It is a real sign of spring when the first migratory birds arrive to Iceland, especially the golden plovers. The first two were seen in Húsavík some days ago, which only means that the summer is approaching.
Watching the giants of the ocean is one of the world’s most popular wildlife activities. In an article published today by Telegraph, Húsavík is selected as one of the top 10 whale watching destinations around the world.
Gentle Giants Whale Watching Company recently participated in the Mid-Atlantic travel seminar, which took place in Reykjavík on February 4-6th. Mid-Atlantic is held & organised by Icelandair and took place for the 18th time this year.
The migration patterns of humpbacks are fascinating. They are known to travel the longest distance of all whales between feeding- and breeding grounds. From our bay of Skjálfandi, we know that the humpbacks usually arrive in Icelandic waters in early spring and spend their whole summer feeding.
The days are getting shorter and therefore we offered our last evening tour of the season yesterday. Those evening tours are the favourite by many whale watchers because of sometimes sublime sunset on Skjalfandi Bay.
I spent my 20th birthday out on Skjalfandi bay yesterday as I had two tours with captain Bessi. My girlfriend Lia and her family from Sweden joined me for both my tours, and Skjalfandi indeed did not disappoint us this time! Our second tour was absolutely amazing in all ways – a perfect birthday present from Skjalfandi bay! First to mention, the weather was as good as it gets here in Iceland; calm winds, flat sea and temperatures reaching up to 20°C.
On my 2nd tour today onboard Sylvia together with guide Maria we encountered a special surprise. We headed west along the coast of Skjalfandi to an area where we had been spotting some minke whales on the last tours.
Strong northern winds, waves and rain on Skjálfandi today. Still the bay does not disappoint and our lucky passengers got an amazing show when a breaching minke whale appeared out of nowhere and proceeded to breach over 15 times as we sailed towards it.
