Saturday 13 August 2011

Nature’s Paradise

After 1.5 hours by ferry we reached the seventh largest island, Dugi Otok, which is well known for its beautiful nature and cliffs. Sali is the largest town on the east side, next to Božava, Dragove, Soline, Brbinj, Luka, Polje, Verona, Savar, Veli Rat, Zaglav, and Žman.
We tried to see as much as possible in the few days we had. So we started with the port village Zaglav, next to Luka. The restaurant Roko is a very good place for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We were travelling by scooter, so we could move easily between locations.

One of the beaches I liked was the Brbinjscica beach which is a rocky beach with stone terraces and cliffs; the other was the Saharun beach, a beach with sand and beautiful turquoise sea water, which is very rare in Croatia. It is a very calm place surrounded by pine woods. Dugi Otok is the perfect place for any outdoor sport.
For cliff diving fans it is one the best places to jump from very high cliffs into the sea. The lighthouse “Punta Bjanka” in Veli rat has one of the biggest lanterns and placed in a wonderful quiet location, close to a church.
Next we went to the nature park in Telašćica which is full of wildlife and sea creatures. A perfect place for diving. This location is calm and surrounded by a forest of pine, olive and fig trees. I didn’t see any exotic animals, except the sea cucumber!
I saw a sea cucumber for the first time. It is a rare water animal, but we were lucky enough to have found one. They resemble the shape of a cucumber, and feel very slippery. A Croatian told me that they clean the sea bed by eating the dirt off the stones. Croatians don't eat these animals, but in Asia they do.

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