Visiting The Best Waterfalls In Iceland

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The drive we had deliberate on at the present time in Iceland was gonna be an extended one however so price it as a result of we’d be visiting a few of the finest waterfalls in Iceland alongside the best way.

We had been at present staying on the Greenhouse Resort in Sellfoss and can be driving all the best way to the Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon.

The drive takes round 3 hours and 40 minutes which doesn’t appear to be loads however that’s with none stops for lunch and dinner (there aren’t any eating places close to it).

Additionally that drive has a few of the finest waterfalls in Iceland so you realize you would simply double that driving time with all the additional stops after which add a couple of extra hours on high of that. (Right here’s a terrific tour you’ll be able to ebook which has the waterfall and another superb locations to go to in Iceland)

As so off we went!

Our first cease was Seljalandsfoss which is that this waterfall you’ll be able to stroll behind – which hands-down makes it not simply the most effective waterfalls in Iceland however arguably in all of Europe.

Again once we visited the primary time over 10 years in the past (yeah, I do know I maintain reminiscing about this in all our earlier posts, hehe!) there was a parking lot right here nevertheless it was nowhere almost as organised as it’s now.

There are even bogs right here now.

Anyway, we parked up and as you do, made our manner over to the waterfall. As we approached it although, that’s after I realised we’d made an enormous mistake – not bringing raincoats with us.

Yeah, the climate was dry however with that wind, we had been already beginning to get fairly moist earlier than even attending to Seljalandsfoss.

We really did have raincoats within the automobile however couldn’t be bothered to return and get them. We must always have.

If we thought we had been getting moist from the entrance of Seljalandsfoss waterfall, you must have seen how moist we received once we walked behind it. We had been totally soaked.

By this level, although I figured if had been already soaked then ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ and determined to stroll down the trail that leads towards the bottom of the waterfall.

It was a little bit of a surreal expertise as a result of, from a distance, the waterfall appears comparatively skinny and wispy however up shut, you get a real sense of how highly effective it truly is.

Utterly drenched, we made our manner again up by the other facet of the waterfall and went to go to one other waterfall just some minutes away that we’d missed on our earlier journeys to Iceland.

It’s known as Gljufrabui and it’s hidden in plain sight right here. It’s the most effective waterfalls in Iceland it’s possible you’ll not even realise you already know.

Primarily in case you are wanting proper at Seljalandsfoss, Gljufrabui is on the left of this, nearly a 3-minute stroll away.

It’s tucked away in a bit cavern and also you would possibly get your toes a bit moist if you go searching for it nevertheless it’s so price it.

It’s completely attractive and feels such as you’ve discovered this unbelievable secret in Iceland.

Effectively, in case you ignore all the opposite folks round you ready for his or her second to soak all of it in (pun meant).

Ultimately, we made our manner again to the automobile and headed off searching for our subsequent waterfall – Skogafoss.

Skogafoss is one other highly effective and iconic Icelandic waterfall however we needed to mood our enthusiasm and cease for lunch first.

The lunch cease was additionally an excuse to dry off as not a single merchandise on me felt dry – particularly not my sneakers.

The hike to the Meradalir volcano two days earlier than had left them very dusty and the waterfalls at the moment simply turned that dustiness into mud.

Lunch was on the close by lodge’s restaurant and was a far cry from our most up-to-date journey there a few years in the past.

Again then the employees had been so superb and the lamb shank we had was so good. A lot in order that I made a decision to order the very same factor.

A visit to the most effective waterfalls in Iceland positively appeared prefer it wanted probably the most typical meals you will get in Iceland.

The lamb shank at the moment nevertheless was simply okay at finest and the service was really fairly unhealthy.

Even simply getting somebody to take your order felt like pulling tooth and the employees acted like they might quite be wherever else however there.

Anyway, after lunch and feeling good and dry, we headed over to Skogafoss and immediately received moist once more.

I positively suppose the wind was doing one thing at the moment as a result of I don’t ever keep in mind being as moist right here as we had been on this journey.

It’s a magnificent waterfall and to be truthful, we most likely ventured a bit nearer to it than we had on earlier journeys although that was largely as a result of we had been already correctly soaked once more even earlier than getting near it.

As soon as we had been completed right here we headed off searching for our lodge however determined to make a fast cease in Vik as that may be the final busy city we’d undergo which had choices for dinner that night.

In Vik, we discovered Smiðjan Brugghús, a microbrewery which did nice burgers, fries, BBQ pork ribs…and many others.

The ambiance right here is very nice and the meals is nice so I’d positively suggest it.

Dinner completed we had a bit jaunt round Vik, which was by now coated in fog earlier than heading off on our street journey once more.

I believe we will need to have arrived at The FossHotel Glacier Lagoon most likely near midnight once more however this time not less than we had dinner earlier than arriving.

Right here’s what we received as much as the subsequent day on this publish right here – spoiler alert – it’s all about glaciers, icebergs and ice caves. 🙂