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Overview
About Bistro Kozjačka Draga
Why stop
- A shaded lakeside meadow with plenty of seating beside the electric boats.
Heads up
- Food and value are hit-or-miss, and queues can form when the stop is busy.
Map
Where it is
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Plitvice Lakes Tour Guide
Your drive to Bistro Kozjačka Draga, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Plitvice Lakes National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this area
Broad Lakes, Narrow Canyon0:00 / 0:32
“There's a reason the Upper Lakes spread out while the Lower Lakes sit between steep walls. The Upper Lakes rest on dolomite, rock that lets relatively little water through.”
Plays on the road 0.6 km from Bistro Kozjačka Draga in the Parkwolf Plitvice Lakes Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Opera Singer and the Cascades
- Entrance 1 and the Lower Lakes
- Hotel Jezero and Kozjak Café
- Entrance 2 and the Upper Lakes
- 39 audio storiesacross Plitvice Lakes’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Beaver, Grey Heron, Great Cormorant, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 15 trails, 36 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Bistro Kozjačka Draga
A useful break beside KozjakBistro Kozjačka Draga is a quick-service bistro on the shore of Kozjak, set in an open picnic…
Bistro Kozjačka Draga is a quick-service bistro on the shore of Kozjak, set in an open picnic meadow at the forest edge. A covered terrace and wooden tables and benches spread across the grass, with electric boats docking beside the shore. It is a convenient place to stop between walks and boat rides, with shade and room to sit.
Plan for a quick mealThe location is the surest reason to stop: food and value can be hit-or-miss, and queues can…
The location is the surest reason to stop: food and value can be hit-or-miss, and queues can build when it is busy. Bring a snack if you want a predictable lunch or would rather not wait. A souvenir shop sits beside the bistro.
Kozjak at the water's edgeKozjak is the park's largest and deepest lake.
Kozjak is the park's largest and deepest lake. From the meadow you can watch the electric boats come and go at the shore. The bistro is a practical pause on the sightseeing route, whether you are waiting to board or taking a break before continuing around the lakes.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Plitvice Lakes
20 sightingsBeaverMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
29 sightingsGrey HeronMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
14 sightingsGreat CormorantMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
84 sightingsMerganserMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
13 sightingsDipperMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
201 sightingsMallardMost seen around 5 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Plitvice Lakes. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
