Trip to Iceland Post #19: Gljufurarfoss

After visiting the beautiful waterfall, Seljalandsfoss, we walked a short 0.5-1.0 km hike to Gljufurarfoss, another beautiful, but less populated waterfall. Most of the people on the tour buses don't make the walk to this second waterfall due to time constraints, thus there are fewer people. It's also a bit difficult getting to this waterfall. It's not difficult walking on the main path that leads to the waterfall, but once you get to the waterfall, to really see it in full glory, you need to walk through part of a small river leading away from the waterfall. There are sets of rocks setup up making a path to walk along to keep your feet dry, but you have to have some balance and only one person at a time can walk along the path.

I made the walk along the path, but my wife and kids stayed behind. It's not a dangerous walk, but you'll be ankle deep in the water if you step or slip off the rocks. It takes a bit of balance and we were positive the kids were more than likely to soak their feet than not. Given it was the start of our day, we didn't want them to be miserable for several more hours. If this was the last stop of the day before heading back to our rental house, I would have been more inclined to allow them to go back.

Once back, the waterfall is amazing! The rushing sound of the falling water is intense and the mist from the spraying water provides an experience you will never forget! I encourage all to walk to this waterfall, but use your best judgement to decide whether it is worth it to walk back to fully see it. Again, not really dangerous, but more your comfort level if you end up stepping ankle deep in the water.