NATURE AT ITS FINEST

PAKLENICA NATIONAL PARK HIKING

Paklenica hiking tour

Situated at 45 45-minute drive from Zadar, National Park Paklenica is nested in the southern part of Velebit mountain range. It is the longest range of the Dinaric Alps. Declared a nature park in its entirety, it harbours two national parks – North Velebit and Paklenica.

This tour takes you from Velika Paklenica to Ramića Dvori Lodge and back. It follows the main path of the park in the Velika Paklenica Canyon carved by the stream of the same name. Join us on a relaxing walking tour through the canyon and discover amazing nature. At the end of the tour, your reward will be the stunning view over the beautiful panorama of the gorge, the rocky peaks and the surrounding forests.

Tour Length

4 - 5 hours (13 km)

TOUR difficulty

Easy

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What our clients say

Super easy and helpful with bike rental and choosing a location to ride. They spent extra time helping add navigation to my phone and suggestions for Island rides. Added touch: while at their office they took time to help an older touring couple with a bike fix that was ready... read more read less
John Montgomery
10/21/2023
Rowery super wygodne na zwiedzanie Zadaru i okolic. Personel bardzo miły i pomocny, z pewnością skorzystamy jeszcze nie raz 😊
Agnieszka Kabaiwanowa
10/21/2023
Easy rental via webpage, my MTB bike was great and the woman in zzuum office was very kind and helpful 🙂
Krzysztof Gieroj
10/21/2023
Great time in Zadar Had a beautiful morning bike excursion in Zadar. Bikes were in perfect condition and our guide was fabulous. Wish we had more time to explore!
lisalH8843OX
10/04/2023
Super helpful, friendly, personable employee set us up with maps and well maintained, newer bikes that both worked well and were comfortable. HIGHLY recommend this place!!’
Glenda Montgomery
9/24/2023
My husband and 2 teenagers visited Zadar on a Celebrity Cruise and booked a day with some bicycles with ZZUUM. It was very easy to find and the owner was super helpful and friendly. She gave us maps and helped us navigate to where we wanted to ride. The bicycles... read more read less
Sharee Gatto
9/21/2023
Fantastic service. Great bikes with no issues at all. Really handy how they proved dry bags with the bikes and spare tubes incase of a popped tyre (which we had to use) and really nice lady who gave us a nice itinerary for our day on the bikes. €20 was... read more read less
C S
9/21/2023
Amazing place to rent bikes! Good price and good bikes. We made a trip to Nin. Recommend it!
Natascha van der Klauw
9/21/2023
Excellent guided e bike tour of Zadar We had a really enjoyable toured ride around Zadar with our guide Anthony. He took us to a lot of amazing spots to see the local area and the e bikes made it very easy for us to get around. Anthony shared a lot of his love and passion for... read more read less
734russellm
9/13/2023
Uglijan Visit is a must Best decision I ever made. Boat over from Zadar. Stayed on the Island for a few days. And it was fantastic. Friendly, peaceful and just a stone throw away from Zadar. Even if you go for a day. You'll love it. Land in Preko and either get a bus, take... read more read less
Go30426894392
9/10/2023
Piękne miejsca, niezapomniane widoki 🙂
BRIX
8/21/2023
We rented the bikes for a whole day (€ 20/bike for 24h) and it was totally worth it! If you are bored of sitting on the beaches and want to explore the country and also the islands then it is the best program. The lady was really helpfull, she recommended... read more read less
Anna Bárdos
7/24/2023
Amazing bike rental! We rented city bikes, we are from the Netherlands so we bike a lot. These bikes where amazing! We were helped really good and shown the way around Zadar on the map and the best way we could bike on the island next to Zadar! The price... read more read less
lynn lansink
7/23/2023
We booked Ugljan self-guided bike tour and it was such an amazing experience. It was our first bike tour ever and we were amazed how much you can see on the bike and the experience is totally different. Ugljan is really nice, peacefull island and perfect spot to spent a... read more read less
Amna Golos
7/13/2023
Three island self guided MTB tour The tour was superbly organised from start to finish by Nicolas & his team, with all the transfers & ferry crossings included.
The well thought out varied routes each day visited many interesting & beautiful places around the region.
Coastal31466026896
7/05/2023
Great Service and experience. We booked "self-guided" tour for Ugljan island. Crew helped us with routes and booked ferry tickets. We got good tips for our daytrip. Bikes were in good conditioning and well maintained including accessories, spare tyres and touring bag. All guys were very friendly, they also offered... read more read less
Harri Peltomaa
6/27/2023
Zzuum was recommended to us by a local bike shop for servicing and washing our bikes ahead of the final leg of our trip.
The service was absolutely stunning: quick, professional and realistic. As a bonus, Bruno turned the bikes around on the day so we could keep going the following... read more read less
Celts On Wheels
6/19/2023
Highly recommended bike tour! Our bicycle tour of Zadar was super! We learned a lot from our tour guide, Ante, who was quite knowledgeable about the geography and history of the area. I asked him a lot of questions and really enjoyed the conversation. This ride from Zzuum is highly recommended!
Randall C
6/18/2023
Really excellent. The best way to sample Zadar. Our guide was very friendly, knowledgeable, and personable. The tour agency was also easy to work with, communicative, and accommodated our slightly later starting time. The bikes were excellent as well. Absolutely don't miss this, it wouldn't have been a proper tour... read more read less
Alicia Wu
6/11/2023
Easily the nicest and best experience I have had in a bike repair shop. Bruno took great care in fixing the bike and getting us back touring. Can't recommend them enough!
Conor Meenan
6/07/2023
I rented inflatable stand up paddle boards and it was a super easy. I called ahead, gave them my name, and then picked up the boards which took about 10 minutes. The boards came with a pump, paddle, and wet bag.
Jack Elvin
5/31/2023
Highly recommend to try out Zuum Bike Service, and I must say, I was thoroughly impressed. From the quick service to the accessible prices, Zuum Bike Service exceeded my expectations on all fronts.
Ante Vlakic
5/18/2023
Fun Bike Tour Fun few hours touring Zadar by bike. Got to cover a lot of ground in a short time. Views from the overlook of the city was worth the ride up hill. Only wish we would have had an e-bike option.
jermarch
4/25/2023
zzuum is the only place in Zadar where we could rent an e-bike (besides a touring bike) in october 2022. The bikes were in perfect shape. zzuum gave us bike bags, locks, tools and offered helmets. We got a lot for our money. The first evening we didn‘t know how... read more read less
Bernhard Sprengel
12/28/2022
Good bikes, friendly, nice and fair people. I'll go to them again when I come back here.
Arvand Kaveh
10/22/2022
Thoroughly enjoyed our week Discovering the Roads of Northern Dalmatia by bike and exploring the many sights and sounds of beautiful Zadar old town.
The bikes we hired from zuumm were great and the commumication, advise and support from the zzuum team was first class.
They set us up with an excellent... read more read less
I Cacklerare
10/21/2022
Thoroughly enjoyed our week Discovering the Roads of Northern Dalmatia by bike and exploring the many sights and sounds of beautiful Zadar old town.
The bikes we hired from zuumm were great and the commumication, advise and support from the zzuum team was first class.
They set us up with an excellent... read more read less
E Clarke
10/21/2022
Fun activity to see zadar with an amazing guide! We booked on for the zadar city tour - and for fun chose the e-bikes! They were so much fun! Our guide was amazing - so friendly and knowledgeable - we learnt many fun facts about Zadar - it’s a lovely place to cycle round - up to... read more read less
bluecat115
8/23/2022
Friendly staff, good quality bikes and they give you maps with any kind of directions or informations you need like ferry timetables. They also give you a bike bag to attach at the back which I found useful to carry the beach stuff and drinks.
Filipe Marques
8/09/2022
The Service was quick and easy. The employees were very kind and asking for improvement. The bikes were high quality for a small price. We would rent here again!
Erik Barthel
7/10/2022

Highlights

Velika Paklenica Canyon is the most famous Croatian climbing site which attracts not only local climbers but climbers all around the world. This canyon is very narrow and deep up to 400m. It stretches from Anića kuk to Marasovići. In some places, there are rocks in the canyon that create small waterfalls and rapids.

Paklenica is the most popular climbing centre in Croatia. There are about 500 different climbing routes, from the most simple to the most challenging ones. Both beginners and professional climbers can easily find the route that suites them best.

Velebit is the largest Croatian mountain. It is 145km long and the highest peak is Vaganski vrh (1757m).In 1978. this karst mountain has become a Biosphere Reserve due to its biological diversity. The whole mountain range is a protected nature park and Paklenica and Sjeverni Velebit (North Velebit) are national parks.

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