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Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður

View of Vatnajökull Glacier – Svartifoss loop from Skaftafell

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Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður

View of Vatnajökull Glacier – Svartifoss loop from Skaftafell

Hard

3.7

(3)

hikers

View of Vatnajökull Glacier – Svartifoss loop from Skaftafell

06:16

17.0km

850m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.21 km

Viewpoint

1.68 km

Viewpoint; (Hrutagil)

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The second viewpoint marked on the map. (Hrutagil)

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2.33 km

Viewpoint (approx. 300 m altitude)

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After 2.5 km you are about 300m high and you reach the next viewpoint that is marked on the map. Here you mainly have a view of the glacier tongue and the lagoon of the Skaftafellsjökul.

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5.78 km

View of Vatnajökull Glacier

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Unfortunately, the glacier tongue is quite grey at the lower edge and is therefore melting even faster.

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7.68 km

Kristinartindar Saddle

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We are sitting here on the saddle between the front peak and the main peak. The path runs along the flank of the lowest peak to this saddle (cairn). From …

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14.2 km

Here you have a 360°**** panorama of the Black Sandur, with the Skeiðarárjökull glacier, the disturbing contours of the Kristinartindar and, in clear weather, far to the west, the Mýrdalsjökull. In the south, the ocean and the wild Skeiðará sparkle.

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14.9 km

Svartifoss

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This waterfall, about 1.5km from the parking lot, you should definitely visit. Due to the basalt formations, this 20m high waterfall has something mystical.

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15.1 km

View of Svartifoss from above

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Preview of the waterfall

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15.7 km

Magnúsarfoss

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Hikers visiting Svartifoss will encounter two waterfalls on the way to the main attraction: Magnúsarfoss and Hundafoss. The Magnúsarfoss is the smaller of the two, measuring about 10 meters (about …

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17.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.0 km

4.78 km

1.10 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.63 km

3.45 km

2.54 km

881 m

399 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 21 May

4°C

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16 %

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