Things to do
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Seljalandsfoss
The path behind the water is the point, and Gljúfrabúi next door is the one most visitors miss.
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Skógafoss
One of the few big Icelandic falls a visitor can stand directly beneath and then look down on from above.
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Dyrhólaey
The high plateau looks straight down the black coast to Reynisdrangar and out over the arch itself.
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Reynisdrangar
Visible on foot from the village, so it is the one south coast landmark that needs no drive at all.
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Reynisfjara Beach
Columns, sea cave and black sand in one short walk, the most concentrated stretch of Iceland's volcanic coast.
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Sólheimajökull
The most accessible glacier snout on the south coast, and a plain record of how far the ice has withdrawn.
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Sólheimasandur Plane Wreck
A wreck on an empty black desert with nothing else in the frame for four kilometres in any direction.
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Víkurkirkja
A small white church that doubles as the village's civil defence high ground, and the best view over Vík.