Parking at botanical garden - Balinovac (direct way)

Access to the starting point:
From the Zagreb - Split motorway, take the Otočac exit. Follow the road towards the village of Krasno and Sjeverni Velebit. A rather winding road leads through the village of Švica to Krasno, where the road from Senj joins (access is also possible from this direction). In Krasno, continue towards the signs for the Sjeverni Velebit National Park and the Zavižan lodge. The road, which then becomes macadam, leads to the entrance to the park, where the entrance fee is collected. Continue along the road, which leads to a crossroads by the chapel, where you park in the parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head towards the Botanical Garden, which is reached after a short descent across a meadow. At the botanical garden house, continue along the path on the left or right, which skirts the sinkhole below on the left or right. The two paths merge at the other side and lead to a crossroads, where you head up towards Balinovac. The path continues through the lane of a forest and, after a few minutes, leads us to the uncultivated summit slopes of the mountain. Here the path climbs steeply and leads us along a partly rocky slope to the summit.

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