Danube-Drava National Park
Danube-Drava - a national park in southern Hungary, spread over an area of 495 km2, along the rivers Drava and the Danube. The most valuable parts of the region have been protected since 1962, and the national park was formed only in 1996. Zoological reserve arranged in the park
One of the most picturesque places in the Danube-Drava Park is the Mechek Mountains, in this mountain range you can admire the Abaliget mountain cave, in which a small brook is flowing. Here you can also look at natural sculptures made of stone, bats. Some believe that the air here has healing qualities and promotes treatment for pulmonary diseases.
In the Danube-Drava park, an exhibition of Taplos-Gog near Cape Shio was held. The exhibition shows the reconstruction of the everyday lifestyle of the Hungarian peasants.
The Drava River flows through the lands of the South Zadunai Territory for 150 km, in some places forming the border with Croatia, sometimes leaving for the Croatian or Hungarian border. The Drava River has retained its natural channel, to how hydraulic engineering work was carried out on the Danube and Tisza rivers to straighten the channel. In many areas, Drava forms old men and ducts with islets.
The Danube-Drava National Park has unique vegetation for Hungary, as it consists mainly of plants concentrated in the Western Balkans. Illyrian crabs and oak stand out from all, since it does not occur anywhere else. You can also find the Illyrian beech, groves with alder and ash. Many swallows, pike and kingfishers build nests along the banks of rivers. Waterfowl rest on the rivers during the flight.
