Skógafoss water fall

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Our next stop was at Skógafoss waterfall, which is also on the south coast of Iceland and is only 30 km away from the previous waterfall. Skógafoss (Skogafoss Waterfall) is one of the largest and most elegant waterfalls in Iceland. It has a width of 25 meters and is about 60 meters high. A waterfall of this size generates a lot of spray and on sunny days you can often see one or even two rainbows. Skógafoss is located on the Skogá River in the south of Iceland, the cliff from which the water rushes is the former coast from the sea, which is now about 5 km further away. It is easy to see how incredible this coast must have looked in former times! The former cliffs now run parallel to the present coast for many kilometres. The mountains form a kind of border between the deep land along the coast and the highlands of Iceland.
Skógafoss lies in the middle of an incredible landscape. On the eastern side a path leads to the famous Fimmvöðuháls pass. You don't have to follow the path at Skógafoss for long to be rewarded with a spectacular and majestic view.



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