Visit to Karavasta Lagoon, Albania 9 December 2012.

The Karavasta Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Albania and one of the largest in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from the Adriatic Sea by a large strip of sand. The lagoon is part of the Divjake-Karavasta National Park. It host a small population of the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a massive member of the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe to India and China in swamps and shallow lakes. The nest is a crude heap of vegetation.

The canal that link the Lagoon with the sea, view towards the Lagoon

The canal that link the Lagoon with the sea, view towards the sea

We visited a local restaurant

The had their own small zoo, with an eagle

Mandarin duck

Water buffalo calf

The sea outside the Lagoon

Not everything on the beach was neat and tidy

And some kind of feeling like being at Klondike

Some locals were fishing