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Where Drava and Danube meet, we encounter Central Europe’s most spectacular inland delta. Hidden behind the iron curtain for half a century, the Drava delta has remained a secret realm of wetland forests, oxbows and floodplains, ever-shifting channels, islands, and swamps vibrant with a stunning diversity of plant and animal life. Rising from numerous sources spread across the southern and eastern Alps – the Dolomites, the Carnian Alps, the southern ramparts of the Hohe Tauern, and other scenic ranges – the Drava links together the most diverse climates, landscapes, and natural habitats. Although its actual source is only 100 miles from the Adriatic coast, this rapid Alpine river flows some 500 miles eastward through five countries until it finally spreads out in Hungary’s and Croatia‘s lowlands.
