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Falcon centre - Dubrava |
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The falcon centre is situated only eight kilometres from the centre of the city of Sibenik in the thick pine forest (Dubrava) and it represents the unique site where the visitors could grasp the mystery of falcon's life. The prey birds have always impressed a man and hunting with a falcon is as old as the ancient cultures of our planet. The first resources dealing with falcon hunting were found in 5000 B.C. in China from where they spread to Europe across Persia and Middle East.
The above mentioned skill flourished in Europe in the period of the Middle Ages. The invention of fire arms diminishes the importance of the falcon hunting. But due to the admirers of that activity the falcon hunting survives and nowadays it experiences a certain renaissance. We are proud to continue the tradition of this noble skill revealing to the visitors the secrets which a falcon master needs to know in order to live in harmony with the wild falcon's nature.
For all of those visitors whose curiosity is not satisfied by just one visit, the Falcon centre offers various possibilities meant to get the visitors to know more about the prey birds and their environment.
Course of one day duration -
Under the experienced surveillance, the visitors are given the possibility to enjoy within a day the beauty of the environment, spending some time with the trained birds of the Centre. The highest point of the day is the hunting in which even the visitors participate.
Course of five days duration
- This course is aimed to those people who are seriously interested in falcon hunting. The course happens to be a combination of theoretical (biology, veterinary medicine, ornithology) and practical competence (imp, coping , equipment making) what is obligatory as to, by the end of the course, get into the adventure of falcon hunting.
Visitation
- The centre is open for the visitors during the whole year from 10;00 am to 17:00 pm.
The visits of larger groups of people should be booked in advance via phone or via fax. |
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