World’s Biggest Welcome in Croatia: Day 39 – Trilj to Omiš (Biking, Canyoning, Rafting, Kayaking)

Daniela Rogulj

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All photos by Luka Tambača

May 1, 2019 – Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 39 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 39 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. 

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Day 39 moved from Trilj to Omiš.

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69 kilometres for the day: 45 km bike ride from Trilj to Zadvarje, 3 km of canyoning from Zadvarje to HE Cetina, 14 km of rafting from HE Cetina to Radmanove mlinice, and a 7 km kayak ride from Radmanove mlinice to Omiš to begin forming the ‘L’ in ‘Welcome’.

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Day 39 started in Trilj – crossing over a hanging bridge on the Cetina river. 

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Lacko and Mislav in Trilj.

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Making way towards Blato on the Cetina river.

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Cikotina Ladja – bridge.

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From Trilj to Zadvarje for some canyoning. 

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The team in the canyon and Mislav doing a backflip.

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From canyoning to rafting on the Cetina. The group passing under the Pavic bridge.

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And to Radmanove Mlinice.

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They traded their rafts in for bikes.

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And made way to Omiš.

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Hiking towards Fortica above Omis.

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Fortica above Omis, and a happy Welcome team.

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

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Omiš.

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 40, as Lacko moves from Omiš to Blaca.

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

 

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