Seljalandsfoss and Skogafoss Waterfalls
These are the names you have seen me say many times in the past if you have followed me for a while. This is because I have been to both of these waterfalls 3 times during my past travels to Iceland. Both of the waterfalls are huge tourist magnets and for a great reason, these are amazing. Iceland has so many out-of-this-world waterfalls but these are the most easily accessible.
During the last trip, I mostly stayed in the southern part of the country so visiting these was on my list again. After all, I don't care much how many times I have already seen these waterfalls, I would always go again because it's epic.
Seljalandsfoss
It's a 60 meters high waterfall and the water itself originates from Ejafjallajökull which is a glacier mountain that erupted in a great fashion in 2010. Now I have visited this waterfall with every weather. Be it during the midnight sunset with partly cloudy weather in 2018, a full-on storm and rain in 2021, and now with full sunshine in 2023. The coolest part of this waterfall is that you can walk behind it.
On a fully sunny day, you can also spot a rainbow that the waterfall produces.
Skogafoss
About 23km from Seljalandsfoss you can also find Skogafoss. This one is also 60m high and some 25 meters wide. During the daytime in summer, quite a huge mass of people come to see this wonder of a waterfall. You can't go behind this one but legend says that there is a treasure at the back!
This is the first I saw so many people there, in 2021 we were there alone, late in the evening. At least people are good for one thing... showing the scale of how large the waterfall is compared to people.
I pushed through the people and went to the front to get a better photo without so many people on it. Mostly people stay back because they will get wet if you go too close. There was one guy that was very close but I really like the shot with this one guy on it.
As an extra, here is a huge puffin statue that is located between these two waterfalls. It's probably a new one because I haven't seen it on my previous trips. I think it should act as an advertisement for the Vestmannaeyjar islands. Yes, there are islands in Iceland 😀. We visited it in the next couple of days too and I am sure to blog about it soon. Anyway, here is the massive puffin and my girlfriend with it.
Incredible. The best part of experiencing a waterfall, for me, is going behind it. But that is very seldom possible. We have one that is 90m tall here in SA but it's impossible to get behind. Magnificent
90m is pretty high one. Yeah, not too many waterfalls out there you can easily get behind but it's really cool, especially if the waterfall is incredible.
I have not seen any water fall but whenever I saw images like this, I just wish to be a part of these images and having a visit to such a pretty places. Very pretty view I must say.
Iceland has over 20 thousand waterfalls, but nobody knows exactly. The best country to go to see waterfalls for sure.
Wow, the view of the waterfall is so amazing and I think of course you will be quite happy when you are there, right my freind :)
My greetings from Indonesia, I hope you are always healthy there, friend.
Indeed I am happy when there, those geologic features cant leave anyone unhappy.
Greetings!
This is awesome. It reminds me of a place I helicoptered into in New Zealand called, Mt Earnslaw Burn, a glacier carved valley which gets covered with snow. At the end of winter it melts and caused many waterfalls to cascade off the mountains into the valley, much like you show here.
I googled this place, looks really cool indeed, I can see some similarities. New Zealand has always been one of the bucket list destination for me. Problem is, its damn far from me so when I go its pretty much once in a lifetime. Iceland is close so I can always go there with ease.
It's very cool, I was there in 2019, (it's only accessible by helicopter or a very serious days long hike in). I'd go back. I did some posts on it.
Obviously it's not too far from Australia so it's likely I'll get back ther. I love NZ, such a beautiful place.
I would love to be there on foot, did the helicopter touch down so you could get some good shots from ground level too ?
Iceland has many similarities in nature except Iceland has MUCH less trees. I guess Iceland is my NZ lol.
Yeah, there's only one helicopter ompant that has permission to land and that's who I chartered. I was there for around an hour on the ground, explored and all.
I'd like to go to Iceland, always wanted to. The closest I got was Finland so far.
Thats awesome!
Oh cool, I live 50 km from Finland 😃
I was there visiting my brother, loved it although was ther in summer, not winter. I'd love to see rit in winter though. I was set (booked and paid) to go to Scandinavia in June 2020 but it was all cancelled due to the flu thing. I was bummed. Il like to spend a few months in the area really, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia. Maybe someday. It's a long way from Australia.
Thats such a great plan you had, such a shame it had to be cancelled. Hope you can make it happen real soon. Come in summer if you can, its almost never ending daylight then, depending where you are.
What are the beautiful views. If Pakistani people want to see such a beautiful place, they have to travel for 24 hours to Naran Kaghan side. is called heaven. A person's mind gets a lot of peace by seeing natural sights.
That takes quite a long time yeah, have you been there ?
I visited all these places a few years back.
What an impressive place, this great rainbow that is generated with the waterfall and sunlight, very beautiful place.
Indeed, it is!