Agua Azul Waterfalls

Agua Azul, the 1st cascade

Chain of powerful and beautiful waterfalls located in rainforest. The water of the falls has a bright blue color and is rich with lime. Lime has sedimented along the way of the falls, creating unusual natural sculptures and encasings for trees and other objects.

Grjótagjá

Grjótagjá

Small lava cave with thermal spring and hot lake inside. Earlier the lucid water in the cave was suitable for bathing but in 1975 – 1984 the temperature of water in it exceeded 50° C.

Spýtir Geothermal Field

Former geothermal field where up to 1930ies were located several geysers. Spýtir was a bubbling basin of superheated water and around it were geysers erupting up to 0.5 m high. Currently this area is silent, but there is another group of hot springs some 500 m to the south.

Stórihver Geothermal Area

One of hot springs in Stórihver Geothermal Area

Impressive geothermal area in the picturesque mountains north of Mýrdalsjökull glacier. The large, blue pool of Stórihver is some 15 m wide. Several boiling springs. It is possible that some springs could be geysers.

Eyvindarhver

Eyvindarhver

Hot spring that at some periods (late 19th century) has acted as a geyser erupting up to 0.5 m high. Earlier there were placed boulders around the spring (to cook meals), now the boulders are covered with sinter and spring looks ghostly.

Bláhver

Bláhver

Unusual thermal spring – large pool with misty blue water and white rims of sinter.

Rauðihver

Rauðihver in 2017

Intermittent hot spring that has bright orange, muddy sediments. In 2008 – 2009 this spring was erupting up to 1.5 m high – then it was a true geyser.

Gamli Fagrihver

Former geyser that erupted up to 45 m high (!) in the 19th century. Now – just a large sinter cone with 95 degrees C hot water inside. Geyser was active up to 1930ies.

Fagrihver

Fagrihver

Hot spring of unusual beauty. The spring has built a cone of numerous white sinter layers and gradually is closing itself – but the eye of deep blue water still is seen.

Bóluhver

Thermal spring of unusual beauty. It is 90 degrees C hot, layered with snow-shite sinter and has deep blue water.