Kornati National Park occupies an area of about 220 km2 (54.000 acres). There are 89 islands, islets and reefs within the area of Kornati National Park (238 km of the coastline), which makes it the most indented group of islands in the Mediterranean. Because of its beauty and singularity of the archipelago, Kornati was first proclaimed a national park on July 24,1980.

The Kornati Islands were first colonized in the time of the Illyrians. Small quadrangular separate or grouped dwellings (found below Pedinka, above Željkovci, in Pod Selo by Trtuša and Grbe on the Island of Žut), remains of towns and castles (Šcikat, Stražišce, Tureta, Grbe) and numerous stone grave-mounds (tumuli can be found on almost every elevation on the Kornat and Žut Islands) testify to the fact that Kornati Islands were significantly inhabited during the prehistoric times. The main economic activity of the inhabitants was stock keeping but fishing also played a very important part in their economy.

The undersea world of the Kornati National Park offers you the pleasure of exploring the exceptionally rich flora and fauna. The land section of the Park, although it often gives an impression of a “half-desert”, also abounds in plant and animal life. It is confirmed that 537 plant taxons exist on the Kornati National Park land and it is assumed that in total there are app. 700-800 vascular plant families. In-depth research of the animal life within the Park has not been conducted as yet. Beside rodents, snakes, lizards, insects and other living creatures that visitors mostly find uninteresting, the existence of beech marten has also been registered at the Park. It’s very hard to find and see it from a close distance though. The Park includes an interesting variety of birds: Eurasian eagle owl, peregrine falcon, kestrel, common buzzard, shag, and seagull.

Numerous hilltop view locations offer unforgettable moments of pleasure and create unforgettable impressions! Interesting geological and geo-morphological phenomena that you will see from the hilltops are surely a sight to remember. It is not hard to reach the hilltop view locations. Keep in mind that summer heat can make hiking unbearable. We recommend you take a hat and other sun protection products because there is not a lot of shade on the islands. The land section of the Kornati National Park is privately owned mostly by the people from Murter, a town on the Island of Murter. During your hikes on the islands, please act as a good and considerate guest.
One-day visits to the Kornati National Park are organized and executed by various legal and/or physical entities which are registered as providers of passenger boat transfer services and which have been granted permission by the Kornati National Park Public Institution to perform such activities within the Kornati National Park.

Within the Kornati National Park diving visits are allowed only if organized by one of the legal and/or physical entities which are registered as providers of such services and which have been granted permission by the Kornati National Park Public Institution to organize and execute diving visits within the Kornati National Park.

For more information, check the official Kornati website