Fardagafoss

In the city of Egilsstaðir, turn off Highway 1 on to Route 92 where signs point to Seyðisfjörður and Reyðarfjörður. Just under one kilometer later, turn left onto Route 94, then in another 1.7km right onto Route 93, all the while following signs to Seyðisfjörður. Once on Route 93, continue up the hill for another 2km and turn right into the parking area where a sign points to the falls. The trail leads from the road and gradually climbs up along the canyon, passing Gufufoss just a few minutes from the road, to the base of Fardagafoss in one kilometer.Fardagafoss is a moderately sized waterfall found just outside of the city of Egilsstaðir along the road leading to Seyðisfjörður. The falls plunge 92 feet through a narrow gap in a cliffband, first chuting through a constriction between the walls, then plunging outward over an undercut ledge which allows hikers to pass behind the falls. Just downstream from the main falls is another small fall of about 15-feet which we opted to not count as part of the falls, but which can be easily seen in tandem with the main falls. The trail leading to Fardagafoss passes three significant waterfalls, but does not make any distinctions as to which one is properly titled Fardagafoss (though the middle falls is likely not named). The National Land Survey of Iceland has marked the lowermost of the three falls as Gufufoss (see link below), however we question whether this is accurate because of another waterfall about 13km to the east near Seyðisfjörður which is also called Gufufoss. Furthering this confusion, they have marked Fardagafoss as being situated well downstream of any of the waterfalls we documented along the Miðhúsaá - though this is likely a mapping error. So ultimately we may have the names of these two waterfalls mixed up, or they may be correct, but there is little documentation to suggest which scenario is correct.