This morning we departed from a very cloudy Akureyri, but we found an extremely flat sea ahead of us.
In fact, in today´s tour, we saw a great deal of whales!
First of all, we encountered 2 Humpback whales, feeding together by Srtýtan (E Hjalteyri). They were calmly feeding under the water arching their backs quite high. But after feeding for a while they split up and we stayed with Camel the black & white fluke Humpback. and shockingly enough it breached right in front of us!! We stayed with Camel for quite a long time and when we started heading back we encountered a Minke whale by the green buoy (in between Hjalteyri and Svalbarðseyri) swimming pretty close to us as well. But the cherry on top was all the Harbour porpoises that surrounded us when we left the Minke!
Indeed a memorable tour!
Text & Photos: Gisela
Departure: 0900 O’Clock Classic