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Report from Elding: Our second midnight whale watching tour and it wasn't bad at all, not only did we get a really nice encounter from at least two friendly Minke Whales, which surfaced many times and once just 10-20 meters from us, it was incredible to hear the sound of the
Report from Elding: First midnight whale watching of the year and a wonderful tour it was too. We sailed out in great weather, a bit overcast but really nice calm seas. It wasn't long that we had to wait for a first cetacean, A Minke Whale which was relatively close to the c
Report from Elding. It had gotten a bit colder when we headed out for the afternoon tour. We sailed straight out to the area where we had seen the Minke Whales earlier that day. After sailing for about half an hour a Minke Whale popped up right in front of the boat, just 5
Report from Hafsúlan: We went out on the bay with high hopes after the last tour this afternoon. It was calm but a bit rainy as headed back to where the Humpback whale had been on the earlier tour. To our disappointment, we did not find it again, so we headed a bit further.
Report from Hafsúlan: We left Reykjavík harbour and the sea was a lot calmer than earlier today. We headed out to sea with the sun shining on mount Esja and a fair share of gulls joined us on our way out. We arrived at an area that seemed to be full of fish as the birds seem
Report from Hafsulan: The skies looked a little dark on our way out, but soon the rain stopped, the sun came out and the sea was calm...but not for long. The wind picked up again and the rain came back. Our passengers were very commited and stayed with me through what seemed
Report from Hafsúlan: It was raining when we started today's last whalewatching tour, but the group of 10 brave sailors that joined us was well equipped with our warm overalls and full of positive attitude - "There is no bad weather, just wrong clothing!". Anyways, the sea w
Report from Hafsúlan: It really is incredible how wildlife changes. The puffinns were all on the island and we did see two Minke Whales and 2-3 White-beaked Dolphins but they all seemed to be sleeping, travelling very slowly and almost stealth like as sometimes you could jus
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavik harbour in beautifully calm seas and the suns rays shining through the clouds. We started at Akurey and were not disappointed about all the puffins that were sitting on the waters surfaces and on the island. We then headed o
Report from Elding: Sailing out faxa bay this evening, we were facing a sea that had calmed a lot and here and there the sun was even breaking through the clouds. Since visibility turned out to b quite good, we were optimistic to spot cetaceans during this evening's tour. In
The tours today have unfortunately been cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions. If you have any questions you can come to our office between 8-19, call us on 519 5000 or email us at elding@elding.is.
Report from Hafsúlan: Sailing out in much calmer weather we started our tour by stopping at Lundey, puffin island. There were not that many birds around so we decided to take a look on the other side of the island and there were much more puffins around. After a while we
Report from Elding: We sailed out in quite a windy weather and the sea was quite rough. We stopped at Akurey first and we saw a lot of puffins on the island and also flying around. After a while we headed further out to the area where Hafsúlan had seen the White Beaked Dolph
Report from Hafsúlan: Again we sailed out in excellent sea conditions to visit Lundey the puffin island. There were not many birds around so we headed out to find some whales. It took us about 45 minutes before we encountered the first Minke Whale. It was very nice to stay w
