Hjálparfoss Shelter Falls, Thjorsardalur, South Iceland

The river Fossá drops down over 13 meters and is appr. 50 meters wide just before it reaches the powerful glacier river Þjórsá.

The columnal basalt makes the waterfall is very photogenic.

The name of the waterfall (means help waterfall) stems from earlier times.

Hjálparfoss is one of several waterfalls in the south of Iceland situated in the lava fields north of the stratovolcano Hekla near the point where the rivers Fossá and Þjórsá join.