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Šerdap National Park
The Djerdap National Park stretches
along the right bank of the Danube River from Golubacki
grad to the dam near Sip. It spreads on 64,000 hectares
and the park management office is in Donji Milanovac
on the Danube.
The main feature and attraction of
the Djerdap National Park's natural beauty is the Djerdap
gorge - the famous Iron Gate - the grandiose gateway
through the southern slopes of the Carpathian mountains
where the longest and biggest river accumulation in
Serbia is located.
The Djerdap gorge, which is some 100
kilometers long (from Golubac to Tekija), is actually
a compound river valley made up of four gorges (Gornja
klisura, Gospodjin vir, Veliki and Mali kazan and Sipska
klisura), separated from each other by ravines. In Gospodjin
vir, one of the greatest river depths in the world has
been measured (82 m).
The cliffs of the canyon in Kazan are about 300 meters
high while the riverbed in this part is narrowed down
to 150 meters.
 The
territory of the national park is filled with a series
of other important features: abundant and diversified
animal and especially plant life, attractive surroundings
and landscapes, cultural and historical monuments and
other anthropogenic tourist attractions, including a
lake formed by the erection of a hydroelectric power
plant.
The national park is dotted with many
natural and cultural values which are included in a
special protection programme:
Lepenski Vir, the 8,000-year-old archaeological
site with exceptionally important traces of settlements
and the life of neolithic man, the Golubacki Grad fortress,
the fortress in Kladovo, forest reserves and natural
monuments.
 The
Djerdap National Park has become one of the most visited
tourist regions in Serbia especially after the construction
of the dam and the formation of the large lake.
The gorge and the hydroelectric power plant can be visited
from Belgrade and other cities downtream from it.
There are a number of tourist points in the park with
hotel and other facilities, offering tourists rest and
swimming and tours of the cultural and historical monuments
and natural values.
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