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Monday, September 29, 2008

VESTNORDEN 2008

Earlier this month Gentle Giants attended the Vestnorden Travel Mart, which was held in Reykjavik this year. The Vestnorden Travel Mart is an annual event and was being held for the 23rd time this year.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

WHALE WATCHING UPDATES ...

September is usually a quite month in the whale watching. The number of tourists in Husavik decreases, the weather conditions change, and the bigger whales start migrating to warmer waters in lower latitudes.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

MINKES + DOLPHINS + HUMPBACK

Minkes and dolphins have been our main sightings in most of our tours the first days of September. On some tours however, we have been very lucky and even spotted a humpback whale as well as northern bottlenose whales!! Throughout this month we offer one tour every morning from Husavik harbour at 9:45. The weather forecast for the next days is quite promising … We recommend early booking - either online or by calling us +354 4641500. A minke whale just next to our boat Faldur.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

SEPTEMBER WHALE WATCHING – BLUE + BOTTLENOSE

The month of August is coming to an end and tomorrow we start our September schedule. From 1st - 10th September we will offer two whale watching tours daily at 9:45 and 13:15. After 10th September we have one trip every day at 9:45. The last weeks in the bay have been very special.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

STAFF PARTY BY GENTLE GIANTS

Last week Gentle Giants’ staff decided to join and celebrate season and summer 2008. Some of our team members will leave soon so it was the last chance to meet and do something all together. We decided to go to Flatey Island, our little paradise in Skjálfandi Bay.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

GREAT WEATHER + MINKES + DOLPHINS

The weather in Húsavík – and in Iceland in general - has been surprisingly good lately. We have had temperatures of 20-25 degrees, slow winds and perfect sea conditions almost everyday during the last weeks.

Monday, August 11, 2008

NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALES

In some of our tours the last days we have had some very unusual sightings – northern bottlenose whales in Skjalfandi Bay! The northern bottlenose whales are very uncommon on our tours and therefore a very nice surprise and pleasure seeing them.

Monday, August 4, 2008

JUMPING JACK

Since I have arrived more than three weeks ago I have already had a lot of really good trips, but then, a few days ago I had the most amazing and impressive trips ever. In the first of those three trips a humpback jumped seven times in a row! As if this hadn’t been enough, some dolphins showed up at the same place and began to jump as well – with the humpback at the same time.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

PERFECT WHALE WATCHING CONDITIONS

The last days have been unbelievable ….. Skjalfandi Bay has been shaking with life and weather conditions have been absolutely perfect! Our “usual” tour the last days consists of up to 8 humpback whales along with minkes and dolphins.

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