This evening we started by going to see the puffins in Akurey. There were plenty of puffins on the island which we observed for a few minutes before heading out to see the whales. We had sailed for about 30 minutes when we spotted a huge splash on the horizon, not sure at fi
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We sailed straight out into Faxaflói for this tour, straight to the whales however the wind had picked up making it a little harder to locate the whale especially because the flocks of birds had all disappeared and no longer showed
Under a sky full of sunshine we began our trip at Akurey, one of the two local puffin colonies. The puffins were so active and friendly we (including the crew) could have stayed there for hours. But we had something bigger on our minds. Sailing out into Faxaflói Bay under
Lovely weather out on the bay: The sea was mirror calm and the clouds and the sunset made brilliant colors out of everything. A truly beautiful tour. We started in Akurey where we saw quite many puffins. Then we sailed out to Faxaflói and about a half an hour later spotted t
With a windy harbor we left for Akurey Island, one of the two puffin colonies. After spending a few moments with our friends there we headed out into the NON-windy bay. There was a slight swell but the weather was amazing out in the bay. We started seeing flocks of feedin
The see was flat and the weather very good. We spotted a group of White Beaked Dolphins, probably 10 of them together swimming around the boat. Then we went further out and spotted few Minke Whales which were travelling from one place to another. The light on this tour was s
We started by visiting Puffin Island (Akurey) and all the Puffins were home, they were everywhere. We then went out into Faxaflói we went here there and everywhere in search of the elusive Minke Whale. We heard rumors they were in the bay. Obviously they were all on stealth
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This afternoon we went first to Akurey to see the Puffins and then we headed out. We went straight to the same area as we had been in during the other tours. Again there were so many birds in that area, Fulmars, Arctic Terns, Kit
ALL TOURS have been cancelled due to strong wind out at sea.
With a stiff wind and a cautious Captain, we headed straight out into Faxaflói Bay, heading north towards all of the action on the previous tours. The Bay was full of birds, 10's of thousands of birds everywhere. Surely there was bound to be whales and soon we found oursel
It was quite overcast but the sea was calm. We sailed straight out into Faxaflói and once again the Minkes were very close. We stayed near the coast for a long time watching the Minke Whales surface feeding. There were about 5 small clusters of feeding birds in this area whe
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This time we went straight out into the bay and looked for Whales. The weather changed a bit and was raining and really foggy out at the bay. We spotted two Minke Whales but we always lost them when they went for a deeper dive. So
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The weather was really good for our last tour. We had a beautiful few other the mountains and Snæfellsjökull. The sea was really calm. Perfect whale watching conditions. We headed straight out and soon spotted our first Minke Whale
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The wind seemed to have picked up a little but only really noticeable when you headed into it. We headed straight out into Faxaflói for this tour and after sailing offshore for about 20-30 minutes the captain spotted a blow about
This evening we had a very cosy trip, all enjoying a hot drink of some sort. Our trip began at Akurey, one of the puffin colonies. Since it was high tide, we were able to get very close to them. After this we headed out in Faxaflói Bay first spotting a couple of Minke wha
We began our trip with our usual stop at Akurey (Puffin Island) where we saw thousands of puffins. There were so many the Captain decided to stay a little longer and explore the north end of the island where we saw many groups of puffins hanging out together. It was a very
The weather was beautiful this evening when we started our tour out in puffin island Akurey. There weren't many birds in the island but when we came out on the bay we saw a lot of puffins and other seabirds feeding in flocks. It didn't take long before we saw our first Minke
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The wind had picked up a little bit when we headed out to Faxaflói bay, the third time today. The Minke Whales were still in the same area, feeding. Many of them were lunge feeding. It is when the animal lunges its body toward
Once again we started the tour by visiting Akurey and there must of been the full 10-15 thousand birds that breed on the island every summer. All sitting on the water near the Island and clusters of then on the near rocks. Really wonderful to see so many. On the way to the w
