{"id":1604,"date":"2022-07-15T11:27:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.npkrka.hr\/?page_id=1604"},"modified":"2022-10-19T08:28:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T06:28:42","slug":"pjesacka-staza-goris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/posjeti\/krka-hike\/pjesacka-staza-goris\/","title":{"rendered":"Gori\u0161 \u2013 Torak trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cdac694 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cdac694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"elementor-widget-container\">On the road \u0160ibenik \u2013 Drni\u0161, follow the signs for the settlement Gori\u0161 and the educational walking trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-widget-container\">in Gori\u0161 follow the signposts<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Parking in the open along the road passing through the settlement<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Educational walking trail Gori\u0161 \u2013 Torak viewpoint, 1 500 m, is a gravel and earthen trail that leads right up to the viewpoint<\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Pou\u010dno-pje\u0161a\u010dka staza Gori\u0161 \u2013 vidikovac Torak, 1 500 m, makadamski je i poljski put, ravna sve do vidikovca<\/li>\n<li>Walking trail Gori\u0161 \u2013 Torak, 1 450 m, is a gravel trail that descends down to Torak Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fotorama rounded-lg  shadow lblue-bg mt-5\" data-width=\"100%\" data-ratio=\"16\/10\"  data-nav=\"thumbs\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-arrows=\"true\" data-transition=\"crossfade\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_4_staza_goris_\u2013_torak_1.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_4_staza_goris_\u2013_torak_4.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_4_staza_goris_\u2013_torak_2.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_4_staza_goris_\u2013_torak_5_naslovna.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_4_staza_goris_\u2013_torak_3.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_4_staza_goris_\u2013_torak_6.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb682e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cb682e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><strong>Karst spring in the confluence<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289f9039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"289f9039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">The confluence of the Krka and \u010cikola Rivers is an unusual and mystical sight. Here nature has formed an island to divide the two rivers and the lake that is not a lake. With the raising of the travertine barriers at Skradinski buk waterfall, 13 km of the course of the Krka River were transformed into a lake-like expansion, and 3 km of the \u010cikola River were submerged, creating the most unusual confluence landscape in Croatia. The islet Kali\u010dki Busen, about 700 m in length and just 10 m wide, stands here, and is actually a travertine barrier that separates the Krka River from the mouth of the \u010cikola River.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">In this tranquil landscape, all appears to be calm, with its tall reeds and sedges, with only the birds flying overhead reminding us of the passing time. In the centre of the landscape, like the pupil of an eye, is Torak, a lake-like spring. Though this is a spring, due to its round shape it looks more like a lake, and so we call it the lake spring. It is 150 m in diameter, about 30 m deep, and the spring itself is at the bottom of the lake. This karst spring gives pure, clean, drinking water, which was once used to irrigate most of the villages in the southeastern part of \u0160ibenik-Knin County. Today it feeds the soul, leaving us to think deeply about the harmony of nature.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">The trail itself forks here, one part leading to the viewpoint, and other descending down towards Torak, with a view over the two intertwining rivers as though from the bird\u2019s perspective. In walking along the trail that was once used by the local population to reach their fields and gardens, today you can spend an active morning or afternoon, enjoying the peaceful and personal experience of the national park, observing the confluence on one side, and seeking out a view of the Klju\u010dica fortress on the other, which leads towards the \u010cikola Canyon. Long ago, there was a fortress at Gori\u0161 that was erected by the people of \u0160ibenik in 1342 as a defensive structure to protect against the Turkish conquests. It was ultimately destroyed by the Ottoman forces. However, it is good to know that even small places have their spot in history, their paths and hidden gems of nature. Or in this case \u2013 sapphires.<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karst spring in the confluence<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1611,"parent":1355,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bike.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1604","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1604\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}