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At 60 meters tall (200 feet) and 25 meters wide (80 feet), this is one of the tallest waterfalls in Iceland. The water produces so much spray that it is common to see rainbows on sunny days. Be prepared to get wet from all of the spray! There is an optional 527-step staircase leading to a view from atop the waterfall. From there, it is possible to hike to another nearby waterfall, Hestavaðsfoss. In the final season of the television series Game of Thrones, two of the characters fly atop a dragon to Skógafoss and kiss by the waterfall.
Skógafoss is a waterfall on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliff marking the former coastline. After the coastline had receded, the former sea cliffs remained, parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometres, creating together with some mountains a clear border between the coastal lowlands and the Highlands of Iceland.
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A beautiful 30-metre (98-ft) high waterfall. During the summertime, you can even walk behind Kvernufoss in order to really feel its intensity! It's a 20-minute walk from behind the Skógar Museum.
Abandoned turf houses, built into the landscape. When Iceland was first settled about 1,000 years ago, people used to build turf houses to live in. Turf houses are essentially semi-underground homes with a grassy roof. The Icelanders built them by building a foundation from flat stones, adding a wooden frame of birch or driftwood, and covering it all with layers of earth. Turf houses have a door as an entrance and occasionally windows, with a small ventilation hole in the roof. It is not safe to enter the turf houses though.
An outlet glacier of the huge icecap of Mýrdalsjökull. It is probably the most accessible glacier in South Iceland, located just off of the Ring Road. It is also shrinking rapidly each year, as evidenced by the glacier lagoon at its base, which increases by the length of an Olympic swimming pool each year.
The abandoned wreck of a U.S. Navy plane that had to make an emergency landing here in 1973. Follow the path that starts at a gate on the south side of the main road
It is only available in the summer and you can ride Icelandic horses in the countryside around Vik.
Three different tour companies offer guided tours of the naturally occurring ice caves on the nearby Kötlujökull glacier. A guided tour is required in order to see the ice caves. Each tour company includes transportation to and from the glacier, helmets, and crampons. A one-in-a-lifetime experience. Ages 6+.