Only an hour away from Zadar by the ferryboat, you will find the island Dugi otok among the chain of middle Dalmatia islands. It is the largest island within the Zadar archipelago with the surface of 115 km2, 43 km long and 4,6 km wide. Its position is in the direction Northwest – Southeast. The peak is at Vela straza (338 m), beneath you will find the Karst fields: Velo jezero, Arnjevo polje, Stivanje polje, Sridnje polje and others, and many caves: Strašna peč, Kozja peč, Veli badanj… On the island, with 11 settlements facing the land and with the steep Southwest side facing the open sea, the population is around 1500 people.The most attractive parts for tourism are the Southeast part with the salt water lake »Mir« and Telascica bay, part of a national park and is a part of the National park Kornati; and far West side of the island with a well-known tourist town Bozava, sandy beach Saharun and Veli rat lighthouse which dominates the area. In the surrounding seas one can find 250 types of botanical life and 300 animal species and that makes Dugi otok a real heaven for scuba divers.