, beautiful little boat that was giving us a ride through swamp and I actually felt like Bear Grylls :P
regards
regards
Written July 2, 2013
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cybona
Zagreb, Croatia112 contributions
Mar 2013 • Friends
If you ever find yourself in these parts of the world, Nature Park “Kopacki rit” is definitely a place to spend a day in. It is not, however, a highly developed tourist place where restaurants, souvenir shops and children entertainment areas jump at you every way you turn. Also, it is not a circus or petting zoo where animals come out and pose for the camera. It is a nature park and its main purpose is preservation of the swamp area for wild birds and animals. Amazingly enough, the rangers are doing a good job here and the park has so far remained an untouched piece of pure nature.
You have two places where you can buy tickets to the park, both reachable by car and with large parking lots. One is in the woods near Tikves Castle and the other is the reception area near the pier and the boats. As the other reviewer said, the original reception burned down and temporarily a container serves as replacement. Even though there are no toilets in the container, there are plenty of movable toilets in the parking lot next to the pier. My suggestion is to buy the tickets at the reception and proceed to the pier for a boat ride. It is difficult to use only words and properly describe the beauty and serenity of the place, so I have attached several photos taken during our boat ride. Our visit was in March and the trees were still without leaves, but I really loved it and am looking forward to coming back some other time in the year.
After the boat ride you can go and visit the Tikves woods with the castle. The castle used to be a hunting lodge for various people (Tito being one), but during the last war it was broken into and interior destroyed. There are plans to make it into a hotel in the future. It is connected to rather newish building which was built during the president Tito’s time when foreign presidents would visit to go hunting (supposedly there was a rule which prevented two presidents to sleep under the same roof, so they had to build an additional building connected to the castle itself). Even though it is forbidden to go freely walking around the swamp area of the nature park, there is at least one nature trail you can follow from Tikves castle and the staff highly recommends taking it since you can enjoy unspoiled nature and maybe even encounter wild animals in their natural habitat.
You have two places where you can buy tickets to the park, both reachable by car and with large parking lots. One is in the woods near Tikves Castle and the other is the reception area near the pier and the boats. As the other reviewer said, the original reception burned down and temporarily a container serves as replacement. Even though there are no toilets in the container, there are plenty of movable toilets in the parking lot next to the pier. My suggestion is to buy the tickets at the reception and proceed to the pier for a boat ride. It is difficult to use only words and properly describe the beauty and serenity of the place, so I have attached several photos taken during our boat ride. Our visit was in March and the trees were still without leaves, but I really loved it and am looking forward to coming back some other time in the year.
After the boat ride you can go and visit the Tikves woods with the castle. The castle used to be a hunting lodge for various people (Tito being one), but during the last war it was broken into and interior destroyed. There are plans to make it into a hotel in the future. It is connected to rather newish building which was built during the president Tito’s time when foreign presidents would visit to go hunting (supposedly there was a rule which prevented two presidents to sleep under the same roof, so they had to build an additional building connected to the castle itself). Even though it is forbidden to go freely walking around the swamp area of the nature park, there is at least one nature trail you can follow from Tikves castle and the staff highly recommends taking it since you can enjoy unspoiled nature and maybe even encounter wild animals in their natural habitat.
Written May 5, 2013
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lunokhod
paris5 contributions
Jul 2014 • Couples
If you will be visiting Osijek, Croatia, Kopacki Rit is one of the few things to do in the area. I have been there several times, and can recommend the following.
First, it is free to drive through the Park. By car it is fairly small, but you can go to several lookouts to look at birds, or go to the restaurant Kormoran in the middle of the park, which is very good.
Second, the last time we were there we did a two-hour canoe trip with a guide. This costs only 150 Kuna per person and can be organized a day or two in advance. Apparently, this activity is not very well known (5 groups in 2 years, all foreigners). This is clearly the best thing that we have done so far in the park, and I highly recommend it. The best time to canoe is in April when the water is high. The water level varies unpredictably, and when we there in the summer, it was fortunately at one of its highest levels.
Third, you can rent bikes. In about 30 minutes you can get to the Tikves "castle". They told us not to go off the main roads with their bikes, and biking on the paved road was not super exciting. There are some smaller dirt roads that the locals use, so I presume that it would be ok to take these as well (next time I will see).
Lastly, there is a cafe-bar at the entrance that is nice.
First, it is free to drive through the Park. By car it is fairly small, but you can go to several lookouts to look at birds, or go to the restaurant Kormoran in the middle of the park, which is very good.
Second, the last time we were there we did a two-hour canoe trip with a guide. This costs only 150 Kuna per person and can be organized a day or two in advance. Apparently, this activity is not very well known (5 groups in 2 years, all foreigners). This is clearly the best thing that we have done so far in the park, and I highly recommend it. The best time to canoe is in April when the water is high. The water level varies unpredictably, and when we there in the summer, it was fortunately at one of its highest levels.
Third, you can rent bikes. In about 30 minutes you can get to the Tikves "castle". They told us not to go off the main roads with their bikes, and biking on the paved road was not super exciting. There are some smaller dirt roads that the locals use, so I presume that it would be ok to take these as well (next time I will see).
Lastly, there is a cafe-bar at the entrance that is nice.
Written August 17, 2014
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JBSD
Zagreb, Croatia40 contributions
Sep 2018 • Family
This is a very important area for many reasons concerning nature, ecology, wildlife preservation etc. That's a 5* importance, of course.
Speaking as a tourist, it's a bit pricey for what you get. We paid about a hundred HRK per person (I can't remember the exact price), for which you get a short boat ride during which an emlpoyee of the park talks about the area. That was interesting, but apart for the short walk to the boat you don't see much else.
All that being said, it's still a must-see if you're visiting Baranja.
Speaking as a tourist, it's a bit pricey for what you get. We paid about a hundred HRK per person (I can't remember the exact price), for which you get a short boat ride during which an emlpoyee of the park talks about the area. That was interesting, but apart for the short walk to the boat you don't see much else.
All that being said, it's still a must-see if you're visiting Baranja.
Written July 21, 2019
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Nathalie
County Wicklow, Ireland38 contributions
Jun 2019 • Couples
A lovely place to visit and stroll around. The boardwalk is beautiful with little hidden rest spots along the way. We also took the boat tour which lasted an hour, great information provided about the area by the guide. Afterwards we stopped off for a cooking drink and sat watching the nature around us. There is a very nice gift shop also on location which I would recommend visiting too. All staff are very welcoming and informative.
Written June 21, 2019
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BFK123
Santa Rosa, CA210 contributions
Apr 2019 • Solo
A lovely boat ride through the waters where the Danube meets other rivers and is used as a spawning area for fresh water fish.
Also is a bird sanctuary for many different kinds eagles and other rare birds.
Also is a bird sanctuary for many different kinds eagles and other rare birds.
Written May 13, 2019
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Victoria0612
Pecs, Hungary38 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
What a day! Went on road trip with my boyfriend to Nature Park Kopacki rit few days ago and we have so much fun. Easy to get to with car and lots of parking too. Beautiful nature, so many things to see and to learn. We went for an organized tour with a boat and a guide. Guide was so friendly and helpful. Amazing fauna and not too crowded the day we went. Would recommend definitely.
Written August 20, 2018
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Emilija
Croatia245 contributions
Oct 2017 • Business
No wonder they call it a European's Amazon! We came here as a group of 20 during our trip to east Croatia. First, we watched a short movie about the park in its main building. Afterwards, we took a train that drove us to the river where we boarded the boat and took a sightseeing cruise on the river. It was a great experience and we really enjoyed our time there.
Written December 12, 2017
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I can't find the boat schedules. Do the boat tours run every day? What time?
Written October 11, 2017
Unfortunately I can not give you an answer, since I was there with a group and we have our own boat. I am sure they have a contact e-mail on their web page, so just ask them. Best regards!
Written October 12, 2017
Yes ... I think so .... but, howevere, due to the several mines ... it's better a guided tour ....
Written May 30, 2016
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