Zeleni Vir, water spring — Attraction in Općina Skrad

🇺🇸 First of, the road to get there is TERRIBLE. I've had situations where google maps directed me to a road which is so poorly maintained that it's impossible to pass through it with a car, so I figured it's one of these situations. You drive through narrow but maintained road through a village and at one point get to a 3km to your destination. Road on this last 3 km is REALLY TERRIBLE. Gigantic potholes, rocks and branches on the road and worst of all it so narrow that ONE car can barely drive on it and it's a TWO WAY road! With only a few wider parts so that if need arises two cars can pass each other. So you spend those 3km driving very slowly because of the bad condition of the road and PRAYING TO GOD that someone doesn't come from the opposite direction. So some people try the road and others park at the beginning of it and walk 3 km to the end. If you do survive the road you are greeted with a big, well maintained parking lot. You need to buy the ticket to see Zeleni vir and Vražji prolaz and it costs 25kn. But in the end it's all worth it! Zeleni vir is a BEAUTIFUL waterfall surround with a BIG cavern. It's really something. And Vražji prolaz is a cleft in the mountain through which water runs and which is connected with a series of wal ways. At the end of this walk is a BEAUTIFUL CAVERN, not very deep, some 200m which you can explore all by yourself. Super interesting and adventurous! Just watch your head, don't forget to bring a flashlight (or use your cellphone flash) and bring some waterproof boots because it's wet and very muddy inside! All in all, HIGHLY recommended!! . 🇭🇷 Prije svega, put do tamo je GROZAN. Imao sam situacije u kojima me google usmjerio na cestu koja je toliko slabo održavana da je kroz nju nemoguće proći autom, pa sam zaključio da je to jedna od tih situacija. Vozite se uskom ali održavanom cestom kroz selo i u jednom trenutku stignete 3km do vašeg odredišta. Cesta ta posljednja 3 km je zaista STRAŠNA. Ogromne rupe, kamenje i grane na cesti, a najgore od svega, cesta je toliko uska da JEDAN automobil jedva može voziti po njoj i to je DVOSMJERNA CESTA! Ima samo nekoliko širih dijelova, tako da u slučaju potrebe dva automobila mogu proći jedan drugoga. Tako da vozite ta 3 km jako sporo zbog lošeg stanja na cesti i MOLITE SE BOGU da netko ne dođe iz suprotnog smjera. Tako da neki skupe hrabrost i odu tom cestom, a drugi parkiraju na početku te pješače 3 km do kraja. Ako preživite cestu, dočeka vas veliko, dobro održavano parkiralište. Morate kupiti kartu da biste vidjeli Zeleni vir i Vražji prolaz i košta 25kn. Ali na kraju sve to vrijedi! Zeleni vir je PREKRASAN slap pored kojeg je VELIKA špilja. Super izgleda. A Vražji prolaz je pukotina u planini kroz koju teče voda i koja je povezana nizom šetnjica. Na kraju te šetnje je PREKRASNA ŠPILJA, ne baš duboka, nekih 200m koje možete sve istražiti sami. Super zanimljivo i avanturističko! Samo pazite na glavu, ne zaboravite ponijeti svjetiljku (ili upotrijebite bljeskalicu svog mobilnog telefona) i ponesite neke vodootporne čizme jer je unutra vlažno i jako blatno! Sve u svemu,...

To sum it all up: extraordinary nature but it comes with a price.

If you are looking for a wonderful one-day trip in the nature, search no more! This is it, it has everything: from the cleanest water you will ever see, cave with a small lake, waterfall, canyon, to the extraordinary green nature with all sorts of flowers and trees.

Ticket costs 25kn per person, and you can buy it near mountain house which is also the starting point of 2 available routes you can take (you will take both, because they are not that long). First one to take is Waterfall route which takes 15minutes till waterfall and 15 minutes back to mountain house.

Second and most popular is "Vražji prolaz" route which takes 30 minutes till cave and 30 minutes back. When you reach the cave, you can eneter it but be careful: it is dark and slippery with lots of mud, and can get very narrow at points. You will need a flashlight to see anything. These is where bats are, and at the end of it you can see small lake. After that you can go back to the mountain house where you can drink coffee or eat some available meal. Prices are standard.

Now let's talk about bad side of this trip: if you are coming with a car and plan to go directly to the mountain house, be very WARNED! Road which takes you down to the house is absolutely TERRIBLE! If you are not experienced driver, or have a new car, think twice before taking that route. Road is steep and narrow to the point that if you come across another car going in opposite direction, you will have troubles to pass him, and there is abyss on your right side (if coming down). Road is just terrible, lots of holes and rocks on the the road. It can also be muddy and wet. There are two better ways to come there but you will need more walking. (I didn't take them but little googling and looking at other reviews can save you lot of troubles).

Last but not least: this is very popular place during weekends so prepare for lots of people, narrow and steep walking routes (on some part slippery as well, and muddy). Have some shoes for mountains, please don't be dressed as though you are going in the city. With all that being said, please remember to enjoy every bit of nature and don't let too much people, bad roads or mud mess with your nerves and patience. This is a wonderful place to visit, and i hope its infrastructure will change in the future.

PS. There is lots of parking places at several nearby locations so you don't have to worry too much about that. (Parking...

THE ROAD IS TERRIBLE. Seriously, if you are driving an RV, or a larger car, DO NOT DRIVE THE ROAD. By the time we got down there we were so rattled by TWO near death experiences of passing cars coming from the other way, we just spent 20 minutes catching our breath and then started right back up.

This isn't a joke. The road down is terrible. I've done cliff roads in Tibet, Central America, and Peru. This was the worst road, and the one I was mostly likely to die on, in my life.

I didn't even go into the park. My wife cried on the way down and as we were coming up people coming down would stop us and ask us if there was a place to turn around and head back up. ...