✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 17:00
Report from Elding: Have you ever wanted to look into a whales mouth? Because our guests on our evening tour certainly could. The humpback whale we had seen during our afternoon tour today was our goal to find also during this tour. We went to Akraness where we left it just 2 1/2 hours before and were surprised not to find it. Thus we turned east, meeting 2 pods of approximately 4 white-beaked dolphins that came to bow-ride for a few minutes before continuing their hunt for fish. They kept us entertained and also trained our eyes for what we got to see then. Our humpback whale lunge feeding over and over. Boy he was a hungry one! We saw it's black baleen plates, the pink flesh inside it's mouth and the white inbetween it's ventral plates as they expanded in it's throat. And all this less that 15 meters in front of us. My favourite way to end a day :)
- Sabrina Voswinkel
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 13:00
Report from Elding:A gale was happening when we left the harbour but rain and wind didn't stop us from going out at sea and starting our adventure. Wind was blowing from the southeast so the temperature was really nice, if you think about subartic weather, of course. Suddenly, together with a flock of active birds we caught a glimpse of 2 white-beaked dolphins. They seemed occupied; thus, we continued our course because a little bird told us there was something big a bit further away. After 5 minutes, we saw one first blow and we encountered this beautiful humpback whale waving at us by taking half of its body out of the water!. Such a wonderful greeting! That behaviour is called "lunging". It also gave us a feeding show. We could see how it opened the huge mouth again and again, globbing up a large amount of water full of fish. After about half an hour we started our way back to Reykjavik. Right before entered the harbour, a black dorsal fin appeared in front of us, surfacing around the boat a few times. It was a minke whale! We even realised that there was another minke whale further towards the bay! We entered the harbour with a big smile and having forgotten the wind and the rain. Such a wonderful tour!
-Elena Gutiérrez
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 9:00
Report from Elding: Despite the winds blowing quite forceful this morning, we still got lucky with the weather. The wind had actually been nice enough to push most rain clouds away from Reykjavik by the time we left the harbour. What we got to see of the rain was only a beautiful rainbow shining brightly above us. Bird life was plentiful and consisted of multiple species, so we were positive we would have more live also underneath the water. We searched first in the shelter of Kollafjodur and continued along the Snaefellsness peninsula. When this turned out to be unsuccessful, we actually headed into the exact opposite direction towards Grotta, crossing the bay. Once at Grotta, we were surprised by 2 minke whales feeding! While both came extremely close to our boat, especially for those standing on the bow, they only showed themselves for around 10 minute. We felt that this was to short of a time for our passengers to really enjoy and understand these amazing animals and thus we offered complimentary tickets to return with us for another trip, free of charge, to have more memorable experiences to make.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen on today's tours: black guillemot, common guillemot, atlantic puffin, northern gannet, glaucus gull, black-backed gull, northern fulmar, cormorant, kittiwake, arctic tern.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today at 9:00 and 13:00. It is quite windy today, so the sea is going to be rough, seasickness tablets are available at the office. 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.
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