✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 13:00
Report frm Eldey: What a wonderful afternoon with our whaley friends. After 30 minutes of sailing in a beautifully calm sea a blow was spotted, which turned out to be a wonderful minke whale that fed and circled our vessel and stayed together until another whale watching vessel came to the area and so we left after more than 30 incredible minutes of close surfaces and feeding just meters from our vessel. It was a while after this minke whale that we saw our next cetaceans, a very playful pod of about 5 white-beaked dolphins. A mother and calf and a few others, bow-riding, wave surfing and generally very happy to be passenger watching as we enjoyed them. It was amazing with a huge variety of birds, beautiful scenery and finally some calm seas it was great to be out, especially for our returning passengers that came again after some unsuccessful rough weather tours lately. Its incredible how weather and wildife can change and today was a great example.
- Megan Whittaker
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 9:00
Report from Eldey: How I love starting my days like this!! It was a wildlife-fantastic tour and I didn't even want to return to harbour. We spotted 2 minke whales just about 40 minutes out of the harbour, feeding in an area that was absolutely thriving with birds. Everything seemed to be coming together to feed on the amounts of fish we could see on our fish finder. After the minke whale went for a longer dive, we decided to keep searching the bay as it seemed so promising today. Certainly enough, we encountered a pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins, but as they were more interested in chasing fish than interacting, the encounter was only a short one. On our way back to Reykjavik we also saw 3 harbour porpoises and yet another, or maybe the same, minke whale! All this wildlife and sunshine on our faces as well as rainbows in the sky made for a wonderful tour.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen today: northern gannet, eider duck, razorbill, black guillemot, common guillemot, northern fulmar, herring gull, icelandic gull, cormorant, common shag, cormorants, black-backed gulls, black-legged kittiwakes and glacous gulls.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today, there is always some movement out on the boat and if you are prone to getting seasick, we do have seasickness tablets free of charge. It is always colder on sea than on land so make sure to make use of our warm overalls. For more information contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000
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