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     TOUR CANCELLED | 13:00

    Due to unfavorable weather conditions, our tour at 13:00 is cancelled. For more info contact us via email at elding@elding.is or by phone at +354 519 5000.

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The strong wind from the East continued and with it the rough sea conditions in the middle of the bay, which yet again forced us to take a route towards the East side of

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey:  Still windy but the wind had managed to blow away some clouds and give way for us to see more of our wonderful mountain landscape that surrounds Faxabay.  Many

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: A beautiful day continued as we sailed on a very cold but calm and sunny afternoon. More of our surrounding landscape was visible this time of the day, with the sun at it

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

      Report from Eldey: Another slightly windy afternoon, but the weather was  calming down more and more. After about half of our trip, we stopped as our captain spotted the dark ba

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED | 13:00

    Weather is worse than expected so we have unfortunately had to cancel the tour at 13:00 today. For more information contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: A very windy day still in Faxafloi. But of course as this morning anyone who felt a bit chilly could simply put on one of the overalls that we provide our passengers on b

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: With slightly stronger winds we had a little bit more of a wavy ride, but the visibility was still more than wonderful for us this afternoon. We sailed out without any re

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey:  Winds had picked up a fair bit since this morning so our course took us throughout the Eastern parts of the bay. It was definitely a truly adventurous sailing at times but that is all

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather improved a great deal after the previous tour. The sea remained calm, the sun was peaking behind the clouds and we felt no sprinkle of rain. Our minke whales however, were not as "cooperative" as

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: With the rain not stopping and the strong souther wind combined with a moderate amount of waves this tour was for sure an interesting one... We looked towards the South part of the bay, but

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     TOUR CANCELLED | 09:00 and 13:00

    Due to unfavorable weather conditions, our tours at 9:00 and 13:00 are cancelled . For more info contact us via email at elding@elding.is or by phone at +354 519 5000

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     TOUR CANCELLED | at 09:000 and 13:00

    Due to unfavorable weather conditions, our tour at 9:00 and 13:00 is cancelled. For more info contact us via email at elding@elding.is or by phone at +354 519 5000

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Winds still blew strongly from the south, pushing us towards our common whale watching areas much faster than only our engines would take us. To our liking, the clouds were bre

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The day continued to be a good one sea state wise and we were also lucky to not have any rain and even see the sun rays through the clouds. We saw a whole field full of harbour porpoises

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00

    Report from Eldey: This was quite a fantastic ending of our 5'clock tours this season. It didn't take us long to spot a myriad of sea life. We were surrounded by harbour porpoises and minke

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00

    Report from Eldey:  Speechless!! No words can describe the beauty of this tour. Even for us who do this on a daily basis this was an incredible tour and we could not think of a better way fo

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Winds were still blowing freshly from the north east but conditions were similar to our previous tours so of course we headed back out into Faxafloi. Less than 40 minutes into

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00

    Report from Eldey: With the wind picking up, we got a true icelandic sailing experience. We sailed straight out heading to the same aerias where we had encountered cetaceans previously today. Aft

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather held up during this tour, providing quite a comfortable ride. This journey was a proper "whale parade". By the end of tour we saw at least 7 minke whales