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Destinations ≫ Europe Waterfalls ≫ Iceland Waterfalls

Capital and South Region

Iceland's Capital and South Region Waterfalls

Iceland Capital and South Region Waterfalls Map
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This page focuses on the South Iceland Waterfalls. For more geographical clarity, we’re only including waterfalls officially residing in the South Region (Suðurland) and the Capital Region (Höfuðborgarsvæði).

If you look at our full-up Iceland Waterfalls page, you may notice that almost half of all the waterfalls that we’ve surveyed in the country can be found on this page. In fact, I contend that the vast majority of visitors never venture beyond these regions if they’re part of a self-guided or guided tour on limited time.

Nevertheless, this region includes Iceland’s most famous waterfall (Gullfoss) as well as the country’s tallest waterfall (Glymur).

And even though we’ve sampled a fairly significant quantity of major waterfalls in Iceland’s South Region and Capital Region, there were still large expanses of wilderness that we had yet to explore. Surely with such unexplored parts of Iceland’s most populous regions, there’s bound to be more waterfalls to discover and share on this website.

Most Recent Waterfall Write-ups

Dynkur (Buðarhálsfoss)

Thjorsa River, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 2.5

Haifoss

Thjorsardalur / Interior, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 4

Hjalparfoss

Thjorsardalur, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 3

Thjofafoss

Thjorsardalur, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 2.5

Gjain Waterfalls

Thjorsardalur / Interior, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 1.5

Waterfalls on the Skoga River

Skogar / Southern Ring Road, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 3.5

Gljufrafoss

Southern Ring Road, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 3

AEgissidufoss

Hella, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 2

Arbaejarfoss

Hvolsvollur, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 1.5

Gluggafoss (Merkjárfoss)

Hvolsvollur / Fljotsdalur, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 2.5

Kvernufoss

Skogar / Southern Ring Road, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 2

Skogafoss

Skogar / Southern Ring Road, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 4

Seljalandsfoss

Southern Ring Road, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 3.5

Southern Ring Road Waterfalls

Southern Ring Road, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 1.5

Waterfall by Holaskjol

Fjallabak Reserve / Holaskjol, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 2

Ofaerufoss

Fjallabak Reserve / Eldgja Chasm, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 3

Foss a Sidu

Skogar / Southern Ring Road, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 1.5

Stjornarfoss

Kirkjubaejarklaustur, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 1.5

Systrafoss

Kirkjubaejarklaustur, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 0.5

Fagrifoss

Lakagigur, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 3

Gullfoss

Golden Circle / Hvita River, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 4.5

Faxi (Vatnsleysufoss)

Golden Circle / Tungufljot, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 3

Oxararfoss

Thingvellir National Park, South Region (Suðurland), Iceland
Rating: 2

Glymur

Hvalfjordur, West Region (Vesturland) / Capital Region (Höfuðborgarsvæði), Iceland
Rating: 4

Sjavarfoss

Hvalfjordur, West Region (Vesturland) / Capital Region (Höfuðborgarsvæði), Iceland
Rating: 1

Thorufoss

Laxa i Kjos, Capital Region (Höfuðborgarsvæði), Iceland
Rating: 2.5

Trollafoss

Mossfell, Capital Region (Höfuðborgarsvæði), Iceland
Rating: 1.5

Click to see the expanded waterfall list



Most Recent User-submitted Waterfalls from this Region

Urriðafoss – Iceland

Systrafoss – Suðurland, Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland

Steinbogafoss – Suðurland, Iceland

Fosstorfufoss on the Skógá River

Mögáfoss in Fjadrargljufur Canyon, Iceland – 20180811 102552

Hestavaðsfoss (Hestavadsfoss) – Suðurland, Iceland

How to get to Fagrifoss and Lakagigar

Ofaerufoss in 1965

Gluggafoss in Iceland: “windows” indeed

Amazingly beautiful, best in evening sun (Seljalandsfoss)

Seljalandsfoss in Winter

Skogafoss in February, 2012

Urridafoss Iceland

Winter Gullfoss

Hjalparfoss is great – don’t miss it

My Favorite Iceland Waterfalls


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