Svartifoss

Svartifoss was perhaps the signature attraction of Skaftafell National Park in the East Region of Iceland. The reason why we made this claim was that it possessed pronounced hanging hexagonal basalt..

Waterfall Djupivogur

The waterfall near Djupivogur is how I’m identifying this obscure waterfall that grabbed our attention as we were making the very long drive on the Ring Road between Egilsstaðir through Höfn and…

Hengifoss

Hengifoss was the star waterfall attraction of the Eastfjords area around Lagarfljót and the town of Egilsstaðir. While this waterfall was said to be the third tallest waterfall at 118m…

Fardagafoss

Fardagafoss seemed to be a a pair of attractive waterfalls just upslope from the town of Egilsstaðir. The uppermost tier itself contained a pair of attractive drops back-to-back against cliffs…

Gufufoss

Gufufoss is the largest and most striking waterfall in Seyðisfjörður. It plunges on a river full of smaller but powerful waterfalls as it makes it way down alongside the…

Jonsfoss

Jonsfoss was the obscure waterfall near the turnoff for the road leading from the head of Lagarfljót to the controversial Kárahnjúkar Dam. We had initially cast off this waterfall as one of those…

Other Seydisfjordur Waterfalls

The other Seydisfjordur Waterfalls are what I’m clumping into this page to acknowledge the numerous waterfalls to be seen here. Most of them are on the river running from the mountain…

Draugafoss

Draugafoss looked like a very attractive waterfall nestled in a less touristy part of the Northeastern end of Iceland (though it was technically in East Iceland just east of the border with the…

Rjukandi

The waterfalls named Rjukandi referred to on this page (as there were many instances of waterfalls with this name in Iceland) pertain to the series of waterfalls we noticed along the Ring Road…

Lagarfoss

Lagarfoss disappointed us because we came here expecting to see something major considering it was well labeled on our map as well as seemingly well signposted. However, all we ended up seeing…