The fabulous Štrbački Waterfalls, and a really nice campsite by the river

It was a bit cold and quite foggy when we got up Wednesday morning. We had two goals for the day... the first one was to see the nearby Štrbački Waterfalls, and the second was to get some laundry done!

We headed to the waterfalls right away. Good thing we did too, because there is an 8 km (5 mile) narrow winding road in, with very little opportunity for someone to pass heading the opposite way.

There are three entrances to Una National Park, and all of them will eventually lead to the waterfall. However I had read that the first two are better suited to 4 wheel drive vehicles, and at least entrance number three is paved most of the way.

So we drove down into the valley.

Scenery along the way.

The fog is starting to lift.

Entrance number 3.

Note the sign on the right saying "no large vehicles".

The road in was recently paved, but only wide enough for Max!

There was very little opportunity for an opposing vehicle to pass.

The last 2 kms were terrible potholes.

Tired of the potholes, we came across a spot where I thought we could leave Max parked by the side of the road without affecting traffic. I did a 9 point turn to get him faced in the opposite direction. So glad he is a small motorhome! And then we walked the last km to the entrance booth.

We paid the 7 marks ($5 CAD, $4 USD) entrance fee per adult, and walked the rest of the way to the falls.

Our first view of the falls.

The river at this section is the actual border between Bosnia and Croatia.

Looking downstream.

Štrbački Waterfalls

Nice waterfalls, and worth the effort, especially with a reasonable admission fee. We only saw about 20 people the whole time we were there, and we were really lucky that we didn't encounter any vehicles at all on the way out.

By this point, the fog had lifted and it was actually turning out to be a much nicer day than they had forecast.

But we still needed to get laundry done! It turns out there aren't many laundromats in Bosnia. The next one I can find listed is in the city of Sarajevo, but that's a couple of days away yet. So the next option was to find a campground that has a washing machine.

I found a listing where one of the reviews said there was a washing machine available, so we headed there. It's just outside the national park, so it was pretty convenient. And we got there to find that it's a really pretty little spot!

We pulled in, and there was only one other motorhome... another unit similar in size to Max, but with Belgium licence plates.

We walked up to the "reception" where there is also a small restaurant and bar. A guy about our age was in there, and he is our host. He spoke very little English, but invited us to have a seat, and he proceeded to get some glasses and pour out some raki... the same local homemade booze that they make in Albania!

Nice guy. He gave us some maps detailing hiking and biking trails in the area. There is also a very friendly dog and cat.

And an old, small washing machine. 

It's seen better days. We did one load and it took about three hours! Don't think the clothes got that clean, but they smell fresh and at least they got wet, so that's something. Oh well. We'll try another load today provided we think it' going to stay sunny enough to dry them.

Max, at his spot by the river.

GPS 44.568368, 16.083342

Price in the off season is €14 ($20 CAD, $16 USD) including electric. And, there is WiFi available in the restaurant/bar. So, not bad.

We met the people from the other motorhome. A young couple (35?) from Belgium using his parents motorhome. Nice people, and they invited us to sit by the river and have a glass of French Champagne with them.

Sitting by the river, sipping French Champagne.

Does life get any better?

We had bought a whole chicken the other day, and it was time to roast it up!

Cooked to perfection, along with roast potatoes.

Despite the availability of quite a lot of free camping in the area, we're going to spoil ourselves and stay here a second night. There are a couple of castles we can hike to, and another waterfalls we can ride our bikes to. And it's supposed to be another nice sunny day!

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