We began this trip by first stopping by one of the puffin islands, Akurey. Then we headed straight out to where they (the previous tours) had been seeing them today, but after a careful search of the area nothing was to be found. So with good weather and using the speed of
We began the trip by sailing out to look for the whales. We headed to the same area where the boats had been earlier that day and we were able to spot 4 Minke whales. The first two were quite difficult to follow and spent a long time under the surface, but when we sailed on
It was a beautiful evening with good whale watching conditions, calm sea and good visibility. We started out in Akurey, but there were not many puffins in the island this evening. Then we headed further out, searched for a long time and covered a large area of the bay, but u
We began this trip with wonderful weather, first heading out in the bay in search of whales. Eventually we found a Minke Whale, but it was not very interested in us. It surfaced once very close to the boat, just 10 meters away, but then went for a deep dive and we did not
This trip began with beautiful weather and on the way out to Faxaflói Bay the Captain spotted one Minke Whale swimming very close to the boat. However it did a deep dive and we did not see it again. Unfortunately for the rest of the trip we did not see anymore whales. How
We sailed out a little after 20:30 and thought the wind was calming down while we were sailing. We started by the puffin island Akurey and saw then that the wind was as strong and even stronger than it was during the day! In Akurey there were not that many puffins around and
This evening we started by going to see the puffins in Akurey. There were plenty of puffins on the island which we observed for a few minutes before heading out to see the whales. We had sailed for about 30 minutes when we spotted a huge splash on the horizon, not sure at fi
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We sailed straight out into Faxaflói for this tour, straight to the whales however the wind had picked up making it a little harder to locate the whale especially because the flocks of birds had all disappeared and no longer showed
Under a sky full of sunshine we began our trip at Akurey, one of the two local puffin colonies. The puffins were so active and friendly we (including the crew) could have stayed there for hours. But we had something bigger on our minds. Sailing out into Faxaflói Bay under
Lovely weather out on the bay: The sea was mirror calm and the clouds and the sunset made brilliant colors out of everything. A truly beautiful tour. We started in Akurey where we saw quite many puffins. Then we sailed out to Faxaflói and about a half an hour later spotted t
With a windy harbor we left for Akurey Island, one of the two puffin colonies. After spending a few moments with our friends there we headed out into the NON-windy bay. There was a slight swell but the weather was amazing out in the bay. We started seeing flocks of feedin
The see was flat and the weather very good. We spotted a group of White Beaked Dolphins, probably 10 of them together swimming around the boat. Then we went further out and spotted few Minke Whales which were travelling from one place to another. The light on this tour was s
We started by visiting Puffin Island (Akurey) and all the Puffins were home, they were everywhere. We then went out into Faxaflói we went here there and everywhere in search of the elusive Minke Whale. We heard rumors they were in the bay. Obviously they were all on stealth
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This afternoon we went first to Akurey to see the Puffins and then we headed out. We went straight to the same area as we had been in during the other tours. Again there were so many birds in that area, Fulmars, Arctic Terns, Kit
ALL TOURS have been cancelled due to strong wind out at sea.
With a stiff wind and a cautious Captain, we headed straight out into Faxaflói Bay, heading north towards all of the action on the previous tours. The Bay was full of birds, 10's of thousands of birds everywhere. Surely there was bound to be whales and soon we found oursel
It was quite overcast but the sea was calm. We sailed straight out into Faxaflói and once again the Minkes were very close. We stayed near the coast for a long time watching the Minke Whales surface feeding. There were about 5 small clusters of feeding birds in this area whe
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This time we went straight out into the bay and looked for Whales. The weather changed a bit and was raining and really foggy out at the bay. We spotted two Minke Whales but we always lost them when they went for a deeper dive. So
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The weather was really good for our last tour. We had a beautiful few other the mountains and Snæfellsjökull. The sea was really calm. Perfect whale watching conditions. We headed straight out and soon spotted our first Minke Whale
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