Visit and volunteer at Lonjsko Polje floodplain

Walk Europe's great Sava floodplain

Lonjsko Polje Nature Park joined the European Rewilding Network as a Wilder Parks frontrunner. More than 50,000 hectares of alluvial forest, pasture, and villages along the Sava still flood with the river. Visitors cycle stork villages; gardeners can join the park's traditional gardener volunteer programme.

What you can do

• Start at visitor centres in Čigoč or Krapje for maps, bike hire, and guided floodplain walks (park site)
• Apply for the Tradicijski vrtlar volunteer programme when spring calls open
• Read why the park joined the network on Rewilding Europe

How it works

Park staff reconnect oxbows, expand natural grazing, and host visitors who learn floodplain culture without inventing a new landscape. Volunteers tend traditional courtyard gardens during multi-day spring sessions with board provided.

Why it matters

Floodplains that still breathe with the river protect villages downstream and keep storks, eagles, and pasture herds in one living system.

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Source: Park prirode Lonjsko polje · Volunteer: Tradicijski vrtlar · Rewilding Europe ERN news.