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Lake Sakadaš

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Sakadaško jezero

Sakadaš is the deepest lake of Kopački rit, in the hidden heart of the marsh beside the park’s visitor centre at Kopačevo. It is where the park’s boats moor and where most visits to the wetland begin.

How it formed

Kopački rit is a floodplain where the Drava meets the Danube. Each spring, meltwater from the Alps raises the rivers and floods the marsh for much of the spring, and by the end of summer the water drains away again. Kopačko jezero and Sakadaš are the only parts of the rit that stay under water all year.

Nature

Kopački rit is one of the great bird places of the Danube: hundreds of species have been recorded, and a good spring or autumn day can bring dozens of them. White-tailed eagles hunt over the lakes, cormorants and geese crowd the drowned white-willow forests in spring and migrating ducks arrive in autumn. The lakes hold pike, carp, tench, bream, wels catfish and perch, and beavers live along the channels.

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Tips

Sakadaš is the deepest lake in Kopački Rit. The boat route runs along Lake Sakadaš through the Čonakut canal to Lake Kopačko, through sunken white-willow forests that fill with cormorants and geese in spring and migrating ducks in autumn. A guided birdwatching day starts at 7:00 from the boat dock on Veliki Sakadaš. Boat tours generally run from March to November; book ahead in peak season.

From the visitor centre, the White Water-Lily boardwalk leads to the lake in 20 to 30 minutes, past reeds, white willows and water plants, with boards on the wetland’s wildlife. The park is about 12 km from Osijek, signposted through Bilje.

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Sources & data

  1. Croatia's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake water bodies (SWB, category LW), field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Croatia, 2022
  2. OpenStreetMap: Sakadaš (relation 1716760), OpenStreetMap contributors
  3. Kopački Rit in a page, Total Croatia News
  4. Bird watching / photo-safari, Kopački Rit Nature Park
  5. White Water-Lily boardwalk, Kopački rit Nature Park
  6. Tourist dock Sakadaš, Kopački rit Nature Park

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