April 13, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 18 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast. 

The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 18 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.  

The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating the biggest welcome in the world from a hospitable tourism country. 

Day 18 moved on foot and kayak from Zavižan to Novalja. 

40 kilometres for the day: 20 km on foot from Zavižan to Jablanac, followed by a 20 km kayak ride from Jablanac to Novalja to continue forming the ‘L’ in ‘Welcome’.

Day 18 began at the Northern Velebit National Park.

Lacko claims the wind blew so hard at times it made it hard to breathe.

The Zavižan mountain lodge where the group stayed. 

The Premuziceva trail at Northern Velebit National Park.

Which had parts covered in snow. 

Gromovaca at Northern Velebit National Park.

And back on the Premuziceva trail...

To fight through a thick forest of snow.

But it melted, and the group carried on to the Alan mountain lodge at Northern Velebit National Park.

And finally, downhill towards Jablanac.

Before jumping on kayaks in Zavratnica.

With the ferry Prizna Zigljen to end the day. 

A key part of the project was promoting tourism, and the official website has details of the key places visited during the day. 

Northern Velebit National Park.

You can see the entire project on the Welcome website, as well as much more of Luka Tambaca's stunning photography on the Welcome Facebook page. 

Tune in tomorrow for Day 19, as Lacko moves from Novalja to Veli Rat by kayak.  

To follow the whole project from the start, follow the dedicated TCN page. 

April 12, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 17 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast. 

The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 17 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.  

The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating the biggest welcome in the world from a hospitable tourism country. 

Day 17 moved on bikes from Rastoke to Zavižan in Northern Velebit National Park. 

100 kilometres for the day: Lačko and the crew didn’t mix it up on this part of the journey, and Day 17 consisted of just one, really long 100-kilometer bike ride from Rastoke to Zavižan. 

Day 17 started from Rastoke to Lička Jesenica, at the ranch Ples konja.

From Lička Jesenica on the way to Dabar, a village in Lika-Senj County that is 21 km northeast of Otočac.

From Dabar to Otočac.

Crossing the Gacka river the only way they can. 

And seeing Majerovo vrilo along the Gacka. 

To end the day? A striking sunset from the top of the Vučjak peak in Zavižan, one of the best-known localities in the Northern Velebit National Park.

A key part of the project was promoting tourism, and the official website has details of the key places visited during the day. 

Rastoke.

Northern Velebit National Park.

You can see the entire project on the Welcome website, as well as much more of Luka Tambaca's stunning photography on the Welcome Facebook page. 

Tune in tomorrow for Day 18, as Lacko moves from Zavižan to Novalja on foot and kayak.  

To follow the whole project from the start, follow the dedicated TCN page.