Tour status: RUNNING
Tour at 20:30
Report from Eldey: The sun kept shining through the entire tour while shaping the landscape in different colors as getting closer to the sea. We were able to observe some marine life as some species of birds approached us quite closely. However, regardless of our persistent efforts, it was not possible to see any cetacean through this tour. As wild animals we obviously have no power over them and we are only able to see them if they allow us to. Therefore, even though our sighting rate is really high, rare tours as this one can happen. For this reason, we offered all our passengers the opportunity to join us on another tour for free!
- Ines Cunha
Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: As was the case earlier today, the sky was completely clear and blue, and we had beautiful sunshine throughout our tour, with just a bit of wind. We were even able to see Snæfelljökull in the distance! We mainly encountered scattered birds on this tour, no major flocks unlike earlier today. We briefly spotted a minke whale in the distance, but it was elusive and difficult to follow. Even though we had sunshine and enjoyed the beautiful senary and puffin sightings, the wildlife was once again unpredictable. For this reason, we offered complimentary to all our passengers, to give them another chance spot some cetaceans with us at a later date, either here or in Akureyri. Better luck next time!
-Anne Moullier
Tour at 14:00
Report from Elding: We sailed out from Reykjavik, with blue sky and the sun shining. We had great visibility and was therefor hopeful to spot cetaceans. A flock of birds was spotted far away and as we were approaching them, a small pod of harbour porpoises was seen right next to the boat. With the sun shining it was really a beautiful sight to see the small porpoises swimming under the water surface. The big flock of birds, turned out to be hundreds of arctic terns foraging, but no larger cetaceans was to be found in the area. On this tour we could really enjoy the bird life, but unfortunately we did not see any larger cetaceans. We off course invited everybody back on another tour, as we gave them all complimentary tickets. Even though we did not find cetaceans, it was a beautiful sunny day at Faxafloí bay, and we wish our passengers better luck on their next tour.
- Mia Rasmussen
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: We continue our tours in this beautiful sunny weather. We sailed out maybe 5 nm when we saw a really rare sight. A basking shark was lazily swimming on the surface, pretending it was a dolphin. It couldn't fool us, because we know that dolphins don't have a vertical caudal fin. Shortly after, several minke whales appeared in between the swarms of feeding birds. A couple of them surprised us with a nice close sighting. Close enough to see the nick on the dorsal fin. An nice tour in awesome weather.
-Lucas Heinrich
Tour at 10:00
Report from Elding: The winds were blowing strong as we left the harbour, however, thanks to our captain's experience and skill, we slightly changed the heading of the vessel, making it quite a pleasant ride through out the tour. And once again, the challenging weather did not interfere with the whale watching experience. As we were scanning the area we reached a place where there was a lot of bird activity around and soon after we sighted our first minke whale. We were able to track the animals only to later realize that we had at least 2 more minke whales in the area as well. Even though the whales were showing the elusive behaviour typical of its species, we were able to observe the animals for quite a while, sometimes quite close to our vessel.
- Ines Cunha
Tour at 9:00
Report from Eldey: We left the harbour under beautiful sunshine, with just a bit of wind this morning. The visibility was excellent. After having sailed for a while, we reached a very promising area, with several large flocks of seabirds. Surely enough, there was a minke whale there! It was elusive, and did disappear after having surfaced quickly a couple of tumes in the distance. Shortly after, as we had moved on to a different area with bird activity, a second one surfaced, but again was difficult to see for most of our passengers. For this reason, we offered complementary tickets to all our guests, thus giving them a chance try their luck with us again anytime within the next two years.
-Anne Moullier
Birds seen on today's tours include: Arctic tern, atlantic puffin, great blacked backed gull, lesser backed blacked gull, blacked legged kittiwake, manx shearwater, razorbill, arctic skua, eider duck, northern fulmar, northern gannet.
We are very excited at the harbour to see the sun is out today! We are running our tours today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík. There will be some northerly winds causing some movement. Please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office for further information, either via phone +354 5195000 or elding@elding.is
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