The Icelandic nature and culture TV programme Ferðastiklur, broadcasted on RÚV, follows the writer and journalist Lára Ómarsdóttir exploring astonishing and beautiful sites of Iceland. In her latest episode from earlier this week, Lára visits Flatey Island with Gentle Giants, along with other remote destinations around our Skjálfandi Bay.
Soon it’s Christmas and as before, our boats Faldur, Sylvía and Athena have been decorated with lights. They look great and give a nice Christmassy atmosphere to Húsavík harbour in this darkest time period of the year.
Even though our whale watching season has finished, there are still many things going on around Gentle Giants. During the winter time, when boats do not sail, they undergo annual maintenance. Especially oak boats need a lot of care.
Today, 15th of November, our whale watching season of 2016 has officially ended. We will start sailing again on the 1st April 2017. Find more information on our tours and timetable for next year here.
Tobias has been out with us on a whale watching trip a little while ago. When looking at his photos back in Germany, he came across this lovely shot of our oak boat Faldur and a humpback whale leaving for a dive right next to the vessel.
A short report on our whale sightings and tours of the past week – written by guide Miro: November has started very well here in Skjálfandi Bay with two to three humpback whales being seen on our "GG1 Whale Watching" tours.
As November has started we have cut down our schedule to one daily „GG1 Whale Watching“ - departure leaving at 10:45AM and we continue to sail that tour until the 15th of November! October has been throughtly successful with whales being spotted every day.
The other day we were lucky to watch a completely unafraid, yet so gorgeous humpback whale surfacing really near to our RIB speed boat during a “GG2 Big Whale Safari”, which departed at 12:30. The humpback whale seemed to be at one with the sea as it was surfing the smooth waves surrounding it.
Amit from India has been a passenger on our 9:30 GG2 Big Whale Safari on the RIB speed boat the other day. As throughout October, humpback whales were encountered on the trip. The same day in the afternoon Amit sent following message: “Hello, I had a great time today with Gentle Giants [on the] 9.30 morning tour, it was superb.
Winter is definitely arriving to Skjálfandi Bay as it gets colder and colder at sea. As time passes, one would assume the whales will soon leave and start their journey towards warmer waters. However, it turns out NOT to be the truth: Even though our whale watching season will finish in less than a month, whale-wise we can’t really see any difference to the summer time - the bay is still frequented by several humpback whales! Here is guide Miro’s story: “Just the other day, I knew already before our tour had started that it’s going to be amazing out there.
