Waterfall · a Vonda Wanderlist
Gravity, showing off.
998 places for waterfall travel, gathered from every corner of the map.
A waterfall is the least subtle thing a landscape can do, and nobody has ever complained. Stand close enough to need the raincoat.
Iceland alone could fill this collection, so it nearly does — with side trips to a fall that drops into the ocean and pools the colour of bottled glass. The soundtrack is included and non-negotiable.
via Wikimedia CommonsFirst stop
Dynjandi, the bridal veil of the Westfjords
A hundred metres of water fanning down a mountain staircase, wider at every step, with six smaller falls queuing politely below. The Westfjords' detour tax, paid in full and worth it.
✦ June–August · $ · Westfjords, Iceland
“The waterfall was falling the wrong way.”
Chapter I
The heavy hitters
Volume as spectacle: golden canyons, Europe's most powerful cascade, curtains you can walk behind. Bring the lens cloth, abandon the umbrella.
Chapter II
The hidden falls
Smaller, stranger, better-kept: a fall that steps off an island into the Atlantic, fairy pools in glacier blue, lava fields leaking water like a secret.
Every place in this Wanderlist
7 places, no itinerary.
Dynjandi
Westfjords, Iceland
✦ June–August · $
Gullfoss
Southern Region, Iceland
✦ year-round · $
Dettifoss
Northeastern Region, Iceland
✦ June–September · $
Skógafoss
Southern Region, Iceland
✦ May–September · $
Múlafossur
Vágar, Faroe Islands
✦ May–September · $$
Fairy Pools
Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
✦ May to September · $
Hraunfossar
Western Region, Iceland
✦ June–October · $