Butting against Kvarner and the Highlands is the tourist region of Central Croatia, in the interior of the country. To the west it is bordered by the Alps which, in this very area, peter out into hilly terrain, and with the rugged Dinarides to the south. Towards the east, Central Croatia expands into the fertile Pannonian Plain, in the valleys of the Rivers Sava and Drava. This is Croatia largest tourist region and comprising by eight counties: Zagreb, Krapina - Zagorje, Varazdin, Medjimurje, Koprivnica - Krizevci, Bjelovar - Bilogora, Sisak - Moslavina and Karlovac. All those counties encircle Zagreb, capital of Croatia, situated in the very centre of the region.

Due to population density there are no national parks in Central Croatia, but there are two very interesting nature parks Lonjsko polje and Zumberak Samobor Highlands, and it is in Central Croatia that the last preserved Central European wetlands can be founded, that one can enjoying fishing or kayaking on clean rivers and ramble through picturesque wine growing country.

The most important gifts by nature in this part of Croatia are the numerous rivers, their courses for the most part having remained as nature originally defined them. This includes the longest Croatian river, the River Sava, whose banks give a great deal of pleasure to numerous anglers.
In the southern part of Central Croatia, toward the Dinaric mountain range, rivers run faster and abound in waterfalls.

In the villages of Central Croatia one can still find scenes from the days believed to be long lost, with flocks of geese in front of old houses.