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Attraction · Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Svartifoss in Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður

Svartifoss is an attraction in Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður, Southern Region. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. Within 730 m you'll find a bench.

Svartifoss in Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður
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The story

Audio tour · Svartifoss

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You're standing at Svartifoss, the Black Waterfall, in Skaftafell, part of Vatnajökull National Park in the south of Iceland. It's one of the most popular sights in the park, and once you take a proper look, you can see why. The water doesn't fall over ordinary rock. It drops past a wall of dark, perfectly straight columns, and those dark columns gave the waterfall its name.

Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Photos

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Facilities near Svartifoss

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.

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How does the audio tour work?

When you stand at Svartifoss, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.

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