Iceland's Gullfoss and Skogafoss

I'm wrapping up my Icelandic waterfall posts today by showing you two more of my favorites that we came across on our trek across the lower region of Iceland. I didn't take too many pictures of either of these stops, but that doesn't mean that they aren't incredibly impressive in person. I was just really tired and ready to head home by the time we reached these stops on our itinerary.

Skogafoss is one of the largest waterfalls in Iceland, and arguably one of the most beautiful that I had seen there. It measures at 82 feet with a 200 foot drop. On clear, sunny days you can usually find a rainbow (or even a double) because of its consistent spray.

A fun tidbit about this waterfall. It's said that the first Viking settler buried a treasure in a cave behind the waterfall. The story has it that the locals found the chest, but were only able to hold on to its ring before the chest vanished back into the water. The ring was donated to the church, and now that church door ring sits in the Skogar museum.

If Skogafoss looks familiar to you, it's been in several hit television shows and movies, such as Game of Thrones and Thor.

When we arrived, we noticed that this is a popular spot for camping. Even though it was really cold, there were tons of tents lined up where the gravel meets the grass. I imagine you can get an amazing night's sleep listening to the rush of this waterfall. If we get back to Iceland some day, I am totally camping overnight here!

I also wanted to give you a glimpse of Gullfoss waterfall.

This waterfall is located on the Golden Circle route, so it's one of the most visited waterfalls in Iceland. It was definitely crowded when we arrived, but it was our last stop of our trip, so that was to be expected.

The way the waterfall is spread out, it appears to drop into an abyss, but in reality it's only a modest 105 foot drop. To me though, it felt massive standing there looking at it in person! If you can see the silhouettes of the other visitors we encountered that day, they got to the viewing platform by following a nicely paved pathway, making that viewing spot easily accessible. We didn't go that far ourselves, but I calculated that it's only a 5 to 10 minute walk to get to that point of the falls. I felt we saw enough of what Gullfoss had to offer by standing at the top of the lookout, but if you have the time, I'm sure it will be worth your while to make the trek down that way.

We saw 4 absolutely incredible waterfalls in under 18 hours in Iceland, and that barely scratches the surface of how many you'll see there. If you're thinking of going on a waterfall hunting adventure, I'm convinced there's no better place to do that than in Iceland!

Camping outside near a waterfall, yay or nay?