We must have seen over 100 waterfalls in Iceland. When you think of all the large glaciers and steep mountains, that should not be a surprise. Most waterfalls that we saw didn't even have names. We would see handfuls just driving along.

I never got tired of seeing waterfalls, but I must confess, the thrill was not the same after seeing many dozens.

For that reason, I’ve decided to make one post with some of the most interesting waterfalls that we saw in Iceland.

Gulfoss (Golden waterfalls) is in the Hvita River canyon in southwest Iceland. It's fed by the Langjokull Glacier. Water flow this time of the year is almost 5000 cubic feet per second. Gulfoss is on the Golden Circle tour road.

Gulfoss first goes down a three-step staircase that you see in the upper portion of the photo. It was actually a pretty nice day but the falls throw up an enormous amount of spray.

This is the lower portion of Gulfoss waterfalls. Here, it falls 105 feet in two steps. You will notice that the crevice or canyon into which it falls is narrow and perpendicular to the flow of the river, which is why so much spray. This reminds me a lot of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.

Skogafoss (Forest Waterfalls) is on the Skoga River in southern Iceland. This falls is some 82 feet wide and it drops 200 feet. I hiked quite a ways up the side but it was very slippery from all the spray.

Seljalandsfoss waterfalls is also in southern Iceland. It's on the Seljalands River which is fed by the Eyjafjallajakull volcano glacier. The drop is about 200 feet. We walked behind the falls. You can see part of the trail on the right side through the grass. This also had lots of spray.

Godafoss (Waterfall of the gods) is in north central Iceland. It's on the Skjalfandafljot River. The water drops about 40 feet but is around 100 feet wide. You can see its semi-horseshoe shape. The name comes from a story around the year 1000 when a minister threw all his pagan idols into the river, after determining that Iceland would be Christian.