Slunj Rastoke

Today I had originally planned a long, hard hike up a mountain that sounded really interesting, but neither of us felt up to it this morning (plus when I checked the weather there it said thunderstorms all afternoon, and when I checked in the afternoon sure enough it was stormy there so I was glad we didn’t go), so we decided to head back to Rastoke and see if we could see the waterfall town that was closed on Tuesday. Well…you had to pay 6Euro a person to go in…and it was definitely not worth it. It was tiny, you had great views of the waterfalls from the parking area on the opposite side from where we were the first time for free, and it was just meh. There wasn’t much there.

There was a longer hike along the Korana and Slunjčica Rivers we were going to do that left from Rastoke so after our short wander in there we headed out on those paths. First you wandered through the forest to some viewpoints of the Korana River, then to cross you had to walk in the water along the rock wall which was fun (and we were glad we decided to wear our water shoes today!!) we saw lots of big snails, I thought I heard a snake in the grass and definitely saw the back half of one slithering away, there were lots of frogs making silly noises again, and when we stopped for lunch along the River we even saw a turtle on the opposite bank! And lots of fishes swimming around so it was a fun stop.

The trail then went by the ruins of Napoleon’s grain warehouse and the old castle before going through downtown Slunj which was fun to see. That is all along the Slunjčica River which is so much prettier! That is the River that we went to the spring where it started the other day and the water is just gorgeous. The Korana is nice too, but it doesn’t compare! So a fun day wandering by the water. Tomorrow we head is to Dubrovnik!Read more