Waterfall Stays in Þingeyri, Iceland
KEX Þingeyri, on Hafnarstræti in the village centre, lists the Dynjandi waterfall at 39 kilometres away, the closest a Þingeyri guesthouse gets to naming the Westfjords' best-known waterfall directly in its own listing. The stone house itself dates to 1947, renovated into a guest house with an in-house restaurant, and sits on Route 60 within Þingeyri village rather than out toward the farm. Guests using it as a Dynjandi stop typically drive south the following morning rather than visiting the same evening, since the distance and the fjord road both take longer than the number alone suggests.
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The One Listing That Names Dynjandi
KEX Þingeyri's description states the Dynjandi Waterfall is 39 kilometres away, a specific figure the listing itself provides rather than a general regional claim. That distance, combined with Route 60's single-lane bridges and gravel stretches further south, makes a same-day round trip from Þingeyri to Dynjandi and back a longer outing than the kilometres alone suggest, particularly outside summer when daylight and road conditions both narrow the window for a comfortable drive there and back before dark sets in over the fjord and the mountains rising beyond it on either side.
The guesthouse itself sits in a renovated 1947 stone house on Hafnarstræti, with an in-house restaurant serving breakfast and dinner, useful for guests who'd rather eat before an early start toward the waterfall than search for food along Route 60 south of the village. Rooms include a seating area, TV and free Wi-Fi, and most use shared bathroom facilities, the guesthouse's way of keeping rates down for a one or two-night waterfall-focused stop rather than a longer stay in the Westfjords further south of the fjord itself and its neighbouring valleys.
A 9-hole golf course near Sandafell Hótel, a 6-minute drive from KEX Þingeyri, gives visitors an option for the day itself if Dynjandi is saved for the following morning instead. The village's own public pool is a 3-minute walk from the guesthouse, a smaller-scale alternative for an evening before an early departure south, and a detail the listing states directly rather than something inferred from general Westfjords geography or a generic regional guide someone wrote without ever driving the road themselves in person, in any season of the year at all.
None of Þingeyri's other three stays references Dynjandi in their own descriptions, which makes KEX Þingeyri the clearest choice for travellers specifically routing a visit to the waterfall through the village. Gemlufall, out at the farm, and the two harbour-adjacent stays are all viable overnight options on a Westfjords loop, but only KEX Þingeyri's listing puts a number on the distance, useful for planning a driving day that also includes Route 60's slower stretches toward the south rather than guessing at the timing beforehand on the fly with no real reference point.
Þingeyri's relationship to Dynjandi is practical rather than scenic from the village itself: you can't see the waterfall from town, and the appeal of staying here is the stopover position on Route 60, roughly midway between Ísafjörður and the waterfall itself. The village's own draw, a 1947 stone house, a public pool and a small golf course, gives visitors something to do the evening before or after the drive south.