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Headed south for Dubrovnik, I decided to detour into Bosnia and Herzegovina briefly to check out the Kravice waterfall near the Herzegovinan town of Ljubuški . I hadn’t even heard of this great waterfall back in 2009; maybe I would have visited then had I known. My GPS didn’t have any knowledge of “Kravice Falls” but it did know about the tow of Ljubuški, so I told it to take me there. Once I crossed the border into BiH, the GPS had more trouble with the roads; some roads it wanted me to take simply didn’t exist. I would turn instead in the direction I guessed was right and then see if the GPS could figure out where to go next on a real road. I made it to Ljubuški soon enough, then followed signs to Kravice.
There’s a parking area above the waterfalls where tour buses can park, and perhaps everyone parks there in busy times. But in early May, I was able to drive all the way down the narrow road to the falls instead of walking down. (If a car comes the other direction, one of you will have to pull far to the side to let the other pass. No problem if you take it easy.) There’s also a small entrance fee at the parking lot; I was able to pay with Croatian Kuna because I didn’t have any Bosnian BAM yet. The guy collecting the fee was wearing a Wildwood, New Jersey t-shirt. Since I had been there as a kid, I was excited and asked him about it. He had no clue what or where this “Wildwood” place was – just a shirt to him. He had never been there or to the United States; his cousin gave it to him. But I found it amusing.
The waterfall itself is beautiful.
Kravice Falls, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kravice Falls, Bosnia and Herzegovina
But if you can drive down like I did, it doesn’t take much time to see it. (The walk or drive down from the parking lot didn’t look particularly interesting.) There’s a little restaurant right down by the falls but I didn’t patronize it. I found the most flattering place to photograph the falls may have been above it, from the road driving down.
Kravice Falls, Bosnia and Herzegovina
If you have time and you love waterfalls, I’d recommend a detour to Kravice Falls. Lots of people go to Krka National Park; you may be one of the rare people who sees Kravice.
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