Conditions were cloudy when we sailed out for this evening’s Northern Lights by Boat tour, but the very promising forecast kept our spirits high. Leaving the Old Harbor and the city of Reykjavík behind us, we ventured off into the night and into the middle of Kollafjörður, beginning our hunt for the elusive aurora. Slowly […]

Whale Watching ON!  9:00 – Classic  We left the old harbour in the sunshine this morning for our whale watching tour in Faxaflói. Excited we sailed towards the feeding grounds in hope to see some of the wild life from the weekend. The further we got out, the higher got the density of northern fulmar, a bird species we […]

Andrea departed from Reykjavik Old Harbour for a northern lights themed cruise in the Icelandic waters of Kollafjörður. The space weather forecast had predicted an intense auroral activity while the atmospheric weather forecast had predicted propitious conditions. We noticed upon leaving the dock that the skies seemed cloudier than expected. We tried taking the matter […]

WHALE WATCHING 9:00 Andrea departed from Reykjavik Old Harbour for a whale watching themed cruise in the Icelandic waters of Faxafloi bay. We headed west after leaving the dock, cruising toward the feeding grounds where we hoped to find cetaceans. On the way, we passed seabirds that were either sitting on the surface or searching […]

Andrea departed from Reykjavik Old Harbour for a northern lights themed cruise in the Icelandic waters of Kollafjörður. The space weather forecast had predicted an intense auroral activity while the atmospheric weather forecast had predicted propitious conditions. We noticed upon leaving the dock that the skies seemed cloudier than expected. We tried taking the matter […]

WHALE WATCHING ANDREA 9:00 Andrea departed from Reykjavik Old Harbour for a whale watching themed cruise in the Icelandic waters of Faxafloi bay. We headed west after leaving the dock, cruising toward the feeding grounds where we hoped to find cetaceans. On the way, we passed seabirds such as Northern Fulmars and Cormorants that were sitting on […]

Andrea sailed out of Reykjavik Old Harbour for a Northern Lights themed cruise in the bay of Faxafloi. The conditions were ideal as stars coruscated in the firmament. As we cruised along side Engey we took pictures of the sky that revealed green hues in the north. The aurora borealis was here, yet indistinguishable through […]

Whale Watching Classic 9:00 Andrea departed from Reykjavik Old Harbour for a whale watching themed cruise in the Icelandic waters of Faxafloi bay. We headed westward toward the feeding grounds where we hoped to find cetaceans. When we reached the longitude of Akranes until we came upon a pod of White Beaked Dolphins. Females seemed […]

We headed out of the Old Harbour for our aurora journey to find that there was little to no wind, this slowed down the movement of the cloud coverage. As the forecast predicted it was to be a bit of a cloudy evening with many openings in the sky, and we hoped for it to […]

Our whale watching tours are going ahead as scheduled today, and conditions look good! For more information please contact our reception team at info@specialtours.is or at +354-560-8800. You can also contact us to book the tour, or book directly through our website. See you soon!  9:00 – Classic  Blog coming soon Tour Status: ON Sightings: YES! White-beaked dolphins You can find pictures from the tour HERE !   13:00 – Classic  Blog coming soon Tour Status: ON Sightings: YES! White-beaked dolphins & Harbour porpoises You can find photos from the tour HERE!