Wooded canyon at Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, with waterfalls and turquoise lakes in the distance

Plitvice Lakes tours: tickets, routes and which day trip to book

57 day trips from Split, Zagreb and Zadar, from under 60 to more than 1,000 EUR, and the park ticket that the biggest ones leave out.

In brief

How much does a Plitvice Lakes tour cost, and what does the price include? Day trips run from under 60 to more than 1,000 EUR with a median in the 120 to 250 EUR band, and the first thing to check is the park ticket. Group tours from Split cost roughly 30 to 250 EUR, typically 60 to 120 EUR, and the three biggest list the ticket as extra, which adds a gate fee that is highest in summer. From Zagreb, five of the eight group listings name the ticket in the title, at 60 to 120 EUR. From Zadar, four of the five listings at 30 to 60 EUR we opened ask for it in cash at the gate. Private days start around 120 to 250 EUR, and 61% of the listings are private. Most are priced per person like a group seat; 9 of the 35 private tours on Viator quote one price for the whole group, from roughly 250 to more than 1,000 EUR. Medians by departure city: Split in the 250 to 500 EUR band, Zadar and Zagreb in the 120 to 250 EUR band. Every day lasts 6 to 12 hours, and the park itself takes about four of them. The rest is the road: two hours each way from Zagreb or Zadar, three to four from Split. Winter changes the product, with the boats stopped and the upper lakes closed for several months. A cheap summer day and a cheap winter day are therefore not the same purchase.

Price from: From under 60 to more than 1,000 EUR, median in the 120 to 250 EUR band
Trip length: 6 to 12 hours, median 9.5
Tours: 57 from 44 operators
Rating: 4.85 on 16,637 reviews
Best season: Ticket under 30 EUR, or 30 to 60 EUR in summer
Private share: 61% of the listings

Data verified on October 22, 2026

The park sells one thing and the day trips sell another, and most of the confusion starts there. At Plitvička jezera the adult ticket is 30 to 60 EUR from 1 June to 30 September and under 30 EUR in April, May, October and winter, and it is tied to a time slot. The 57 Plitvice Lakes tours we track from Split, Zagreb and Zadar run from under 60 to more than 1,000 EUR with a median in the 120 to 250 EUR band, and the cheapest group trips often leave that ticket out, so a day under 60 EUR and a day in the 60 to 120 EUR band can be the same day. This page explains how the park works: how the lakes formed, what the two entrances and the boat change, which rules are enforced and which months help. The three pages linked in the middle take over by departure city.

Plitvice is one of two big waterfall parks in Croatia. The Croatia page sets it beside Krka and the smaller falls, and this page stays with Plitvice: it is inland, hours from any beach, and it does not allow swimming. If you already know your departure city, jump to the table that compares the three, or to the card for your city. If you are still deciding whether to go at all, read the sections on tickets and winter first, because those two decide most of what a day costs and what it lets you see.