Búðafoss

Some 180 m wide waterfall, approximately 2 m high.

Kashmir sapphire mines: source of the best blue sapphire

Now legendary, abandoned sapphire mines where the best sapphire in the world was mined.

Leppaluði borehole

Often tourists mix up two hot springs or geysers – the artificial and more active Leppaluði borehole and dormant Grýla – once impressive…

Aouk-Kladuk Underground River

World’s most powerful underground river. Aouk-Kladuk Underground River is some 1.5 kilometres long. The stream has a volume of 130 – 180 cubic meters.

Kitum Cave – salt mine of elephants

Unique caves in pyroclastic rocks, up to 250 meters long. Possibly created by elephants and other animals digging the salt in caves up to this day. Kitum cave became known worldwide after two people caught the extremely dangerous and deadly Marburg virus disease in this cave.

Abanda Caves – caves of unique bat-eating crocodiles

Group of caves in lush rainforest. In these caves lives unique subspecies or, rather, newly developing species of dwarf crocodiles (Osteolamus tetraspis) that feed on bats.

Kefrida Falls

Some 44 m tall waterfall, lowest of three major waterfalls on Kefrida stream.

Strokkur

Strokkur is a very intense geyser, erupting 25 – 35 m high every 4 – 8 minutes.