All the whale watching departures were cancelled the last days due to bad weather conditions – strong northern winds and rough sea. This is the first time that tours have been cancelled so many days in a row.
Yesterday Gentle Giants staff ventured out for a staff celebration.At first the course was taken to Akureyri where the Gentle Giants staff showed excellent talent in ice-skating. But not only in skating, also in playing hockey – the pro style.
As forecasted, weather has been at it´s best on this late August Day and as if it wasnt just enough, a Fin Whale was spotted by our crew onboard Faldur on the 13:15 trip. Passengers enjoyed the presence of this second largest of all whales for quite a good period of time, and the trip was a complete success – passengers were delighted to see this rarely viewed and humongous creature.
Gentle Giants offers a new trip for all early-morning-people.First whale watching departure from Husavik, leaving Husavik harbour at 8:45 every morning on the speedboat Athena!Other departures: 9:45 – 13:15 – 16:45.Book your tour at Gentle Giants ticket centre or with a phonecall: + 354 464 1500 or online.
The life in Skjalfandi bay can change very fast and no two trips are the same.The minkes are known to be very curious and today they actually were in some of our tours … a minke was spy-hopping next to our boat FALDUR and another one was spotted just about 500 metres from Husavik harbour! Dolphins were also seen in Skjalfandi today …A new whale watching departure has been added to our schedule: 08:45.
Demand on our whale watching tours has been very high and this morning was very busy! In our tour 9:45 both our boats, Faldur and Aþena went out fully booked with people! On the tour the minkes showed themselves for the passengers .
This weekend is called “verslunarmannahelgi” (Merchants’ weekend) which is a 3 day weekend, with Monday being the holiday of the salespeople. Lately however the salespeople have been the only ones working at this very weekend, and everyone else goes out camping.
After a few days of minkes and dolphins a blue whale was spotted in Skjalfandi Bay this morning!! It is not very common to see the gigantic blue whales in Skjalfandi bay, so clearly an unforgettable experience for our passengers onboard Faldur, seeing the largest animal ever to wander the earth!
This morning we had a couple from Barcelona came for a second tour onboard Faldur and they allowed us to publicate a few of their pics on our web - thank you Macarena and Albert - "moltes grácies - bon viatge amics!" Macarena onboard Faldur sailing from the HarbourAlbert onboard Faldur aproaching the Harbour of HúsavíkThe humpback before a deep diveA large animal looks small in the big ocean - the spout of a Humpbackcan reach as far as 4m - and therefore it can be spotted with great distance, as it arises higher than the horizon! Following pictures are from the 13:15 tour, and taken by our guide Jesse Flores.
María has been preparing lately by gathering information about our oceanlife, history and surroundings of Húsavík, and today she did her first trip with Faldur, where she shared her wisdom and had a good first aproach.
