Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed from Hafnafjörður in order to stay sheltered against the wind, though the sea itself wasn´t very swelly and the ride was mostly very comfortable. It didn´t take long before we had our first sighting of the day, we managed to spot a pod o
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: As we sailed this afternoon we were greeted by blue sky and sunshine! This kept changing throughout the tour as we sailed through sun, then hail, then sun. On the way out we came across a huge flock of seabirds including Fulmar, Kittiwakes an
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Hafnafjörður this time as we finished there on the morning tour, it didn´t take long for us to spot the same Harbour Porpoises that we saw at the end of the last tour. They were still feeding and watching the birds swoop down to take thei
Report from Hafsúlan: The animals we met on our second tour of the day all seemed very preoccupied with feeding. First we saw a pod of Harbour porpoises. They didn't seem boat-shy at all so we stopped the boat and observed them feeding for some time. We then carried on until
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: With the weather much the same as this morning we sailed out with high hopes after the previous tour. The excitement began early on when we spotted a Minke whale of our bow. What ensued was a bit of a chase, we saw minkes here and there with
Tour at 1300 is unfortunately cancelled today due to bad weather and rough seas. For more information, please call +354 519 5000, send an email to elding@elding.is or stop by our ticket office in the old harbour.
Tour at 0900
Report from Elding: We tried our luck goi
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed from Reykjavík with much better weather than in the morning, there was blue sky and the sun was shining. We had two or our boats going out this afternoon for the unsuspecting amount of passengers joining us. Our boat Elding spotted
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: After a successful morning we sailed with two boats back out into Faxaflói, it was still windy but on the way out we were quite comfortable as we sailed with the wind. After around 45 minutes we had our first success, we found a small pod of
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed from Reykjavík with the hope that the recent bad weather had passed and we could get back to the whales! Though there was some swell in the water it certainly didn´t hinder the tour as it only took us around an hour to find a Humpba
Report from Hafsúlan: We left the harbour in Hafnarfjörður in windy conditions. The wind had picked up since this morning and the seas turned out to be much rougher that we had expected. Of course, safety comes first and thus we decided to turn the boat around after about 20
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Once again another wonderful tour with lots to see. Fewer birds though but the Humpback Whales, 4 in total were a lot more picturesque as they brought up their beautiful tails on many occasions. We were watching a pair of Humpback Whales for
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Keflavík today in order to sail with the wind and make the tour as comfortable as possible, there was still some swell in the sea so while we were sailing with the swell on our side we had an exciting start. This calmed down later as we s
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: After a successful morning we headed out once again from Reykjavík, though this time we dealt with a lot of rain! We sailed for the same area that we were successful in the morning and after some searching found a Humpback Whale! This whale w
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Though the sea conditions in the morning were unfavourable we headed out in the afternoon, there was still some swell in the water which made the first part of the tour a rollercoaster ride. The rollercoaster soon became the least exciting pa
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed once again from Keflavík in the hope of finding the whales which had been in the area previously and we finished the tour in Reykjavík. The snowy landscape all around was beautiful and the weather was a lot better than it was in the
