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Store · Plitvice Lakes National Park
Groceries for a picnic or longer stay near the lakes.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Plitvice Lakes Tour Guide
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.
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Mukinje and Vučnica Bistro“Mukinje village is coming up, with Vučnica Bistro beside the small ski slope. I'd stop here for the Lika pizza, made with local škripavac cheese, if you want a meal away from the lakeside paths.”
Plays as you drive up to Mukinje Shopping Centre in the Parkwolf Plitvice Lakes Tour Guide.
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Mukinje Shopping Centre is a small grocery store in Mukinje, along the D1 road. The park lists it as a food-products shop, making it a practical stop for basic supplies if you are staying nearby or packing food for a day among the lakes. Think groceries, not a cafe or ready-made picnic counter.
Visitors use it for drinks, snacks, bread, dairy and other everyday groceries. Reports suggest it is more useful for simple provisions than a wide choice of fresh produce or ready-to-eat lunches, so plan to assemble your own picnic rather than pick up a finished meal.
This is a practical village shop, not a sightseeing attraction. It makes sense as a quick supply stop if you are staying in Mukinje or passing through, rather than a detour just to look around.
Wildlife
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.
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ModerateMedveđak Trail 25.4 km · 1.8 hr · 0.9 km awayA karst ascent from point 2 to the Turčić viewpoint.
ModerateVia Dinarica HR-G-08: East Lika17.2 km · 5.8 hr · 1.1 km awayCross the Medveđak ridge on a long one-way border stage.
ModerateMedveđak Trail 18.2 km · 3 hr · 1.1 km awayA wooded ridge traverse from Entrance 2 to Entrance 1.
ModerateProgramme E5.1 km · 2.5 hr · 1.2 km awayUpper Lakes waterfalls, with a boat crossing and road-train return.
ModerateK2 Program Loop17.5 km · 7 hr · 1.2 km awayA full day linking both lake shores, waterfalls and a boat crossing.
ModerateProgram F: Lower Lakes Loop4.6 km · 3.5 hr · 1.2 km awayA boat, waterfall canyon, and steep climb make one varied half-day.
ModerateH Program Lake Tour8.9 km · 5 hr · 2.2 km away8.9 km through both lake zones, with boat and panoramic rides.
ModeratePlitvica Trail9 km · 3.8 hr · 2.3 km awayA forest route that finishes beside Plitvica Stream and Great Fall.
Sight · 0.4 km awayMukinje Ski ResortAn easy family ski-and-sled stop when natural snow allows.
Restaurant · 0.4 km awayVučnica BistroRegional Lika pizza on a terrace beside the ski slope.
Restaurant · 0.8 km awayRestaurant PoljanaA convenient Entrance 2 meal stop with trout, burgers and pancakes.
Sight · 0.8 km awayJosip Jović MemorialA solemn roadside memorial at the site of Josip Jović’s death.
Restaurant · 0.8 km awayBlack River – Steak & Pasta HouseDry-aged steaks and fresh pasta near Entrance 2.
Lodging · 0.9 km awayHotel BellevueA 1963 park hotel a few steps from Entrance 2.
Food · 1 km awayKupalište BistroA handy meal stop beside the P1 dock on Lake Kozjak.
Entrance station · 1 km awayEntrance 2South-side start for Upper Lakes routes and longer circuits.Parkwolf’s Plitvice Lakes ranking