For the past years, Gentle Giants has been awarded for excellence, both internationally and domestically. Recently we proudly received two new awards to our growing trophy case: Outstanding Company by Creditinfo and Excellent in Iceland by Viðskiptablaðið and Keldan.
As the last day of November has arrived, another memorable and successful whale watching season is coming to an end here in Húsavík. Giant thanks to all of our passengers and co-operators for having joined us in 2024 as well as to our crew on land and on the boats for all their passion for their jobs and for coming from near and far to make our tours possible and unique.
Our last week of sailing has started! Time flies - in only a few days November will be over and therewith, our 2024 whale watching season. Until then, we will continue our daily GG1 Whale Watching departure at 10:15.
We at Gentle Giants think that social responsibility is extremely important. Therefore, the company has supported the local community in several ways over the years. While we have had good cooperation with and donations to UNICEF, the local sports club Völsungur, Tónasmiðjan or the local rescue team for years now, below are some of the projects Gentle Giants has actively supported recently: Local rescue team GarðarAlready throughout the last years we have had a great cooperation with the local rescue team here in Húsavík.
Do you remember our story about the annual sheep round-up earlier in September? Back then, several of our crew members went to the nearby “Hraunsréttir” to help the family of one of our captains to find their sheep among thousands of sheep individuals during the annual sheep sorting.
The story of a summer project. While in Húsavík, chances are you visited the Whale Museum before or after having joined a whale watching tour. Besides its permanent showrooms and the impressive life-size, real whale skeletons, the museum also hosts temporary exhibitions about local projects or artwork.
Humpback whales are not only known for their acrobatic displays above water – especially in their breeding grounds – but even while swimming and diving beneath us these gentle giants are incredibly agile.
Today, 1st of November, starts our last month of whale watching for this season. Once a day at 10:15am, we will continue to head out at sea for our GG1 Whale Watching tour - in search of the gentle giants of the ocean.
As October is about to end, another well known humpback whale has arrived to Skjálfandi Bay. Evero, who was first sighted in September 2016 (and yearly since!), is back once again! Look at the photo taken earlier today and then the photo from October 2023 and thoroughly compare the animal's tail: humpback whales can be distinguished and identified by the iconic black and white patterns on the underside of their flukes.
Earlier this summer, Rakesh and Anjali from the Netherlands, along with their six children, joined one of our GG1 Whale Watching tours on oak boat Faldur. The family writes the travel blog My Travel Family (Instagram: @my_travelfamily) Rakesh and Anjali have always loved traveling and after their first baby was born, they continued to be a family travelling the world with kids, starting already with babies from one month old.
