World of Waterfalls Blog

One of the things that I learned when Julie and I turned our attention internationally to go waterfalling is that travel is all about building bridges between your own perception of the world and what actually happens in the real world…

Even though this is a waterfalls website, we recognize that there are many highlights from the island country of Iceland (both involving and not involving waterfalls). So we’ve come up with this page to pay homage to some of the highlights that we…

This itinerary summarizes our trip in Norway, which was sort of a follow-up trip hot on the heels of our real eye-opener in New Zealand. This was one trip where I really wished we had more time because this was an extremely waterfall-centric trip…

Rovijokfossen is a 28m waterfall in Skibotndal Valley between Skibotn and the Finland border in Troms County, Norway. Its base is accessed on a short trail.

Malselvfossen (Målselvfossen) is a 22m high, 650m long wide river waterfall in an area known for salmon fishing in Troms County, Norway near Bardufoss.

Mollisfossen is a 269m waterfall in Reisa National Park that we accessed by a traditional riverboat. It maybe our favorite waterfall above the Arctic Circle.

Fosselvfossen is a 64m free-leaping waterfall high above the Straumfjord near Storslett accessed by a steep 2km marked path into sheep grazing pastures.

The Kafjorden Waterfalls page (Kåfjorden in Norwegian or Gáivuotna in Sami) is where I’m attributing the waterfalls we’ve seen while driving the E6 highway.

By now, I was getting tired of driving. Just how much longer did we have to drive until we arrive at Storslett? Complicating the situation was that I badly needed a restroom break…

Sprutfossen was a bit of a disappointment to Julie and I. We originally thought that the detour into the Plurdal Valley (Plurdalen) where we’d find this waterfall would only take us about 30…

Formofossen is a powerful river waterfall dropping 34m on the Sanddøla River, which had been known as a salmon fishing river in Trøndelag County, Norway.

Grongstadfossen is a 75m waterfall, which is the tallest and largest waterfall experienced by an overlook in the Høylandet municipality near Grong, Norway.

Laksforsen is a 16m waterfall on the Vefsna River. It was the best salmon fishing spot, and it had a cultural mix of Sami, Swedish, and Norwegian influences.

Bredekfossen is an elusive 40m powerful waterfall on the Stormdalsåga River reachable by a rugged 9-10km hike with some rough scrambling in Nordland County.

Henfallet is an inland waterfall away from the fjords on the Hena River dropping 90m, which is said to be the highest waterfall in Trøndelag County, Norway.

Linndalsfossen (also Lindalsfallet, Linndalsfallet, or Lindalsfossen) is a hidden 140m waterfall requiring a 3km uphill hike to the canyon’s edge in Åmotan.

Mardalsfossen is a 655m waterfall with a 297m freefalling leap best seen in Summer and accessed by a 3.6km return hike near the head of Eikesdalsvatnet Lake.

The Eikesdalen, Aursjøvegen, and Litldalen Waterfalls draped these steep glaciated valleys along a memorable drive linking the two valleys in Møre og Romsdal.

Strandfossen was a tall waterfall that we noticed during our excursion into Eikesdalen Valley to see Mardalsfossen. It was a conspicuous presence as it was facing the Eresfjord at the mouth…

Naustafossen (Nauståfossen) is a prominent 110m waterfall in the remote Trollheimen Mountains behind the hamlet of Kårvatn in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway.