{"id":1619,"date":"2022-07-15T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.npkrka.hr\/?page_id=1619"},"modified":"2022-09-27T08:24:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T06:24:43","slug":"pjesacka-staza-brnjica-korito-cikole","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/posjeti\/krka-hike\/pjesacka-staza-brnjica-korito-cikole\/","title":{"rendered":"Brnjica \u2013 course of the \u010cikola River trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61982803 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61982803\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul>\n<li>On the road \u0160ibenik \u2013 Drni\u0161, follow the signs for the settlement Brnjica and the educational walking trail. In Brnjica, follow the wooden signposts, which lead to the path that runs to the edge of the canyon<\/li>\n<li>Parking in the open<\/li>\n<li>This is a gravel trail, that descends steeply down to the \u010cikola River, and returns along the same trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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_5_staza_brnjica_\u2013_korito_Cikole_7.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_5_staza_brnjica_\u2013_korito_Cikole_3.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_5_staza_brnjica_\u2013_korito_Cikole_6.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_5_staza_brnjica_\u2013_korito_Cikole_5.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_5_staza_brnjica_\u2013_korito_Cikole_2_naslovna.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_5_staza_brnjica_\u2013_korito_Cikole_4.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rsz_5_staza_brnjica_\u2013_korito_Cikole_1.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49e9bc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49e9bc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e7dbba\" data-id=\"7e7dbba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ecc9cd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ecc9cd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><strong>Gluvo\u2019s trail to the narrow strait<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63924a8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63924a8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>The Krka and \u010cikola are stubborn rivers. For eons, they have cut through the limestone rock, creating deep canyons with a series of karst forms. This rock is powerful, reminding us of what is essential, like a grey-bearded wizard. Without ornamentation, with just the occasional shrub, we too feel stripped bare and small, as though walking among the stone giants. Klju\u010dica appears like a fatamorgana, rock built upon rock, the fortress of the medieval Croatian rulers.<\/p>\n<p>But karst is difficult to tame. It takes a rugged man. For nine years, Gluvo blazed a trail with his own hands over a thousand metres, from his home in Brnjica to the miserly waters of the \u010cikola. Born in 1926 under the name Marko Ljubi\u0107, he lived a long 80 years, leaving us Gluvo\u2019s trail, which today is the walking trail from Brnjica to the \u010cikola River. This hard-working and dedicated man was deaf, which gave him his nickname Gluvo (In Croatian gluh = deaf). Perhaps this is the only place where his handicap was not important, as here nature is always in overwhelming silence. Giving the eye twice the pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Gluvo\u2019s trail descends down to the banks of the \u010cikola River, the Krka\u2019s largest tributary. In the summer months, it runs dry, but even then, the images of the large and small light-coloured, rocks, rounded by the water is impressive. The \u010cikola is a two-sided river. Up until Drni\u0161 it runs like a lowland river, through the karst fields, giving it the local name Polj\u0161\u0107ica, meaning \u201criver that runs through the fields\u201d. After Drni\u0161, the canyon part of the course begins, which gave its present-day name: the word \u010dikola or \u010dikojla originated from the Turkish, meaning \u201cwater through cliffs\u201d.<br \/>\nThe \u010cikola Canyon is marked by its wildness, emphasizing the impressive forms of the rapids, the permeability of the canyon and the often dry riverbed. This inaccessibility was desirable in the past, and here we find two caves containing Palaeolithic finds, and the Klju\u010dica fortress, the largest and best preserved medieval fortress in Krka National Park. The \u010cikola River Canyon is 14 km in length, and up to 170 deep in some places. It begins immediately after the river leaves Petrovo Polje field, near Drni\u0161, and ends 6 km before it drains into the Krka River, or just 3 km before the submerged, lake-like section of the river begins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gluvo\u2019s trail to the narrow strait<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1626,"parent":1355,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bike.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1619","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1619","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=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1619\/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\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npkrka.hr\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}