Tour at 17:00 Report from Hafsúla The wind had picked up a little bit this evening when we sailed out. The puffins were at home in Akurey when we took our stop there. We searched for a very long time now. We saw few harbour porpoises fast swimming away
Tour at 1700 The first evening tour and it was great. It was alot nicer to have 9 passengers onboard to have more one to one contact and talk more with each. We headed very far offshore and saw many blows most likely of Minke Whales during the duration
Elding Whale Watching was founded in May 2000. The crew and owners are always looking for ways to improve the quality of the tours, both by improvement on the boats and hiring and training members of the crew.
Whale watching tours are scheduled from the old harbour in Reykjavik from the beginning of April through to the end of October. Our tours cover the south east and south west part of Faxafloi bay.
Whales most frequently seen on tours with Elding are the Minke whales, Humpback whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, sometimes Orcas, Fin-, Sei- and Blue whales can be seen. In these areas we see many different species of seabirds such as the gannet, puffin, guillemot razorbill, cormorant, gulls, kittiwake, terns and many more.
Preparation for the summer on Viðey Island is in full swing these days as the summer schedule takes over next Tuesday, 15 May with the daily ferry. In cooperation with city of Reykjavík we have put together an interesting program for this summer, full of activities such as guided
We've been quite worried about the weather forecast for the next few days as strong northerly winds are expected. Because of that we have been looking into all possible solutions for our tours tomorrow, Monday and maybe even later in the week. Our current plan is
The researchers are back on board our boats to continue their work on cetaceans in Faxaflói Bay for the 2012 field season. Like previous years, the research team led by Chiara Giulia Bertulli, a marine biologist that has been involved in the research since 2007. She is currently working on
Easter is a special time here in Iceland and always more and more travellers decide to spend their Easter vacation in Iceland. Traditional Easter holidays in Iceland are from Holy Thursday until Easter Monday (5 April to 9 April 2012). Prepare yourself for shops and restaurants being
Our summer season started yesterday, 1st of April, with good success . After a interesting winter season we welcome the summer season with smiley faces and the migrating whales and birds. On Friday we had the first propper minke whale sighting and in the area we know of
Extra departure tomorrow 25.march 2012 at 09.00 o'clock as well the 13.00 o'clock whale watching tour. Very soon or 1st April we will sail daily at 09.00 and 13.00. We can feel it that spring is coming soon, it is getting a bit warmer outside and we
The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be lit on spring Equinox, Thuesday 20 March and brighten the sky above Reykjavik until 27. March. By doing so we wish to celebrate the increasing daylight, warming temperatures and the rebirth of flora and fauna.
IMAGINE PEACE tours are available every
After a fantastic start of the year we have been facing quite challenging days for a while now. Not only has the weather been rough and we’ve had to cancel many of our tours but we’ve also had less luck with the cetaceans than before. Some of
