Dettifoss

Ribereño en Reykjahlid, Iceland

• Temporada: junio–septiembre
• Duración típica: 2h

Acceso y tarifas

• east bank route 864 (seasons: summer only · road type: gravel)
• sin tarifa mencionada (tarifa: none stated in sources)
• none mentioned (tarifa: no indicado en las fuentes)
• route 862 west, paved (temporada: durante todo el año · vehicle: all vehicles)
• route 864 east, gravel (temporada: summer only · vehicle: 4WD required)
• west bank route 862 (construido: 2011 · seasons: all seasons · road type: paved)

Qué hacer

• observación de aves
• diamond circle touring (route includes: Lake Mývatn, Húsavík)
• explore jökulsárgljúfur canyon
• geology interpretation
• guided 4×4 tour access (ruta: east bank, Route 864)
• guided 4wd tours
• hike between dettifoss, selfoss, and hafragilsfoss
• hiking maintained trails (banks: east and west)
• hiking to falls (trails: both banks)
• hiking to viewpoints (trails: both east and west banks)
• hiking to waterfall (trails: both east and west banks)
• nature walks
• fotografía
• conducción panorámica
• self-drive ring road tour
• visit nearby waterfalls and volcanic landscapes
• walk to multiple viewing platforms
• waterfall viewing (banks: east and west)

Servicios

• east bank facilities (incluye: public toilet, information panel)
• east bank: toilet, info panel, trail (operador: Vatnajökull National Park)
• information panel east bank (administrado por: Vatnajökull National Park)
• pit toilet west bank (bank: west)
• public toilet east bank (bank: este)
• viewing platform, west bank (bank: west)
• west bank facilities (incluye: pit toilet, hiking path, viewing platform)
• west bank: toilet, platform, trail (facilities: pit toilet, viewing platform, hiking path)
• west bank: toilet, viewpoint, path (facilities: pit toilet, viewing platform, hiking path)

Mejor época para visitar

• peak water flow in summer (cause: glacial melt · temporada: verano)
• summer for access and flow (temporada: junio–septiembre)
• summer for east bank (motivo: Route 864 gravel road passable · temporada: verano)
• summer visit recommended (motivo: accessible roads, safer trails, peak flow · temporada: junio–septiembre)
• summer, june–september (motivo: full road access, peak glacial melt · temporada: junio–septiembre)

Características

• 100 m wide, 44 m drop (drop m: 44 · width m: 100)
• 193 m³/s average discharge (flow m3 per s: 193)
• 193 m³/s average flow (flow m3 per s: 193)
• 2nd most powerful in europe (ranking basis: flow × fall distance)
• 44 m drop, 100 m wide (width m: 100 · height m: 44)
• avg flow 193 m³/s (avg discharge m3s: 193)
• basalt column terrain (origen: volcanic and glacial erosion)
• drops into jökulsárgljúfur canyon
• europe's most powerful waterfall — disputed; Rhine Falls also claimed
• grey-white sediment water (cause: glacial sediment runoff)
• greyish-white glacial water (cause: sediment-rich runoff)
• reputed most powerful in europe (caveat: disputed with Rhine Falls)

Cerca de aquí

• cañón de ásbyrgi (ruta: Círculo de Diamantes)
• ruta del círculo de diamantes (incluye: Húsavík, Lake Mývatn)
• godafoss waterfall (region: North Iceland)
• hafragilsfoss waterfall
• húsavík (known for: avistamiento de ballenas)
• lake mývatn (ruta: Círculo de Diamantes)
• selfoss and hafragilsfoss waterfalls (acceso: same trail network)
• selfoss waterfall (acceso: same trail network)

Datos útiles

• allow 2–3 hours if visiting dettifoss, selfoss, and hafragilsfoss together.
• combine your visit with ásbyrgi canyon, mývatn, and hverir.
• diamond circle touring route (incluye: Mývatn, Húsavík, Ásbyrgi)
• east side gravel, 4wd only (road: Route 864 · winter: usually closed · surface: gravel)
• film location: prometheus 2012 (scene: opening sequence)
• route 862, west bank, paved (open: durante todo el año · vehicles: all vehicles)
• route 864 closed in winter (temporada: winter closure typical)
• route 864, east bank, gravel (cerrado: typically winter · vehicles: 4WD required)

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-TQE5-BCR35

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