Report from Hafsúlan: This afternoon the weather was fantastic, with little wind and very calm seas. We began the trip with a visit to the small puffin colony on the island Engey, always a nice start to a tour. We then headed further out onto Faxa bay proper to begin our sea
Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had totally calmed down when we headed out into the bay to visit the Puffins on Engey, one of the Puffin Islands close to Reykjavík. Unfortunately there were no Puffins so we headed straight out because it is the time when the Puffins leave us
Unfortunately we had to cancel our 17:00 tour due to rough weather conditions.
Report from Elding: We headed out from Hafnarfjörður and the weather seemed to be a bit better than this morning. We had high hopes despite not seeing an whales this mo
Report from Hafsúlan: The wind got stronger when we sailed out this evening and the sea was very rough. The first stop was Lundey, the Puffin Island. Fortunately we saw some Puffins and stayed there a few minutes. We searched for a long time as suddenly a Minke Whale surface
Report from Hafsúlan: It was rather could as we headed out for our afternoon tour from Reykjavík. We headed straight to where we had seen the Minke Whales earlier that day. We spotted a flock of birds and stopped there for a while. We saw two Minke Whales there but both of
Report from Hafsulan: The wind had calmed down a bit since the last tour and the Orca (Killer Whales) were closer to Grindavik, it only took us 10 minutes before a whale watching boat from another company told us they found them. We stayed with them for over an hour as they t
Report from Hafsulan: We had to had to the East on this tour to get the shelter from the land, the orca were tralling to fast and getting into waters that are unsuitable. The evening tour was quite difficult with a few misidenitication blows and splashes which we thought mig
Due to unfavourable weather conditions the tours at 10:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 17:00 have been cancelled. For further information, please contact our ticket office via e-mail at elding@elding.is or give us a call at +354 519 5000.
Report from Hafsúlan: In the morning, the
Report from Hafsúlan: In the evening, the wind was blowing quite strong and we were facing a bit of a swell when we were heading out towards Lundey, another puffin island in front of Reykjavik. Similarly to Akurey, only very few birds were on or around the island - is this t
Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was very nice. The sun was shining there was not much of a breeze and there were less waves as well. This is all very good when whale watching. We headed first to Puffin Island (Lundey) and there was a group of Puffins sitting on the water j
Unfortunately we had to cancel the rest of the tours today due to rough weather conditions.
Report from Elding: It was a rough, windy day when we headed out to Lundey to see some Puffins. We were lucky, there were many Puffins sitting on the water surface, some flying
Unfortunately we had to cancel the last tour of the day due to rough weather conditions.
Report from Elding: This evening was very calm and conditions excellent for whale watching. At first our patience was tested as we began our search for the whales and we sailed for over an hour without any sightings. But as the mood began to drop we spotted a black back in t
Report from Elding: We started our tour in Akurey where we didn't see a lot of puffins but we luckily got to see some more further out at sea. The scenery was absolutely amazing, seeing the sunset behind Snæfellsnes really made this a special tour. But we searched the bay f
Report from Elding: For the first time today the sun was shining when we headed out to visit Akurey, the Puffin Island. Unfortunately there were just very few Puffins home, most likely because they were offshore fishing or in their burrows so we kept on sailing. It took us a
Report from Elding: We headed out to sea and stopped by one of our puffin islands named Akurey. There were not too many puffins, but as we left the island we could see most of them sitting on the water and making their way out to sea. We headed out towards the bright orange
Report from Elding: This evening was very good in regards to the weather, very similar to the conditions in the 5´o clock tour if not slightly milder. We began as so often before at the puffin island Akurey but unfortunately not many of them were home but we saw quite a few
Report from Elding II: It was the perfect midnight tour condition tonight. We sailed out in a bright blue sky to visit Akurey, the Puffin Island first. There were a few Puffins visible so we stayed a few minutes before we headed out into the bay. It took us a long time of sa
