The sight of the blue whale's blow etches stuck on the retina for a long time. The world's biggest animal exhales with a pressure which best can be compared with that from a fire hose. A blue whale encounter is a life-time experience and something you remember with great amazement for a loooong time.
If you want to experience Iceland, what could then possibly be more Icelandic than going fishing with a real fisherman and get the fish cooked the Icelandic way in an Icelandic home?Three Russian men took the chance yesterday, and even though this is not yet a developed tour by Gentle Giants, we listened to our their wishes and made it happen.
Although we had to withstand a really rough sea on our 13:15 trip today, the whales we encountered were just fabulous and made it worth to be out on a boat in that icy cold weather. Three humpbacks were enjoying their stay in Skjálfandi Bay, swimming together and allowing the boat to come pretty close.
Now it is already two weeks ago since we started the whale watching season for this year. Despite the fact that we had a lot of different whales, there are more and more whales coming into Skjálfandibay.
Sometimes nature is not only unpredictable, but also offering many surprises. Although we did not encounter the blue whale again, we were welcomed by an “old friend”.We had just left the harbour some minutes ago and hence, I was still introducing the whales of Skjálfandi to the passengers and was about explaining that it might take us a while until we reach the area, where we had been seeing whales on the past trips.
As weather conditions were allowing us to head pretty far out into the bay during our 09:45 trip yesterday morning, we decided to search a new area for whales. To make this decision was the best we could do!After a quite long, but very nice boat ride with beautiful views on the surroundings, we finally spotted a big blow.
"Yes, yes, yes! Humpback and blue whale. Both next to the boat. Never saw a blue whale like this. Amazing!!! :)" - live news from guide Sarah onboard Faldur at this very moment.
Though we were confronted with a foggy sea and some snow flurries while we were going out this morning, we could finally locate the humpback whale, which we had already watched during the past trips.
Not only the weather is on our side since the last few days, also the whales seem to enjoy spending time in the bay, making it possible for us to observe them every once in a while.This morning, while we were heading towards the mountains on the other side of Skjálfandi Bay, we were surprised by a huge group of birds.
After our successful first trip yesterday we went out again this morning as scheduled. We were hoping to find that minke again, which we were observing yesterday. Therefore, we went as straight as possible to the area where we spotted the whale the last time.
