Martin Brod - Una National Park

Complex of travertine waterfalls in Martin Brod - Una National Park– site visited in July, 2024.

Bosnian proposal for inscription in 2026. It is not fully clear if they want to inscribe the full park (quite big in fact) or just the area with waterfalls around Martin Brod (as the name suggests). Whatever the final decision would be it can easily be linked with Plitvice National Park which is located in Croatia some 40 km west of the park borders.

Una National Park is the biggest national park in Bosnia (198 km2), western part of the country, near the town of Bihac and embrace the rivers: Una, Unac and Krka and the valley. It protects karst activities with waterfalls and cascades. Martin Brod (a small town) is located centrally in the park on both sides of Una river. According to the legend it is named after local girl Marta who was in love with a soldier. When crossing a river in order to meet him, she was pulled by a strong current where Marta drowned. Brod in Slavic languages is the equivalence of a shallow. In Martin Brod there are two areas of waterfalls: around Small Waterfall and Milančev buk.

Mali Slap (Small Waterfall) – access through Jovin Bridge (google coordinates 44°29'19.1"N 16°08'29.1"E), free of charge, there are several waterfalls on main Una riverbed, ruins of old mill (just on the right of footpath). Some 200 meters further on there are mixture of karst activities, waterfalls (including …