✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00
Report from Eldey: This was quite a fantastic ending of our 5'clock tours this season. It didn't take us long to spot a myriad of sea life. We were surrounded by harbour porpoises and minke whales. There was about 30 porpoises and 4-5 minke whales. This is something that we don't see every day, whales and porpoises swimming right next to each other for an extended period of time. I even managed to take a picture of the two species together. To top it all off, we had an incredible red sunset to greet us on our way back to the harbour.
-Lucas Heinrich
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Eldey: Another great afternoon on Faxafloi bay. After such a great morning tour, our plan was easy to set as we would obviously go straight to the same spot where we left our humpback whale. On our way we were surprised by a pod of around 6 to 10 harbour porpoises. Once we finally found our humpback whale, we quickly asserted that was feeding, as she was going for quite long deep dives, as they tend to do when they are foraging. Therefore, it was not easy to keep track of the latter, as her dicing sequence was being quite unpredictable. After observing this famine creature, we resumed our search for something else. Later on, closer to Reykjavik, we found a Minke whale, with which we could stay for a while, providing the perfect finale for this tour.
- Inês Cunha
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 09:00
Report from Eldey: What a beautiful morning here in Faxaflói bay. Mirror flat seas, sun and exceptional visibility. We didn't experience a lack of wildlife either. A small group of harbour porpoises surprised us at 12 o'clock. They were elusive in behaviour but they were just one of maybe 15-20 individuals we saw on this tour. Next we saw a minke whale a couple of times; a species that could be seen a multitude of times throughout the tour. The real treat was a juvenile humpback whale that twice came 2 meters away from the hull and shocked us all with its presence. It was a smaller example of a true gentle giant. Exceptional tour.
-Lucas Heinrich
Bird species seen on today's tours: northern gannet, black-legged kittiwake, great cormorant, greater black-backed gull
Good morning! We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today. If you are prone to getting sea sick, we do have sea sickness tablets available free of charge at the office and on board. Make sure to dress warmly and make use of our warm overalls as it is always colder on sea than on land. For more information contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.
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