About Kallefossen
Kallefossen was a conspicuous waterfall presence in the Setesdal Valley’s north-central section near the small town of Valle.
Each time we’ve seen this waterfall do its thing, it sloped and tumbled steeply on the western wall of the valley so we easily saw it while driving the Rv9, which was the main throughfare.
For all intents and purposes, this was a roadside waterfall, and we took advantage of a handful of bus stops and pullouts to get a look at it.
We also took a side road towards the Kallefoss Camping, where we managed to get frontal views up at the sloping falls.
As far as its waterflow, it seemed to be on the light side.
We saw for ourselves how much its flow diminished from late June through to late July when we happened to pass by this area towards the end of our 2019 Scandinavian trip.
So that kind of made me consider this as one of the lesser waterfalls even though it had an official name to it.
Setesdal Valley and the Valle Municipality
It was said that Setesdal Valley developed in isolation from the rest of the country because a modern highway wasn’t built to connect it with the modern world until the 1950s.
Thus, the valley was said to be one of the most authentically Norwegian areas in the country.
Since we were merely waterfalling in the valley and didn’t really extend our stay in the region, we can’t say that we really experienced that authenticity ourselves.
That said, on our second visit in Setesdalen, we did spend a couple nights at a camping area and did mingle with fellow Norwegian holiday makers both enjoying the scenery as well as enjoying the lakes when the sun came out.
In any case, the establishment of the Rv9 highway brought Setesdalen out of isolation.
This road connected with the town of Haukeli in the Hardangervidda Plateau at its junction with the E134 to the north.
And the road stretched all the way to the southern coast at Kristiansand in the far south.
As for the scenery of the valley itself, when the weather cooperated, the valley was flanked by giant monoliths and domes reminiscent of a wider version of Yosemite.
Such landscapes made the Setesdalen Valley a delight to drive.
Authorities
Kallefossen resides in the Valle Municipality near Rysstad in Agder County (formerly Augst-Agder), Norway. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website.
Julie and I drove from the town of Rjukan southwest along the Fv37 then to the Fv45 to eventually join up with the Highway 9 in Setesdal Valley.
Hwy [Riksvei] 9, by the way, was the very road running through Setesdal Valley that brought the valley out of isolation in the 1950s.
This drive was about 138km. We spotted Kallefossen right at the Hwy 9 junction.
Note that the side road we explored left the south side of the Hwy 9 about 4.4km north of Valle or 2.4km south of the Rv45/Hwy 9 junction.
We managed to get a more frontal view of the falls somewhere near the Kallefoss Camping.
Coming from Kristiansand, Kallefossen was 159km north along the Hwy 9 through Setesdal Valley.
The falls was roughly 20km north of the town of Rysstad.
For some additional context, Rysstad was 97km (about 1.5 hours drive) south of Haukeli, 141km (under 2 hours drive) north of Kristiansand, 159km (over 2.5 hours drive) southwest of Rjukan, 159km (over 2.5 hours drive) east of Stavanger, and 300km (under 5 hours drive) west of Oslo.
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Right to left sweep starting with a tall ephemeral falls before panning over to Kallefossen and a companion waterfall
Sweep of an attractive waterfall and tall cliffs near the southern end of Rysstad
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