Kopacki rit - Baranja

Baranja is a region on the eastern end of Croatia. It is great tourist destination because of its tradition, rich culinary offering, natural heritage and all possibilities of an active vacation. Another reason because of which Baranja is a favoured tourist destination, is Bijle plus which is an agro-tourist cooperative. This cooperative provides services in rural, health, conference, sports and development of other forms of tourism. Bijle plus has played host to nearly 10,000 visitors till now, most of them being from other countries. The cooperative has five accommodation buildings with a total of fifty accommodation units. The main focus here is given to recreational activities, healthy food and tradition. There is collaboration between members of this cooperative and the local restaurants in order to ensure good quality and authentic tourist services.
Bicycles can be rented from the hosts to explore the mountains and the natural beauties of the Nature Park and Kopacki rit, an ornithological monument. This region has a very rich tradition and the local population warmly welcomes the tourist. Due to all the reasons and the hospitality Baranja has a bright tourist future with bold old and new visitors visiting the place.

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Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Croatia

The Lonjsko polje Nature Park, located along the River Sava in the Sisak-Moslavina County, is a unique bird reserve. It is spread over an area larger than 50 thousand hectares and constitutes the largest marshland of the entire Danube River basin. On account of its specific hydrological and geo-morphological characteristics, it is rich in a variety of fauna and flora. Almost all European wetland and marsh plant species can be found there, more than 550 of them. Also, a large number of marsh bird species spawn in the area – the white stork, several heron species, the spoonbill, the white-tailed eagle, the lesser spotted eagle and many migratory bird species.
There are two ornithological reserves within the park: Krapje đol and Rakita. Adding to the value of the park are villages with preserved traditional characteristics and wooden houses typical for the Posavina region, some of them older than 200 years. They are built exclusively out of natural materials and held together by wooden bolts, without a single nail. They are not painted, but acquire a natural patina with age. In the past, young men would put them apart before they got married and then reassembled them where they planned on starting a new life with their future brides. Today, the villages Krapje and Čigoć attract the greatest number of visitors. Many tourists from around the world, especially from Japan, come to see the white storks nesting on the rooftops.
At the initiative of the European natural heritage foundation, Čigoć was proclaimed the European village of storks in 1994, and Krapje was proclaimed a village of architectural heritage in 1995. Apart from stork-watching, Lonjsko polje offers a variety of other activities to its visitors. Many village households engaged in rural tourism offer the possibility of an active vacation with a series of recreational activities such as riding horse carriages, boat trips, bicycling, fishing, horseback-riding and others.
Official Nature Park Website
Lonjsko Polje is also listed as tentative for UNESCO world heritage protection.

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