The Godafoss Waterfall is the proverbial feather in Iceland’s gem-studded hat. It is widely known as the Waterfall of the Gods and it sure lives up to that name.

Four of us — including my wife and two friends — were visiting the Godafoss waterfall, about 90 miles from the Arctic Circle, on Day 5 of our 13-day circumnavigation of the island. It was the ...