{"id":71406,"date":"2026-07-15T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailwithus.de\/blog\/sailing-kornati-islands\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:52:39","slug":"sailing-kornati-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailwithus.de\/en\/blog\/sailing-kornati-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing the Kornati Islands: Croatia\u2019s Wild National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you want the wildest, most dramatic sailing in Croatia, point the bow towards the Kornati Islands<\/strong>. This national park of 89 bare, sun-bleached islands and reefs – scattered like stepping stones across the Adriatic – is one of the Mediterranean's great cruising grounds. There are almost no roads, no towns and few people; just stone, sea, and lonely anchorages where you moor beneath a cliff and dine at a family konoba<\/em>. It's Croatia at its most elemental, and it can only really be seen from the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes the Kornati special?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

George Bernard Shaw famously said the gods created the Kornati \"from tears, stars and breath\". The islands are strikingly bare – grazed smooth over centuries – which gives them an almost lunar beauty. Their seaward sides drop away in dramatic cliffs known as \"crowns\"<\/strong>, plunging far below the surface. Because the archipelago is a protected national park, it stays blissfully undeveloped and the water is astonishingly clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sailing the Kornati Islands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most Kornati trips set off from Zadar, Biograd or Šibenik<\/strong> on the Dalmatian coast, threading out through the Pašman and Žut channels into the park. Distances are short and the sailing is varied – sheltered channels one moment, open water with a fresh breeze the next. A few highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n