Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: The weather had improved slightly this afternoon so we were enjoying even a bit of sun here and there, but movement could still be felt on the boat. After a bit more than an hour of sailing we encountered our first cetaceans of this day, a small pod of 2-3 white-beaked dolphins who were rather elusive and did seem as if they did not want to be disturbed. Therefore we sailed on quickly and it turned out to be the right decision because we found a pod of over 20 dolphins who were likely resting and made it super easy for us to follow them and take good pictures. Only after a short while the pod split into two and we enjoyed the further presence of 12-14 lovely individuals. We spent almost half an hour with these dolphins and observed them coming really close, swimming towards us and diving underneath the boat, what a treat! Afterwards we sailed on in search of more wildlife and heard about a minke whale in the area. We managed to see it surface twice before we had to return back towards the old harbour of Reykjavik. A fun Saturday afternoon.
- Barbara Neubarth
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: We departed from the harbour early in the morning to find our precious cetaceans in the Faxafloi bay. In the way, we had few companions such as fulmars, puffins (which are starting to arrive in numbers to Iceland for breeding season), gulls and guillemots, among many others. When the weather seemed to give a serious warning in form of snow and high wind (it's Iceland after all and weather conditions can be unpredictable), we found a pod of 6 to 8 individuals of white-beaked dolphin. They were calmly and kindly surfacing to breath so we got good sightings from them, including the opportunity to let us spot calves in their pod. We were fortunate to see their behaviour while hunting as they increased their speed and surfaced more often during their fish-hunting. The way back to the harbour was quite nice and sunny so we enjoyed from a fantastic view of the bay and the city. A perfect day for whale-watching!
- Rodrigo Martinez
Bird species seen on today's tour include: atlantic puffin, northern gannet, eider duck, common guillemot, razorbill, northern fulmar, great black-backed gull, oystercatcher & herring gull
Tour status: RUNNING
We will be sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today, the sea has clamed down from yesterday, but we can still expect some undercurrent to be out there. If you are sensetive to motion sickness, we do have free seasickness pills available at our ticket office. For more information, please contact us by email, elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.
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