✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Eldey: Weather was even nicer this afternoon, still pleeenty of sunshine for our Vitamin D intake and even less wind. Since the humpback whales had been moving closer to the harbour area during our last tour, we were extra quick to explain how to spot for whales and how we point them out. Funnily, things happened much closer to the harbour than expected so that we actually had to turn around and go back after spotting a blow behind us. It was a humpback whale and – the best of it – a different one to the ones we had seen in the morning. Even more special was that we had not seen this humpback whale in the bay before, which we know thanks to the research we have been doing since 2008, and had a young birthday girl on board who got to name it. Already showing our passengers this wonderful marine life is a pleasure, being able to give such a special gift was just an absolute blast.
- Lucas Heinrich
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 9:00
Report from Eldey: The weather on this tour was the kind that turns everybody into an optimist: we all hoped it will last. The sun lit up the bay and it wasn’t too difficult to spot a bushy spout from a distance, half an hour into the tour. That’s right, only 5 nautical miles from the harbour we observed a pair of humpback whales that appeared to be resting. At first we thought it was just one whale and then out of nowhere another one appeared out of nowhere next to the one that we were looking at which gave us quite the surprise. When they were going down for deep dives they both showed us their iconic flukes, but always with one of the individuals being a bit more “shy” about it. Considering that they surfaced just next to the boat on one occasion, we thought it was enough to spend a shorter amount of time with them and leave them to be. As we moved more South we spotted another blow in the direction of the volcanic mountain Keilir. Moving in closer we realized it was a another humpback whale, making it a tour total of three. As well as the animal we enjoyed the sights of some strange and beautiful cloud formation and the whole scenery around us. On the way back we managed to shortly stop by to greet our two cetacean friends from earlier. Definitely a wonderful tour that showed all the colours of this picturesque spot on Earth.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen on today’s tours include: atlantic puffins, manx shearwater, common guillemot and chicks, arctic skua, great skua, northern gannet, kittiwake, black-backed gull, northern fulmar, eider duck.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today for the tour at 9:00. There could be some movement out on the bay today, so if your are prone to sea sickness we have sea sickness tablets available at our ticket 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.
At this time we have to ask that all our guests and staff ensure their own hygiene and safety at all times. Washing hands thoroughly with soap and using a hand sanitiser on a regular basis is advised, as well as wearing a face mask when keeping a 2 metre distance from others is not possible. Masks are available for purchase in our ticket office and hand sanitiser stations are located in high traffic areas.
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