✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 20:30
Report from Elding: Magic! We knew we had a beautiful midnight sun coming because the sky was clear but we could not imagine the amount of wildlife that we found on this tour. Even though the wind was still blowing our passenger decided to came out to the bay with us and after 35 minutes sailing we saw a flock of birds not further from the boat, so we went there and we spotted our first blow below hundreds of birds (manx shearwater, great skua, black back gull and northern gannet) and after 5 minutes we saw 2 minke whales one of them really close to the boat. We stayed at the same area and it was marvelous. At the end of the tour we had 6 minke whales around the boat caming up to the surface many times, an amazing picture with the midnight sun on the horizon. Once we got to the harbour everybody was very happy to see how beautiful can be the wildlife here in iceland.
Jose Manuel Marco
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 17:00
Report from Eldey: The cold wind from the north was refreshing our faces while enjoying the sun on Eldey. We were sailing close to Snæfellness Peninsula so we were able to enjoy the beautiful shapes the mountains have in the area. A lot of puffins visited us during the trip, making us laugh with their way of flying. We were searching tireless, stopping by the active flocks of birds and scanning the sea surface continuously. Unfortunately, our beloved cetaceans were somewhere out of our vision today and we didn't have the chance to enjoy them. We offered our passengers the opportunity to come back free of charge to try again to see these wonderful creatures.
-Elena Gutiérrez Ruiz
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 14:00
Report from Hafsulan: This afternoon started out just as beautiful as this morning's tour, with a lot of sunshine. While sailing into the largest bay of Iceland we were able to encounter a lot of wildlife around us. As on the previous tour we saw a lot of northern gannets that were plunge diving, surrounded by other sea birds, such as manx shearwaters. Even through there seemed to be a lot of fish in the area, we only caught a glimps of 1 minke whale twice before the animal disappeared again. With the sea being not as calm as we hoped for, it was not possible for us to find the whale again and so we offered our passengers to come onto another tour with us within the next 2 years, by handing out complimentary tickets.
-Jose Manuel Marco
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 13:00
Report from Eldey: We sailed out in the sunshine, the northernly wind cooling us down a bit, giving us a very Icelandic summer weather. After about an hour sailing, we saw some flocks of birds feeding on some fish that’s just underneath the surface. As we approahed, we had a minke whale appearing at the side of the boat! It was a little elusive so we lost track of it soon. But then we encountered 2 other minke whales and they were feeding in the same area and one of them even came quite close to us, giving us a nice look at it! A nice tour in the beautiful sunlight.
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 10:00
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 09:00
Report from Eldey: The day started cold and sunny. Puffins were waving us right after leaving the harbour, with their particular way of flying. After a long sailing, our tireless searching was rewardew, a small blow appeared in the distance. A really curious and hungry minke whale appeared really close to the boat again and again, on every side of the boat. In the meanwhile, another minke was surfacing a bit further away and, once we were near the area, it showed up right in our sight. Another 2 minke whales were feeding around our eyes and, once it was time to go back home, another one decided to appear just in our course, unexpectedly. Being surrounded by, at least, 5 minke whales is just so special.
-Elena Gutiérrez Ruiz
Report from Elding: Similar to yesterday, the sea was a bit grumpy today, encouraging us to train our sea legs as our boat was rocking a bit from time to time. But our passengers were sea wolfs and they remained motivated as they were living through a proper Icelandic experience! Not long after we left the harbour we reached a promising area with a lot of bird activity, reflecting the possible presence of prey common to our whales and dolphins. Finding our first minke whale was a challenge, but we finally spotted its blow in the distance. As we tried to keep track of the latter, we encountered a few others on the way. We focused on the ones that were popping up closer to us. By the end of the tour we saw around 3 to 4 minke whales. Though they were all tricky to fallow, we manage to observe them quite close to our vessel at some point. Another successful tour with Elding!
- Inês Cunha
Bird species identified today: atlantic puffin, northern fulmar, arctic tern, arctic skua, northern gannet, manx shearwater, black guillemot, common guillemot, black-legged kittiwake.
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