However, do it with another company. Our 50 seat tour bus stopped for an hour on the way there at a road side restaurant with no interesting features. The bus trip is only ~2 hours, and we weren’t told about this stop when booking. It took time that we’d rather spend in Zagreb, at Plitvice or in bed. Other tours go to Rastoke which as we drove past looked very nice - but our 50 seat bus can’t go in there. Guide passed on little information and only seemed interested in getting us back to the bus on time - if we followed his advice the 11 hour tour would have left us with 3.5 hours at the lakes.

My young son (2.5 years) and I did this and another trip to Pula with Dom as a guide, and had an amazing time. Dom was knowledgeable, fun and great with my small man who got much joy and laughter from Dom's engagement with him. I can't say enough good things about our experiences with Wanderer Travel. They were on-time, flexible and easy to plan with.

Our group did the guided tour Plitvice Lakes with Vuk and I can't recommend it enough! There are so many benefits to going the guided route. The entire park is so sprawling it can be overwhelming, I was so grateful that our guide was able to cut it down to what he thought we'd enjoy the most so we weren't trying to rush to see the whole thing. I felt like I got the best of the best of the park and I also felt like we could take our time and enjoy. Her really curated the route perfectly. Also there isn't any info as you are walking through so if you go solo you miss out on SO MUCH information. There is some seriously fascinating ecological abnormalities happening within the park that you don't want to miss out learning about.