TUESDAY, 18 AUGUST 2020

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

Report from Elding: What a beautiful afternoon. This calm seas is a very, very rare sighting here in Faxafloi, paired with 20 degrees temperature it was time to bring on shorts and flip-flops. Sea sickness was of no issue today, sunburn was more likely. We started out with thick, thick fog and less than 100m visibility. Despite that it took us only 40 minutes to spot a blow, with a lot of concentration, even listening for the sound of the blow. It was a humpback whale. As soon as we found it, the fog started to lift and more and more life appeared. Many species of birds and at least 5 minke whales. But we left this area when we found yet another humpback whale that was breaching, slapping it’s pectoral fins and curiously checking us out once we came closer. Absolutely fantastic, it was so relaxed we could spend nearly an hour with it. Using our remaining time, we searched some more, enjoyed sunshine, a stunning landscape surrounding us and another 4 humpback whales as well as at least 3 more minke whales. Definitely one of those tours no one will forget.

- Rodrigo Martinez-Catalan

Birds seen on today’s tours include: atlantic puffin and pufflings, manx shearwater, common guillemot, arctic skua, great skua, northern gannet, kittiwake, black-backed gull, northern fulmar, storm petrel, eider duck.

We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today for the tour at 9:00 and 13:00. 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.

At this time we have to ask that all our guests and staff ensure their own hygiene and safety at all times. Washing hands thoroughly with soap and using a hand sanitiser on a regular basis is advised, as well as wearing a face mask when keeping a 2 metre distance from others is not possible. Masks are available for purchase in our ticket office and hand sanitiser stations are located in high traffic areas.