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Monday, April 14, 2025

YOUR FAVOURITE WHALE

Personally, among all the whale and dolphin species I have seen around the world over the years, the humpback whale continues to be my favourite among them all. Surely, there is something fascinating, unique and astonishing about every single whale species: the social structures and advanced and adapted hunting techniques of the orcas, the sheer size of a blue whale, the sound volume and diving skills of the sperm whales and so on and on… But what about the humpback whale, our most common visitor in Skjálfandi Bay? Each tail is uniqueTheir tail flukes have unique patterns, kind of like a fingerprint.

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Sunday, April 6, 2025

A SIGN OF SPRING

As the days grow longer and the chill of winter recedes, one of nature’s most charming visitors begins to make its return to various places around Iceland: the puffin. These iconic seabirds, known for their colourful beaks and oftentimes clumsy appearance, are among the first migratory birds to return to Iceland as spring approaches.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

SEASON START 2025

Yesterday, 1st of April, our season 2025 finally started and both our RIB speedboat Amma Helga as well as oak boat Sylvía departed on their first tours of the season as scheduled. „It was wonderful heading out onto Skjálfandi Bay again after the winter pause, to cross over to the mountainside, take in the views and share stories about the area with our guests onboard, to feel the sea breeze and spray in the face," says guide Sarah after the tour.

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

FOLLOWING THE PATHS OF THE WHALES (PART II)

My last months were a good blend of visiting family and friends in various places as well as travelling to several destinations – in search for sun, wildlife and of course, the whales.In fact, the first whale sightings were quite unexpected in mid-December, when my mum and I travelled around Costa Rica.

FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE WHALES (PART I) 1

Monday, March 24, 2025

FOLLOWING THE PATHS OF THE WHALES (PART I)

Since our tours are seasonal, many of our staff members take the opportunity to re-unite with family and friends back home, travel and explore new places all over the globe, or to follow the whales wherever they go and work as captains and guides in various other places around the world.

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Friday, March 21, 2025

CHASING THE HORIZON

A VOYAGE ACROSS OCEANS Some of you may have wondered why we don’t offer tours year-round. Instead, we stop sailing at the end of November and resume our tours at the beginning of April. The reason is simple.

Karl Óskar Geirsson Fleet Manager (1)

Thursday, March 13, 2025

THE MAINTENANCE TEAM – BEHIND THE SCENES

As the days pass, we are getting closer and closer to the start of our next season. Before we know it, we will be sailing again. At Gentle Giants, we are a big group of people from all over the world, working hard to make each season even better than the ones before.

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Friday, March 7, 2025

SUPPORTING LOCAL – THE ROOTS OF GENTLE GIANTS

At Gentle Giants, we take pride in being 100% locally owned – from the very beginning. Our company was founded and built by people from Húsavík, and for the past 20 years, it has been owned and operated by a local experienced captain and fisherman, Stefán Guðmundsson, who has a long family history in our Skjálfandi Bay.

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