Tour status: RUNNING
Tour at 20:30
Report from Elding: What an incredible tour that we had to celebrate the independence day of Iceland! Firstly, we found few flocks of birds and when we got closer we spotted 3-4 minke whales feeding in the area. We carried on to discover a shy pod of 3-4 white beaked dolphins but we didn't´t stop much with them as something bigger was waiting for us. A huge humpback whale was discovered but while we were waiting for her to re-surfaced, we saw some splashes in the distance, once we got closer we witnessed an incredible thing: two humpback whales breaching together! and it wasn't´t all, tail slapping and surfacing very close to us, it was jaw-dropping! After enjoying them for a while we headed back to Reykjavik with the nice music of our musician Gardar. It was very lovely evening.
-Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan
Tour at 17:00: CANCELLED
Tour at 14:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Rain, rain, rain, rain and some rain. Oh, and did I mention rain? Despite the classic Icelandic weather conditions we had quite a lovely tour with three species in total. First we saw about 6-8 harbour porpoises that were quite relaxed and were surfacing in a lazy fashion. These little guys we saw pretty much during our whole trip. Next we saw a humpback whale, but gave it only a few glances before we continued going forward. We simply didn't want that many boats around the whale. Soon after we spotted 2-3 minke whales and had good time in their company. On our way back we visited the humpback whale known as "Charlie" one more time, but this time we were alone with the whale and this time it came only meters away from the starboard side to greet us. A beautiful encounter indeed.
- Lucas Heinrich
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: We headed to the rainy bay with high hopes. Our first spotting of the tour was a minke whale! It surfaced a few times for us and we got a really good side profile from it. It started to rain a lot but the ones that were outside for the rain were rewarded with a spotting of 5-7 harbour porpoises and then some sun. We sailed further and then we saw a big blow, It was a humpback whale. It came right up to the boat so we got a great look at its white pectoral fins and we got to se how big it was compared to the boat. Everyone were screaming from the excitement of seeing the humpback so close! We left it with a big smile on our faces and went back to rainy Reykjavik.
-Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir
Tour at 10:00
Report from Hafsulan: Once again the Queen of the Sea dashes through Faxafloi, riding a relatively smooth ocean today on its two keels. Of course wildlife had to come have a look to the majestic red and white colours of the boat, and we had an exciting 4 species tour! It started with a minke whale and a humpback whale in the same area! We could see the minke pretty well but it goes without saying that we quickly focused on the humpback and saw it raising the tail stock out of the water countless times. In the distance we saw another blow and a found a second humpback, and we recognized Charlie that has spoiled us with incredible encounters lately! On the way back we shortly sighted a curious pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins and were surrounded by about 16 harbour porpoises that escorted us back to the harbour. It was an awesome tour!
- Guillaume Calcagni
Tour at 9:00
Report from Eldey: It was beautiful morning with calm weather and some sunshine between clouds. Visibility was great, we could see as far as up to Keflavik. We needed to sail further out than last days but it was worthy. On the way some splashes attracted our attention and we saw pod of 4-6 harbour porpoises. They were moving very fast so we didn't stop for them. From distance we saw big flock of birds and just underneath huge blow and some black body. When we get closer we realized that it was a humpback whale. To say hello whale raised flippers and hit them water surface and then rolled. It was so cool to watch! As this humpback was active, often showing us tail we could identify this individual as Pi.
- Ewa Malinowska
Birds species seen today include: attlantic puffin, arctic tern, black-legged kittiwake, northern fulmar, common guillemot, arctic skua, eider duck & lesser black-backed gull
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. There is some wind out on Faxabay so if you are sensitive to motion sickness we do have seasickness tablets free of charge at the ticket office. All our boats have inside and outside areas and to make the tour even more comfortable we provide warm overalls. For more information please contact us via phone at +354 519 5000 or by e-mail at elding@elding.is.