✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Elding: The afternoons tour proved to be even more enjoyable than the morning. The seas were like a mirror, reflecting the colourful clouds and mountains which is very rare to have here around Iceland. We were also pleasantly surprised by a pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins that were very close to land, just 15mins from leaving the port. They were in a very playful mood, swimming under and around the boat. We had a great time with them but wanted to get offshore to the most productive area the last days. Once arriving after another 40-50mins cruising we encountered another pod of 5 white-beaked dolphins and an area of very active and abundant bird life. Here we found the jackpot and had at least 5 minke whales surfacing around us near and far feeding on the bountiful fish in the area.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 09:00
Report from Elding: Morning wonders on the bay of Faxaflói, not only was the weather amazing, little to no wind reflected the clouds, mountains and birds on the oceans surface it was also quite sunny too. That alone is something to appreciate here in the North Atlantic but the wildlife was also spectacular, at least 6 minke whales, 2 pods of 4 white-beaked dolphins and 2-3 scattered harbour porpoises. The minke whales were however the stars, one of them was even a friend of ours called ‘humpie’ a minke seen yearly since 2011. Another was enjoying the abundance of surface food by lunging out of the water and rolling, you could even see the pink belly and tail sometimes as they fed. Incredible morning!
- Megan Whittaker
Birds seen on today’s tours include: atlantic puffin, arctic tern, manx shearwater, common guillemot, arctic skua, northern gannet, kittiwake, black-backed gull, northern fulmar, eider duck.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today for the tour at 09:00 and 13:00. if your are prone to sea sickness we have sea sickness tablets available at our ticket office. Make sure to dress warmly and make use of our warm overalls as it is always colder on sea than on land. For mo
