Tungufoss
Tungufoss is a small waterfall, just by the side of the road on the way north out of Reykjavik. It is a small cascade on the river Kaldakvísl.
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Details of things to do, places to see, and other interesting locations
Glymur
It’s never a bad idea to pick one of the ‘-ests’ for your first visit in Iceland. Biggest, longest, tallest: pick one, you’ll never go wrong. Glymur –the tallest waterfall in Iceland — won’t disappoint.
Read MoreHvalfjörður
The “whale fjord” — although we saw no whales — runs inland just north of Reykjavik and is an easy drive up from the city. We drove along the shore on our way to see Glymur, for which you will need your own car. The fjord is about 30km long, with a road tracing both […]
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On a small peninsula jutting into Hvalfjordur lies the remains of a US and British WWII naval installation. Not much actually survives, just the twisted remains of a steel pier and a few concrete buildings, but this was a fairly sizeable installation (along with the British based in Hvammsvik), dedicated to building and maintaining the […]
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A perfect little remote hot pot, looking over the beautiful fjord
Read MoreHraunfossar
Hraunfossar (“lava falls”) is a wide set of multiple waterfalls over the multi-colored lava flows, near Húsafell. Unlike many of the waterfalls in Iceland, Hraunfossar doesn’t come from a raging river — instead, it pours out from the porous lava underneath moss-covered hills.
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Barely a stone’s throw away from elegant Hraunfossar, Barnafoss (‘childrens falls”) churns and roils through the narrow canyon on the river Hvítá
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A small, gentle waterfall on the Norðurá river near the small town of Bifrost.
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The rough frozen sea of aa lava flowed 3600-4000 years ago from the nearby volcanic craters.
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A lovely secluded and moss-covered glen near the waterfall Glanni, amidst the Grábrókarhraun lava field.
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