Hænubrekkufoss Waterfall

Hænubrekkufoss sits above Berufjörður on the Öxi road, where Berufjarðará drops through a narrow green and rocky gorge. The stop works because it breaks up a specific drive, not because it competes with Iceland's major waterfall icons.

Use it when the day already has space for Route 939 and you want a brief, exact-place waterfall pause before continuing toward Djúpivogur, Berufjörður, or the inland road toward Egilsstaðir. Leave it out when the schedule only works by treating a gravel mountain road as a simple shortcut.

This is not a polished attraction complex. The view is more intimate: water stepping through rock, mossy slopes around the river, and a gorge that can look more powerful up close than it does from a road glance.

Some source descriptions mention the possibility of getting behind the fall, but that should stay a conditions-based choice. Moss, loose ground, wet rock, wind, and river spray can change whether moving closer is a smart idea.

Route 939 is the context that makes or breaks this page. Hænubrekkufoss can be visible and quick once you are there, but travelers should still decide on Öxi by road surface, visibility, wind, precipitation, vehicle comfort, and daylight.

If the road feels like the wrong call, the better plan is not to chase one waterfall. Keep the day on the easier fjord-side logic and use Djúpivogur, Gleðivík, or other Eastfjords stops that do not depend on the same pass decision.

Folaldafoss Waterfall is the natural comparison because it sits in the same Öxi waterfall sequence and has a clearer public visual identity. Hænubrekkufoss feels more like a compact gorge pause; Folaldafoss is easier to frame as the obvious waterfall stop on the pass.

Flögufoss Waterfall belongs to a different East Iceland waterfall decision. It can make more sense when you are building a broader Breiðdalur or Berufjörður day rather than simply deciding whether to stop along Route 939.

The strongest day shape is simple: use Berufjörður as the scenic anchor, add one or two waterfall pauses only if conditions make the drive comfortable, then continue toward Djúpivogur or inland toward Egilsstaðir without turning every pullout into a must-stop.

If you want a secondary reason to care about the area, the Berufjörður side gives the waterfall more context. Teigarhorn, Búlandstindur views, and the Djúpivogur coastline make the drive feel like an Eastfjords sequence rather than a single hidden waterfall hunt.