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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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.
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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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A small waterfall that is visible from the road outside of Borgarnes
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The highest volume waterfall in Iceland — a shallow, wide cataract over the Þjórsá River, just off Route 1.
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Unique columnar basalt formations and a twin waterfall falling into a rounded pool make this a lovely place to stop.
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