Whale-Watching Excursion departing from Reykjavik

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Fitness level: Everybody welcome
Duration: from 2.5 hrs to 3.5 hrs
Spoken languages: English, German
Minimum age: From 1 years-old and up
Cancellation policy: moderate More info

Activity description

Join a whale-watching excursion from Reykjavik and admire these cetaceans in their natural environment: Faxaflói Bay!

Go in search of the Minke and humpback whales that populate Faxaflói Bay! Thanks to this whale-watching excursion departing from Reykjavik, you'll be in close contact with Iceland's wild and unspoilt nature!

On arrival at Reykjavik harbour, you will meet the Reykjavík Sailors team. First, they will explain how the trip is organised and give you all the safety instructions you need to follow. Then, you will be dressed in warm wetsuits and taken aboard a boat equipped with comfortable interior cabins, a bar and a wifi connection.

Finally, you will leave the Icelandic capital and sail towards Faxaflói Bay, a bay located in the south-west of Iceland, between the Snæfellsnes peninsula to the north and the Reykjanesskagi peninsula to the south. From Faxaflói Bay, you can admire the surrounding fjords, including Kollafjörður. Surrounded by the Esja and Álftanes mountain ranges, the Kollafjörður fjord offers incredible scenery, which you will have the chance to discover on this whale-watching excursion from Reykjavik. If the weather is clear, you may even catch a glimpse of the magnificent Snaefellsjökull glacier in the distance!

This whale-watching excursion from Reykjavik will be led by experienced guides who will be delighted to teach you all about these marine animals. Throughout your whale-watching tour in Faxaflói Bay, from May to August and weather permitting, you'll be able to see orcas, dolphins and whales.

Book your whale-watching tour from Reykjavik now and discover the local wildlife of Faxaflói Bay!

Offers

1
Whale-watching | 3.5hrs
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A 3-3.5 hour adventure departing from Old harbour. You will sail into Faxaflói bay in search of Minke and Humpback whales, Dolphins and Harbour porpoises.

Course of events

- Arrive at the meeting point 30 minutes early
- Meet the team, welcome, borrow equipment and board the boat
- Departure for a 3-hour excursion
- Stage 1: Kollafjöður, view of the mountains and islands surrounding Reykjavik
- Stage 2: Faxaflói Bay
- Observation of whales, other marine animals and birds
- Return to the port and end of the excursion

Activity requirements

Please arrive at 30 minutes before the start of the activity.

A parental authorisation is required for minors to take part in this activity.

Special terms

Children under 6 years old are free of charge.

Humpback whales usually make their appearance from April to October as this is the high season, yet the crew offers trips all the year-round. During other months, you might be able to see many other aquatic species that the ocean offers on these amazing trips.

If you don't see a whale, you have the option to take the tour again for free.

Please be aware that due to environmental reasons during certain times of the year the trips may be delivered on a shared boat with one of the provider's partners. The team is committed to ensuring the environment is kept pristine by making sure fewer boats are on the water during slower periods.

 

📍About pick-ups :

Pick-ups must be booked a minimum of one hour before the tour's departure time, all pick-ups booked after that will be discarded.

Pickup service (round trip) fee applies to first boat tour, if due to lack of sightings tour is joined for free again, pickup service must be added and paid again.

If you chose the pickup service, pickup starts 60 minutes prior to the departure. Please be ready at the pickup point at this time.

Do not forget to bring
  • Warm clothes
  • Photo/ video camera
  • Sunglasses
  • Suncreen
  • Good footwear
Sensation Level:

Adventurous

Fitness level:

Everybody welcome

Duration:

3.5 hrs

Meeting point:

Reykjavik Sailors: Hlésgata Vesturbugt E101, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Included:
  • Experienced guides
  • Life vest and warm flotation overall
  • Free WiFi on board
  • Seasickness tablets
  • Audio guide (English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese)
Excluded:
  • Snacks and drinks (on sale on board)
  • Transfer
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Express Whale-watching | 2.5hrs
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The Express Whale Watching tour takes approx. 2-2.5 hours.

Provided with the faster boat so the time on the spotting area is the same, just sailing to that point and back to harbour is shorter.

Course of events

- Arrive at the meeting point 30 minutes early
- Meet the team, welcome, borrow equipment and board the boat
- Departure for a 2-hour excursion
- Stage 1: Kollafjöður, view of the mountains and islands surrounding Reykjavik
- Stage 2: Faxaflói Bay
- Observation of whales, other marine animals and birds
- Return to the port and end of the excursion

Activity requirements

Please arrive at 30 minutes before the start of the activity.

A parental authorisation is required for minors to take part in this activity.

Special terms

Children under 6 years old are free of charge.

Humpback whales usually make their appearance from April to October as this is the high season, yet the crew offers trips all the year-round. During other months, you might be able to see many other aquatic species that the ocean offers on these amazing trips.

If you don't see a whale, you have the option to take the tour again for free.

Please be aware that due to environmental reasons during certain times of the year the trips may be delivered on a shared boat with one of the provider's partners. The team is committed to ensuring the environment is kept pristine by making sure fewer boats are on the water during slower periods.

 

 

📍About pick-ups :

Pick-ups must be booked a minimum of one hour before the tour's departure time, all pick-ups booked after that will be discarded.

Pickup service (round trip) fee applies to first boat tour, if due to lack of sightings tour is joined for free again, pickup service must be added and paid again.

If you chose the pickup service, pickup starts 60 minutes prior to the departure. Please be ready at the pickup point at this time.

Do not forget to bring
  • Warm clothes
  • Photo/ video camera
  • Sunglasses
  • Suncreen
  • Good footwear
Sensation Level:

Adventurous

Fitness level:

Everybody welcome

Duration:

2.5 hrs

Minimum age:

From 1 years-old and up

Meeting point:

Reykjavik Sailors: Hlésgata Vesturbugt E101, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Included:
  • Seasickness tablets
  • Heated indoor cabins with toilet facilities
  • Experienced guides
  • Life vest and warm flotation overalls
  • Audio guides (English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese)
Excluded:
  • Pick up (2.200 ISK Adults and 1.100 ISK Teens from 7 to 15 years old)
  • Snacks and beverages sold on board
100% secure payments
by credit card or Paypal

Meeting point

Reykjavik Sailors: Hlésgata Vesturbugt E101, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland Get directions

Cancellation policy

Cancellation 10 days or more prior to the agreed activity date
You will be automatically refunded for the full amount for the activity
10 days
Cancellation between 4 and 10 days prior to the agreed activity date
You are entitled to a 50% refund
4 days
Cancellation 4 days or later prior to the agreed activity date
No refund will be possible
Weather Guarantee
Regardless of the date, if the activity is cancelled due to bad weather conditions, you will be offered a refund or the chance to reschedule

Reviews

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  • 5 / 5

A must do activity when on iceland in the wright season. We only saw some Mink wales but that's nature.After all it was a nice experience. The guide gave a lott of information in pleasant way.

  • 5 / 5

Super!

  • 4 / 5

The guide told us a lot

  • 4.3 / 5

Nice

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  • 4 / 5

We had about 2 hours out at sea. Saw some minke whales and a few dolphins. Unfortunately, no humpback- or other whales were spotted, but that's nature. We had a nice tour guide who was very knowledgeable and a good skipper.

  • 5 / 5

Whalewatching

  • 3.5 / 5

Erste Tour wg. Wetter abgesagt. Nächsten Tag schon ausgebucht. Am Tag der Tour keine Wale gesehen. Erneut der Tag drauf ausgebucht. Somit 4 Versuche unternommen. Sorry dafür kann ich keine 5 Sterne geben.

  • 4.5 / 5

Ondanks de slechte weersomstandigheden en de wat wildere zee toch walvissen gezien! Ongelooflijke ervaring op een prachtig stuk natuur. Pilletjes voor zeeziekte liggen klaar aan de balie.

  • 5 / 5

Great experience. We saw so many whales and three different types of species. Could not be better...

  • 4 / 5

We absolutely loved our outing at but as we cannot control nature we weren’t so lucky and didn’t see anything

  • 5 / 5

Unfortunately we did not see any whales, but we saw some dolphins. We knew upfront there is a slim chance to see whales, but they could rename the tour to "Wildlife Watching" instead of Whale Watching

  • 5 / 5

Although perfect weather no Wales sighted

  • 5 / 5

Whale watching

  • 5 / 5

Good day on the boat.

  • 4 / 5

Was very good. Due to bad weather we didn’t see any whales etc. The offered everybody on the shop to book a free tour. This offer never expires. We booked a new tour (a week later.) Now we had nice weather and did see whales and dolphin’s. Great

  • 5 / 5

Looking for whales

  • 5 / 5

Whale watching

  • 5 / 5

Bonne balade en mer, personnel attentif et aux petits soins de ses passagers. Malheureusement pas de baleines ce jour là mais c'est une raison pour revenir en Islande une autre fois.

  • 4 / 5

Was fun. Sad we didn't see many whales up close though.

  • 4 / 5

Brilliant guide, great boat, skillful captain. However no one serving at the bar and the waterproof suits were a bit worn and smelly.

  • 3 / 5

Whale watching

  • 4.5 / 5

The captain stopped the boat when the whale was near to us, trying to follow slowly the animal

  • 4 / 5

We saw humpbackwhales and even Somerset orcas! I loved the tour! Unfortunatly we had to do a 1h bustrip in a very crowded bus from the harbor to the actual boat. That was the only negative point.