{"id":3090,"date":"2016-04-01T00:17:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/?p=3090"},"modified":"2017-03-10T17:07:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T09:07:10","slug":"snapshot-drinking-in-the-beauty-of-the-svartifoss-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/snapshot-drinking-in-the-beauty-of-the-svartifoss-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: Drinking in the beauty of the Svartifoss Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

It makes a mesmerizing sight, a silver stream cascading down an imposing wall of dark columns. The Svartifoss, or the Black Falls, is named after the dark lava hexagonal basalt columns that it\u2019s surrounded by and is tucked away at the Skaftafell National Park in Iceland.<\/p>\n

The Svartifoss Falls, not your usual kind of waterfall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Most visitors take a leisure hike to the waterfalls from the visitor information center 1.5km away. \u00a0You\u2019ve got to work a little to witness all that beauty- the climb there is on an incline, but that means the hike back is a piece of cake. The Svartifoss\u2019s basalt columns isn\u2019t the first of its kind, there\u2019s also the Giant\u2019s Causeway<\/a> in Ireland and the Devil\u2019s Tower in the United States but it\u2019s definitely one of the most popular. The charm of this Black Falls lies in its location and that stately waterfall.<\/p>\n
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The Svartifoss Falls in winter makes quite a breath-taking sight too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The falls is surrounded by gorgeous landscape- enveloped by mossy hills with a glacier and around four other waterfalls.\u00a0 The falls itself is almost 20 meters, with the water descending into an amphitheater-like pool made of geometrical basalt columns. It has been said that the beauty of the falls is so great that it inspired Icelandic architecture. The architectural style of the famous Hallgr\u00edmskirkja church in Reykjav\u00edk was said to be inspired by the Svartifoss.<\/p>\n
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The Hallgr\u00edmskirkja church in Reykjav\u00edk is an artful representation of the Svartifoss Falls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tip:<\/em><\/strong> there are more than one hiking trails in the Skaftafell area, so if you\u2019re looking to embark on one than one hike, you can buy a map at the visitor center. You can check out more hiking trails at the\u00a0 ***Vatnajokulsthjodgardur national park<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"***
It makes a mesmerizing sight, a silver stream cascading down an imposing wall of dark columns. The Svartifoss, or the Black Falls, is named after the dark lava hexagonal basalt columns that it\u2019s surrounded by in the Skaftafell National Park in Iceland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[638,637,636],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3095,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions\/3095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

The Svartifoss Falls, not your usual kind of waterfall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Most visitors take a leisure hike to the waterfalls from the visitor information center 1.5km away. \u00a0You\u2019ve got to work a little to witness all that beauty- the climb there is on an incline, but that means the hike back is a piece of cake. The Svartifoss\u2019s basalt columns isn\u2019t the first of its kind, there\u2019s also the Giant\u2019s Causeway<\/a> in Ireland and the Devil\u2019s Tower in the United States but it\u2019s definitely one of the most popular. The charm of this Black Falls lies in its location and that stately waterfall.<\/p>\n
$\"The$
The Svartifoss Falls in winter makes quite a breath-taking sight too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The falls is surrounded by gorgeous landscape- enveloped by mossy hills with a glacier and around four other waterfalls.\u00a0 The falls itself is almost 20 meters, with the water descending into an amphitheater-like pool made of geometrical basalt columns. It has been said that the beauty of the falls is so great that it inspired Icelandic architecture. The architectural style of the famous Hallgr\u00edmskirkja church in Reykjav\u00edk was said to be inspired by the Svartifoss.<\/p>\n
$\"The$
The Hallgr\u00edmskirkja church in Reykjav\u00edk is an artful representation of the Svartifoss Falls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tip:<\/em><\/strong> there are more than one hiking trails in the Skaftafell area, so if you\u2019re looking to embark on one than one hike, you can buy a map at the visitor center. You can check out more hiking trails at the\u00a0 ***Vatnajokulsthjodgardur national park<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"***
It makes a mesmerizing sight, a silver stream cascading down an imposing wall of dark columns. The Svartifoss, or the Black Falls, is named after the dark lava hexagonal basalt columns that it\u2019s surrounded by in the Skaftafell National Park in Iceland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[638,637,636],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3095,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions\/3095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegallivantpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}