Why choose Gentle Giants for your Iceland whale watching experience?
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Looking back, the 24th of July was a special day. We had a lot of active breaching and tail slapping behaviour from the 6 whales in the bay that day. But a certain whale stole the show completly by tail slapping for close to an hour, revealing its genital area for us to see and allowing us to tentatively confirm: Popeye is a female.
››MoreIn the blink of an eye another month has passed and as August has ended, we're excited about September and the autumn months ahead of us now! September is a month of changes: as falls starts, the colours of the landscape around us continue changing - soon everything will be red yellow and orange and the scent of blueberries that now appear everywhere will be in the air for quite a while longer.
››MoreIt’s funny how the universe seems to work in the strangest of ways... It lays down a path for you at times where you still don’t truly trust it. You see it, it’s close, but just not close enough for you to reach it.
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Rated the Best Whale Watching in Húsavík
Awarded the Travelers’ Choice Awards 2026. We are proud to be the only whale watching company in Húsavík awarded by TripAdvisor in 2026 and for 15 consecutive years!
