Sunday, 12-May-2024


The hikes in Kirkjubæjarklaustur mainly focused around a trail winding its way up the cliffside and onto the plateau above town. Which, unsurprisingly for Iceland, includes rivers and lakes which then cascaded down said cliffside is gloriously picturesque waterfalls.

Similar to Oregon, interestingly enough.

That’s something I may have mentioned already, but if I didn’t I’ll double-down on the assertation – Iceland was quite similar to Oregon from my perspective. Soaring cliffs, cascading waterfalls… those are obvious. But the landscape, full of short trees and grasslands, is impressively similar to parts of Oregon – mainly out East and in the center of the state.

Anyways, the hiking around Kirkjubæjarklaustur was super fun, and the twin waterfalls of Systrafoss and Stjornarfoss were definitely worth visiting! Not too challenging, not too easy… they were, in all ways, the goldilocks of a fun and simple day hike.