Otočić Mežanj

Dugi Otok is one of the more remote islands - it took nearly two hours by boat from Zadar. We arrived in the afternoon and headed straight to camp Kargita at the north of the island by the famous lighthouse at Veli Rat. It was a beautiful setting, with camp ground right on the rocky beach and only a handful of campers there. Hayyan got very brave in the water, swimming under and going out of his depth. We stayed a night before setting off to explore the island in the camper. Apart from a few small harbour towns the island was very uninhabited yet from the middle of the island you could see beautiful untouched beaches along all the coastline. We spent the night parked up near the church in Sali where we had a pizza and bought fishing equipment, and then discovered online a remote beach: Mala Voda. When we drove down the steep hill to the beach we found only a few fishing boats and a few mainly Croatian families on holiday who frequented the beach. It was truly desert island stuff and we camped here for two nights swimming, sunbathing and looking for treasure.Read more