Camp Borje

The UNESCO-listed Plitvice Lakes National Park (15 minutes’ drive) is home to a series of 16 lakes connected by dramatic cascades. Explore Lake Kozjak by rowing boat or admire its turquoise waters from self-guided circular trails through the park, which also take in Lake Prošćansko and Veliki Slap, the highest waterfall with a drop of 230 feet. On your wanderings, keep a lookout for woodpeckers, owls and birds of prey. Don’t forget a jersey when you visit the Barać Caves (40 minutes), where the temperature is distinctly chilly. Take guided tours past stalactites and stalagmites in these subterranean caverns, thought to be the former home of Neanderthal humans, and where lions and bears roamed during the last Ice Age. Pay homage to one of the great scientists of the 20th century at the Nikola Tesla Memorial Centre in Smiljan (an hour), a complex that includes his childhood home, with interactive displays about his life, experiments and inventions.