Gluggafoss

Take Highway 1 east from the town of Hvolsvöllur for 47km, then turn left where signs point prominently to Skógafoss (the falls are visible and very obvious at this point). In half of a kilometer take the next left and follow the road to its end adjacent to the camping area. The trail to the top of the falls begins adjacent to the grass field at the camping area, climbing up several hundreds of stairs for about one-third of a kilometer to a viewing platform at the top of the falls. From here the trail uses a stile to cross a sheep fence, and then continues gradually uphill. This waterfall is best viewed about 3.8 kilometers past the top of Skógafoss, and about 1.4 kilometers past the viewpoint for Kæfufoss.The Skógá features dozens of waterfalls as it cascades down from the saddle between the Eyjafjallajökull and Katla volcanoes where it originates. The vast majority of visitors to the area are (understandably) satisfied with the spectacular Skógafoss just above the Ring road, but those looking for further satisfaction can hike the famous Laugavegur trail upstream along the river and pass many more waterfalls. Gluggafoss is the twelfth significant waterfall which can be seen as one hikes upstream from Skógafoss along the trail. After passing Kæfufoss there is a long stretch of trail where no waterfalls are immediately visible due to the gradient easing a bit and the trail moving away from the river. Though there is another waterfall between the two, we were not able to find a safe location to view it. So this becomes the next easy-to-access waterfall in the seemingly never ending chain. Here, the river drops 41 feet over a rounded plug of volcanic rock, with a fascinating triple-segmentation that includes a hole in the middle of the rock where part of the river plunges straight through the rock (this is however submerged during periods of heavy flow).Glugga is Icelandic for Window - referring to the hole in the rock through which the waterfall partially plunges.