Skógar is a small settlement on Iceland's south coast, best known as the site of Skógafoss, one of the biggest and most spectacular waterfalls in Iceland. The falls plunge 60 metres from the edge of the former sea cliffs, and in good light a rainbow is almost always visible in the mist at the base. You can walk right up to the foot of the falls and, via a steep staircase, to the top for views across the coastal plain to the sea. Ten minutes' walk east is Kvernufoss, a smaller waterfall that you can walk behind — known to almost no one and almost always empty.
The Skogar Folk Museum beside the falls is one of the best of its kind in Iceland, with an open-air collection of traditional turf houses and over 18,000 historical artefacts assembled by a single collector over sixty years. The Fimmvörðuháls hiking trail begins here, crossing the pass between Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers to Þórsmörk — a demanding two-day walk across an active volcanic landscape. Within easy reach are Seljavallalaug, Iceland's oldest outdoor swimming pool built into a mountain valley in 1923, and Sólheimajökull, an accessible glacier with guided walking tours available. Skógar is on the Ring Road about 150 kilometres east of Reykjavik.