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Heyárfoss is a waterfall on the Heyá river in West Iceland.
Heyárfoss is a 15-metre-high waterfall on the Heyá river in the Westfjords (Vestfirðir) region of Iceland. It lies in the municipality of Reykhólahreppur, about two kilometres northwest of the village of Reykhólar, and can be reached via the Reykhólasveitarvegur route (road 607) between the farms Höllustaðir and Skerðingsstaðir. The waterfall is not easy to see from the road but can be viewed better on foot. The Heyá flows through the Heyárdalur valley, at times nearly drying up, and drops 15 metres at the mountain Reykjanesfjall. Within a few kilometres on the Reykjanes peninsula there are three further waterfalls that also fall from Reykjanesfjall: Grundarfoss, Miðjanesfoss and Staðarfoss.
Translated from Icelandic Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cheapest real 4WD in the fleet — gravel, the Westfjords and easy summer F-roads without truck prices.
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Sleep right by the trailhead, wake up at the falls — F-road ready from mid-June.
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Hot pot in nature. Real Iceland experience. Best with few people.
Geothermal spot. Water temp varies but usually comfortable. Worth seeking out.
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Natural hot spring. Surrounded by Icelandic landscape. Worth seeking out.
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Krambúð supermarket — supplies
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N1 · 310.9 kr/L petrol
N1 · 310.9 kr/L petrol
ÓB · 308.7 kr/L petrol
N1 · 310.9 kr/L petrol
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Snowmobile across a glacier, then hit the Golden Circle classics.
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