✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 09:00 and 13:00
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: After scanning Kollafjörður again without any success we sailed out to Faxaflói bay. It started snowing early on which reduced our visibility and made spotting animals more challenging. We sailed far out and traveled through some of our main whale watching areas. It was not until we were on our way back that we received a word of dolphins from another boat in the bay. These were 3 pods of at least 20 white beaked dolphins! They gave us the most special performance. There were at least 5 young calfs in the group. They were both showed curious behaviour when they approached our boat, and playful behaviour when they leaped and headslapped next to our boat. This was a fantastic way to end the week.
-Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir
Tour at 9:00
Report from Eldey: Today we had an overcast sky and stronger winds than the last days, but still the ocean was calmer than expected and we had a smooth sail . We began searching the islands around Kollafjöður again, but, like yesterday finally headed out into Faxabay after not finding anything close to shore.It was near the lighthouse Grótta where we encountered a very active pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins. They proved to be tricky to follow at first but with a sudden change of behaviour they became interested in playing around our boat, even bowriding and demonstrating to us their skills in surfing the waves. Another rewarding day out on the water.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen today: northern gannet, common guillemot, cormorant, common shak, black-backed gull, icelandic gull.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today at 9:00 and 13:00, sea conditions are favorable but there could always be some movement on the boat, so sea sickness tablets are available at the ticket office. It is going to be cold on the sea today, so be sure to make use of our warm overalls. For more information contact our ticket office by email at elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000
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