✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 9:00 & 13:00
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: What a blast! there is no way to describe in a better way our afternoon trip. We were still getting used to the movement of the boat when we encountered a pod of 6-8 white-beaked dolphins and they had a couple of calves among them. They let us be their company for a while and we were amused by their group surfacing. Later on, we kept going with the trip heading towards a productive area in which we were successful during the morning. We noticed some flocks of birds actively feeding as we approached to discover a tiny minke whale which surfaced just few times. But the big prize was waiting for us when we saw a blow in the distance and to our surprise, we spotted a humpback whale. It wasn´t only surfacing, it was feeding as well and we witnessed what it is called "lunge feeding" so the whole open mouth came out of the water attempting to trap as many fish as possible. We enjoyed our humpie for a while until it decided to show us the fluke. The way back couldn´t have been better as we sailed with the waves as we were delighted with the views of Reykjavik.
-Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan
Tour at 9:00
Report from Eldey: It was windy morning but we were not affected by that till we were on the way back, so for the first two hours we were gentle carried by waves having wind in our back. There was many sea birds everywhere, mostly northern fulmars and black-legged kittiwakes and we were just going from one big bird concentration to another. For first two hours nothing was happening but then out of nowhere minke whale came to the surface on hour right side and our captain Otto saw a blow in our front. Birds were flocking around those whales so we were in the middle of their buffet! There were two or three minke whales, hard to tell exactly as they were moving around fast, not staying long on the surface. But the cherry on the top was a tiny whale, around 4m long which was staying close to our boat - it was just a baby whale, probably born last winter so it was just hart melting watching this tiny creature.
- Ewa Malinowska
Bird species seen today include: northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, great cormorant, common guillemot, great black-backed gull
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today, there is always some movement out on the boat and if you are prone to seasickness, we do have seasickness tablets free of charge. It is always colder on sea than on land so make sure to make use of our warm overalls. For more information contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000
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