Iceland – Kvernufoss

Part of a series of posts about my travel in Iceland, including visits to eleven waterfalls.

As my sixth waterfall of the day I visited Kvernufoss, a short walk from Skógafoss.   As I followed its brook up into a ravine, I encountered only a few other visitors.  At one point, at a particularly nice viewpoint, I took a mental snapshot of a young couple – the man smiling, the woman holding her left hand upright, a shining diamond ring on her finger – while an older woman with a professional camera took photos.  An engagement!  How heartwarming.  I did not disturb them, and traveled onward.   Kvernufoss falls from a high cliff above, and has eroded a massive bowl in the tuff… enabling visitors to walk behind the waterfall and look through the cascading water to the ravine and the lowlands beyond.  Spectactular! Read on…

In retrospect, I can actually see the newly-engaged couple in the lower foreground of the photo above. As you check out more photos in the gallery, watch for people – they give this waterfall a sense of scale! I recommend slideshow mode.

Reference: I learned about this place from a guidebook, Photographing Iceland, by Einar Guðmann and Gyða Henningsdóttir; translated by Abigail Charlotte Cooper. JTV útgáfa 2019.