Dettifoss: Europe’s Most Powerful Waterfall (Iceland Vlog)

Dettifoss: Europe’s Most Powerful Waterfall (Iceland Vlog)

Good morning guys, it’s day number five. We are 
going to Dettifoss waterfall. We woke up at 7:00 and right now we departed at 7:30. That was very 
quick because we didn’t stay to cook breakfast and to eat. I will eat here in front because we 
have granola with yogurt and some cooked eggs. We have to drive 46 minutes to the parking because 
we are next to Mývatn Lake. So it’s the first time in this trip that we turn back on the same 
road because the camping site from yesterday was really weird. It was in the middle of nowhere, 
on a private road, there were no lights, there was nothing there other than the campsite and we 
had to go around 500 meters on snow to nowhere. So we were a bit scared and we turned back and 
we came to this campsite which is more famous. This campsite was nice. It had hot showers, clean 
toilets, a nice kitchen where you could cook and had like cooking utensils and so on. So this, 
I think this camping site was the best so far. And right now we are very early, which is nice. 
I hope we will have time to see the entire North. So when you’re driving in Iceland and it’s 
not during summertime, you need to check every single day this website that I put on 
the screen right now called Umferðin. I’m not sure how it’s spelled, but anyways, it will 
show you the road conditions. And for example, this road appeared as blue when we went there, 
which meant that it was snowy and it has a bit of ice, but it was still good for driving.
We have arrived in the parking lot. We are alone with another car and look at this. How 
huge this snow is, like it’s above my knee. And there is ice, as you can see, so we have 
to be very, very careful how we are walking because it can be a bit dangerous. So I will just 
walk like, I don’t know, a penguin or something. It’s so peaceful here.
So if you saw the other videos I have from Iceland, you should know that on our 
first day in Iceland it was sunny and there was no snow and it was pretty warm outside. And right now 
it’s like a snow paradise. So just so you know, in five days and just changing the location 
in Iceland, everything changed and you should expect all the weather types, as you can see.
So Dettifoss, the waterfall that we are going to see now, it is the second largest waterfall 
in water volume in Europe. So this one is pretty special. It is so cold, but there’s no wind, so 
we are lucky with the weather. I think from what I’ve read online, someone told me that this road 
we were on to the waterfall, it was closed until five days ago, so at the beginning of March. And 
in other years it opened even in April or May, so got lucky. Be aware of this when planning your 
trip. This road may be closed. It had a lot of ice right now when we went, but it was doable, Mike 
went slow. And also this path, right now it’s way better, but until now we just walked on snow and 
ice as here. We are very close to the waterfall, I think. I see the viewpoint, so it’s around 10 
or 15 minutes of walking, which is nice. You can also walk to Selfoss waterfall. I think it’s 15 
more minutes or 20 more minutes to walk. But I don’t think we’re going to do it because we are 
scared of the road conditions when turning back, so we are a bit in a hurry here to make 
sure we we get back to the main road okay. As you can see, the snow around here was no 
joke. We were supposed to see some stairs here, which is insane. But anyways, you can finally see 
the Dettifoss waterfall here. The visibility will be better later in the video, so we’ll wait a 
few moments for the fog to clear up. And now let’s hear this powerful waterfall.
(Sound of powerful waterfall) Now that you’ve heard a little bit of 
the waterfall and how powerful it was, I want to keep showing you this beautiful snow 
paradise. We were so surprised to see so much snow and the fact that we were able to even visit 
this waterfall with this much snow around was incredible. I don’t know how the authorities were 
able to clean the path around here because we were because basically only us and another car was here 
and for the rest of the days the road was closed, so I was really surprised to see that we 
were able to walk around there. But anyways, you can see right now on the screen that the 
waterfall is finally more visible and we could see it more clearly, but the fog was coming 
and going, so if you stay there for longer, you could see it even better or maybe worse. But 
anyways, now that the video is coming to an end, I want to thank you so much for watching. I have 
so many videos from Iceland already posted and I have many more still to post. So if you’re 
interested in the Ring Road and other travel destinations, make sure you subscribe. 
And see you in the next video. Bye bye!

NORTH ICELAND Surprise: Dettifoss Waterfall in a SNOW GLOBE! ❄️ (Campervan Day 5)

North Iceland delivered a HUGE surprise on Day 5 of our campervan trip! We headed to the mighty Dettifoss waterfall, expecting maybe some frost, but found ourselves in a breathtaking winter wonderland with snow piled high above our knees! See the stunning contrast to our sunny start just days before.

This vlog covers our journey to Dettifoss, including essential tips on checking Iceland’s road conditions (Umferðin.is website is key!), what to expect when driving potentially icy roads, and how we navigated the snowy walk to one of Europe’s most powerful waterfalls.

We also share our honest reviews of different campsites in the North/East, including one very sketchy experience and a much better one near Mývatn. Get practical advice, witness incredible scenery, and feel the power of Dettifoss! Is North Iceland worth visiting outside summer? Watch and see!

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– Exploring the North of Iceland: https://youtu.be/aoiUCG-iw4w
– Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Epic Waterfalls & Reykjavik: https://youtu.be/gRfU14nwIu8
– The most famous canyon of Iceland: https://youtu.be/llmD_zn1T78

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00:00 Intro
00:11 Itinerary for this morning
00:20 Quick morning in the campervan
00:31 Driving & why we had to turn back (weird camping site)
01:06 Myvatn camping site experience
01:20 Plans for the day
01:28 Very important tip for driving during colder months!
01:52 Dettifoss waterfall
01:57 This snow was HUGE
03:02 Ice on the road
02:24 Story about how the weather changed during the week
02:47 Cool info about the Dettifoss Waterfall
03:00 The weather
03:05 This road is closed most of the year!
03:33 Walking path condition
03:51 Selfoss waterfall & why we didn’t go there
04:12 How much snow there is!
04:17 Dettifoss Waterfall
04:38 Snow Paradise of Iceland
05:31 Thank you

We tried to go to Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum camping, we ended up staying at Vogar tjaldsvæði camping site

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