Plitvice Lakes National Park Group Guided Tour from Split or Trogir

An early start - 6.20am from Trogir and then to Split to pick up rest of group going to Park, made the journey long. Our guide Ivanka was brilliant- a person who is clearly in love with Plitvice. Using the “train” up and walking back was ideal. With Ivanka explains everything we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The lunch stop was an excellent place - great selection of food, vary tasty and good value. Throughout the day everything was perfect - making up for the journey to and back.

Every step of the way about the Plitvice Lakes National Park was a memorable one which would remain etched in our mind for ever. Peter our guide was absolutely brilliant and his communication skills, knowledge and history of Croatia was excellent

Great day at the national park. Elena our guide was very knowledgeable and gave us ample time to explore the lakes/waterfalls. She was also a really great photographer!

We had a great time, Ivanka was an awesome guide and gave lots of interesting information about the park. The views are spectacular and one of a kind. I would certainly recommend this excursion ... its well worth it.

The trip and sights in Plitvice were amazing. Elena our tour guide from Split was fantastic- the best guide we’ve ever had! Gracious knowledgeable and friendly. I would recommend her service to anyone.

Overall great trip. The gas station stops halfway were a nice break. The guide was great! (Sorry I forget his name) and the parks were beautiful! The only negative was most people were not wearing masks inside the bus I would have liked the company to enforce that

Had a fabulous time at plitvice Lakes, the lakes were stunning, our tour guide Oliver was fantastic he was friendly and chatty, knowledgeable and organised and offered to take photos for the group at different points which was appreciated by all. The lunch stop served burgers, sandwiches and chips ect, something to note is they are only taking card payments so do bring a bank card. We stopped off at a service station on the way there and on the way back and we was made aware of all toilet facilities when at the park also. We travelled on a full size bus with only 20 of us in the group which was nice as there was lots of space and felt more covid safe as we wasn't cramped up- please keep doing this it is worth it and appreciated👍 we were asked to pop masked on when on bus's and boats too. It was a great day, didn't feel like too much of a rush either which was nice! Thank you Oliver!

The Plivitice national park is absolutely stunning. Definitely recommend visiting if you are in Croatia. Only downside: the local guide tour (Gray Lines Agency). The bus air conditioner was broken and we were suffocating during the 3h hour trip to Plivitice. The tour guide was rude and always rushing us. We did not have time to take pictures or just enjoy the different sceneries. The whole group of 50 people that we were was mad at him. He only gave us 10 min to eat in the park out of a total tour of 6h and then we had a random stop at 4pm to eat at a “local restaurant” were we had to pay for expensive food… The thing that really irked me was the fact that they made us pay 250 HKR for the park entrance and actually in the tickets it was written 180 HKR for the price. Given that we already paid 55 dollars per person for the trip + experience, making us pay 10$ more on the Park Entrance ticket for no reason seemed a bit sneaky. Conclusion: VISIT the park. It’s is stunning. Totally worth it. BUT I would not recommend the local tour guide we had.

I will start this review with the one con of this tour. In the write up of the tour it mentions a train ride, which is actually not offered on this tour. I’m not sure if it is something offered during other seasons since we were there at peak tourist season and a train might not have been doable with a lot of people. The description should be updated nonetheless. Now for the tour. The 2.5 hour journey to the falls is actually not bad, and we stopped for a bathroom break and coffee about halfway through the trip (we did this coming back to Split too). The tour guide lets you take a bit of a nap too since the start time to the day is so early, but did give a good initial brief at the beginning of the trip and a little ways out from the park gave some other interesting information. We paid the entrance fee at the departure point before getting in the van so when we got to the falls as the guide got our tickets we were able to do another bathroom break. Once we got into the park, the guide did a great job of giving us a good time hack and let us go explore and take pictures at our own leisure. She met up with the group at different points (there was about 20 of us) and then explained the next portion of the park we were going to enter and then let us walk and take pictures on our own again. She checked in with us throughout our time in the park, but never made us feel rushed. We spent about 20 minutes about halfway through our time in the park to use the bathroom again and get a snack. The park does take about 4 hours to get through, but it is absolutely beautiful and an amazing piece of Croatia and nature to witness. On our way home we stopped for lunch around 3 PM at a very good restaurant not far from the falls. Ivanka was our guide and I cannot express enough how great she was as a tour guide. Our driver was fantastic too! This is a really good tour and I highly recommend it to anyone that truly values the awe of nature.

Pluses: I've seen videos of this place and seeing it in real life didn't disappoint. Even a little rain didn't dampen our experience. Cons: it's a 2.5 hr ride in a van from Split, so if you have restless kids, it might be a challenge. I was glad that I didn't have to do the drive myself and can just relax in the van. Note: I was a little confused by the pick up point. So make sure you clarify the meeting spot in the morning, since it's quite early and could be a little stressful.