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Rjukandi

Eastern Ring Road / Egilsstadir, East Region (Austurland), Iceland

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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 between the towns of Akureyri and Egilsstaðir (though much closer to Egilsstaðir – see directions below). The falls resided in the East Iceland region.

While the drive between the towns was long and the scenery was quite desolate (basically many rolling mountains and hills with some mats of grass and shrubs on them plus a few farms here and there), the waterfalls we noticed certainly stood out as a result. However, there were so many waterfalls along this route that it was quite easy to skip them and declare them too minor or too dime-a-dozen to stop for. That was until we noticed this waterfall series where we a pair of signs indicating “Fremsti Rjukandi” (meaning “leading Rjukandi”) and “Yst-i-Rjukandi” (meaning “outermost in Rjukandi) helped us determine that perhaps we had stumbled upon something we ought to stop for.

Then, very shortly thereafter, we noticed another series of waterfalls, which like the previous waterfalls were each significant and could’ve very easily had some tourist infrastructure to help people stop at these falls while also to help break up the long drive. So that basically got us to literally stop in our tracks, turn back, and start stopping at what available pullouts that we could find for each of these waterfalls.

These waterfalls were essentially roadside waterfalls, but we did notice some short trails and stiles that appeared to allow us to get closer to the base of some of these falls.

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Tagged with: ring road, egilsstadir, east region, austurland, northeast region, nordurland eystra, iceland, waterfall



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