SATURDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2017

Tour status 9 am and 1 pm: RUNNING FROM ANOTHER HARBOUR

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: Needless to say, after such a great tour in the morning we could not wait to go out again. After passengers boarded in we promptly departed toward South-West, to search the same are we sailed in on our previous excursion. The sea was still calm, wind was even slightly weaker, and the sun was still shing strong. All of that made for a very nice boat ride. But that was nothing more. Lady luck decided to take the afternoon off, and did not find wildlife other than scarce seabirds. Complimentary tickets were issued for that reason. We cannot wait to receive again our guests for hopefully a whale watching with the same sea conditions and more animals!

- Nicole Koestner 

Tour at 09:00

Report from Elding: Today we left again from Grindavik. Our last tour yesterday having been a great success, we set sail in high spirits! On our way out the rising sun was keeping us company, as we were exploring on a delightfully calm sea, although it was bit a cold. About one hour after departure, passengers spotted a huge blow behind us. It was a humpback whale! The whale seemed to be feeding close to the sea bed, taking frequent but not so long dives, which allowed us to follow it for a while. Then, popping up in the distance, we noticed a second large blow, another humpback whale. Left to this new whale, there was frantic movements on the sea surface. There were smaller blows, and they were numerous. Looking through the binoculars, we saw huge dorsal fins coming up. Jackpot! We found ORCAS! And a lot of them! This pod was including 15-20 individuals. What a sight! We successfully got close to them, and they seemed to take interest in our boat, circling around, and coming close at the stern of the boat. There were few impressive males and adorable calves, it was a very exciting encounter. When the time to go back arrived, the killer whales followed us for a while before returning to their own business. This is why winter whale watching can be wonderful!

- Guillaume Calcagni

Bird species seen on today's tour include: eider duck, great black-backed gull, northern fulmar & icelandic gull

We will be sailing out from GRINDAVÍK today due to unfavourable conditions out of Reykjavík. A bus will be ready and waiting for passengers here in the Old Harbour and drive off to Grindavík at the scheduled departure time. 

This will result in a longer tour, or around 5 hrs in total and could impact COMBO tours. Guests that are unable to join the tour because of it's length should contact their travel planner immediately to arrange for a different activity or check for other options provided by them.

We can expect the sea to still be a bit choppy from yesterday, so we do provide seasickness tablets at our ticket office, free of charge!

For more information please contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.