Wild boar feeding in Kopacki rit Nature Park, Croatia
Kopački Rit is Croatian Nature Park located in East Croatia in area called Baranja – Croatian very eastern border with Serbia. Kopački Rit is a nature park located very near the point where river Drava and river Danube joining together, carrying on further towards the Black and Slavonian Nature park located in Baranja – Croatian very eastern border with Serbia – a marshland with amazing wildlife. The popular Kopacki rit Nature Park is an attractive tourist destination in Slavonia. This is a great flooded area along the right bank of Danube, in a large corner formed by Drava and Danube. Over 2,000 biological species live there, many of which are rare and endangered species at the global and European levels, such as 291 bird species and 44 fish species. In 1993, Kopacki rit was included in the list of internationally significant wetlands. Visitors can see the rit on specially built tourist boats with professional also recommend you visit the Tikveš castles located within the Nature Park in a beautiful centuries-old oak forest, a favorite meeting point for many statesmen and celebrities from some past and boar hunting is organized in the forests of Kopacki rit and the entire area. Five to seven thousand deer live in Kopacki rit – this is where the best prize deer in Europe were shot. Slavonia has another Nature park – Papuk , a mountain with numerous natural pearls, centuries-old forests and mountain lakes and springs. Kopacki Rit is worth visiting as it is a unique area of rich plant and animal life, and is considered as important and largest preserved wetland in Europe.
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Location: Kopacki rit, Kopacevo, Croatia
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