Brijuni National Park

The islands of the Brijuni archipelago received the status of a National Park in 1983. After the end of World War II, the summer residence of Josip Broz Tito was established on the main island of the archipelago, the Big Brijuni, which was used until 1979 to receive foreign dignitaries.

In 1978, a safari park was established in the northern part of Veli Brijuni Island and is still in operation today. The safari park is home to exotic animals (zebras, deer, etc.).

You can tour the homestead, take an electric car or sightseeing train for a ride around the island, visit the safari park, walk through the perfect parkland, or even play a game of tennis or golf.

In Brijuni, along with shady majestic relict oaks and tall, bright, pine-scented pine forests, you can find about 650 species of subtropical plants, including holly, ash, laurel, palm, bamboo, eucalyptus, strawberry tree, turpentine tree, sequoias, rosemary and other exotic trees. If you happen to visit this place on a tour, you will definitely be shown a very interesting specimen - a long-lived olive tree.

In the north of the island there is a fenced area of 9 acres, where a safari park was created. It is inhabited by wild animals: Indian elephants, South American camels, zebras, antelopes, sacred cows and donkeys.

Now there is a special train for tourists on the island, through the windows of which you can look at the inhabitants of the safari park. Those specimens that were unlucky enough to acclimatize, ended up in the museum and are presented in the form of stuffed animals. Among them were lions, giraffes, monkeys, tigers and many other exotic animals.

The world of birds is also quite rich here. You can observe them without disturbance on three salt marshes, which are overgrown with reeds and have become an excellent nesting place for tirkas, ducks, quail. Here you can meet such rare species of birds as the great white heron, black stork, bittern.

More information about Brijuni National Park can be found on the park's official website www.np-brijuni.hr.