Kvernufoss (Skogar, South, Iceland)

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Kvernufoss

Kvernufoss is the overlooked neighbor to the popular Skógafoss as far as I'm concerned. We didn't really notice this waterfall until we were looking for the turnoff Skogafoss and found some attractive-looking waterfall one gorge over to the east. That was when I was determined to find a way to get closer to the falls.

It turned out that my opportunity to see this waterfall came when we finally got settled into the Hotel Edda Skogar (which was a school dorm converted into hotel when school was out during the tourist season; actually a very creative and sensible idea). I walked east along the local road past some of the Skógar turf farms (Skógasafn; I think is pronounced "SKOH-ga-sap"), and eventually over a couple of stiles protecting someone's farm.

From that point, it seemed like an unofficial walk that led upstream alongside the watercourse was the one to take to get closer to the falls. This path involved a couple of narrow sections requiring scrambles over loose talus slopes to get across. Once I was at the falls, this was truly one where it felt like I was alone and could be lost in the tranquility of the scene.

Directions: See our Skógafoss page for driving directions on getting here. Then, instead of parking for Skógafoss, continue straight towards the Hotel Edda Skogar. I think we could've driven closer to the falls by going all the way to the end of the road to where the turf farms were. However, I was content to just walk from our accommodation.

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Turn farms

Stile beyond the turf farms

This doesn't look too bad

I didn't know what this meant, but it was near a scrambling obstacle where I had to backtrack and then go above

The narrow path going above the scrambling obstacle

Almost at Kvernufoss

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