✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Eldey: Another slightly windy afternoon, but the weather was calming down more and more. After about half of our trip, we stopped as our captain spotted the dark back of a minke whale. We saw it's blow again after, but it did not show a third time. To our pleasant surprise however, we encountered a second minke whale shortly after. First we saw it from about 300 meters distance but then it came up maybe 10 meters from the bow, first on our right hand side and then on our left side, almost as if it was curious. It looked to be a youngster, measuring maybe 6 meters in length. After such close up surfaces we waited eagerly for it to return, but also this one was not so much in a showing off mood and disappeared. So evethough we saw whales today, the encounters did not fulfill our standards and thus we gave out complimentary tickets to our guests for them to return within a 2 year period for a hopefully even better trip.
-Viivi Pöyhönen
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 9:00
Report from Eldey: We began the first sail of the day in beautiful morning sun and the first snow on the tips of the mountains that was a great compromise for the chilly North East wind. From the beginning on we could observe many birds gliding over white-capped waves. This usually indicates that there is fish in the waters which would very likely attract whales and dolphins as well. With that in mind, we were eagerly looking out for any signs of animals in the water: dark backs with triangular dorsal fins, splashes, blows... But despite our best efforts there were no cetaceans to be found. We provided all passengers with a complimentary ticket allowing them to come on an other tour for free in the next two years.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen today: black-backed gull, kittiwake, black-headed gull, herring gull, northern fulmar, northern gannet.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today. If your are prone to sea sickness we have sea sickness tablets available. 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.
