About Systrafoss
Systrafoss (Sister Falls) was the only waterfall casualty during our 2007 trip to Iceland. Despite the rain and mist so commonplace in the south of the country, this one still went dry. Even though a local told us the falls were fed by Systravatn (Sister Lake) it seemed pretty clear that it would only flow when the lake had overflowed. Based on our experience, my guess would be that the best season to see the falls must be during the Spring when snowmelt ought to aid in the waterfall’s flow.
By the way, if you’ve noticed that there seems to be a deeply religious theme to the Kirkjubæjarklaustur area (I mean there’s even a Sister’s Cafe and anything else you can think of with “Sister” in it as well as the name of the town having something to do with a “church farm cloister”), there’s a good reason for it.
I understand that during the infamous 1783 Laki eruption (which lasted for 8 months and might have caused the famine that accelerated the events that caused the French Revolution), lava from the Lakagigar craters almost inundated this town before it miraculously halted and avoided the church here and spared the rest of the town. Thus, it would be understandable why there’s a belief that somehow there was some divine intervention at play here (and if you’ve paid attention to the Eyjafjallajökull [“EYE-ya-fyat-luh-yuk-ul”] eruptions in 2010 which had nothing on the 1783 Lakagigar eruption, then you can appreciate just how overwhelming these events can be).
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