CONTRIBUTING TO THE FUTURE OF ICELANDIC TOURISM
This morning we proudly invited a group of future Icelandic guides whale watching with us, for the fifth year in a row. They study at The Icelandic School of Travel and Tourism (Ferðamálaskóli Íslands) and are now doing a tour together around the island to get to know the key tourism places better. To experience the highlights on their own – including our whale watching in Húsavík – is a perfect preparation for their future profession as guides in Iceland.
Some of the students went on a RIB speedboat and others joined an oak boat. They were all very lucky with whale sightings and returned to harbour with broad smiles on their faces. One man said:
– It is not a question about if I will bring my groups to you, the question is how soon I can be back.
We wish them all the best for the future and are looking forward to seeing them again!
Text: Alexia Askelöf
No wonder the guide students were happy after this humpback whale encounter, in addition to seeing minke whales and white-beaked dolphins. Photo: Saliza Biono
The guide students when getting ready to leave harbour on board our RIB speedboat. If they only knew what an amazing adventure lay before them. Photo: Daniel Annisius
Here are the guide students who went whale watching on our oak boat. Now they realise why Húsavík is called The Whale Capital of Iceland. Photo: Daniel Annisius