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Whale Watching From Reykjavík in the Midnight Sun (Jun-Aug)

The midnight sun is a unique experience and during mid summer it just doesn’t get dark in Iceland. We’re full of energy due to the constant daylight and the whales are awake too as long …

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Whale & Puffin Watching – RIB Boat Reykjavik (Apr-Oct)

This adventurous whale and puffin watching tour takes place on a RIB boat in a small group of maximum twelve people. You're in good hands with your qualified RIB boat captain and specially trained crew. …

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Whale Watching From Reykjavík – Classic Tour

One of the more popular tours in Iceland is whale watching and this one is ideal for the whole family. Included in the price is entrance to a small whale museum in an old fishing …

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Whale Watching In Iceland

Whales are phenomenal creatures and the biggest mammals living in the ocean. They communicate with mysterious sound signals, they breathe air, have warm blood like us, nurse their offspring’s and feed them with milk. Many whales travel from cold-water oceans where they feed to warmer water to bread each year.

Over 20 different whale species live around the coast of Iceland but the mink whales and white-beaked dolphins are the most common ones to spot around Iceland, but sometimes humpbacks, porpoises and orcas pay a visit too. The relatively shallow ocean surrounding Iceland and the abundance of fish makes it a habitable place for whales and therefore one of the best spots in Europe to catch a glimpse of these majestic beings.

Over the last few decades more and more emphasizes have been on protection for this wonderful species and at the same time a whole new tourist industry has come to live; whale watching. The fact that they breathe air through their blowholes makes it easy to spot them coming to the surface. Whale watching is now very popular way of observing them in their natural habitat and we only support tours which follow a strict code of conduct on how to approach them and how close the vessels can get.

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