Are you going to visit us in Iceland? Do not be surprised, your airplane will not bring you straight to the capital, but to Keflavik, the city that is on the far end of our whale watching home, Faxa Bay. Faxaflói, how the bay is called in Icelandic, is the largest bay in Iceland, with […]

Winter is a beautiful time of year to visit Iceland. Although the weather may be chilly and blustery, and the daylight hours may be short, the snowy landscape illuminated in golden light by the sun hanging low in the sky is unforgettable. Try to get out into the countryside and see as much as you […]

Generally speaking, we will find 23 different species of both toothed and baleen whales all around the Icelandic coast. All these species have been recorded within the last 200 years. Whilst some species inhabit rather coastal areas, others prefer offshore habitats. In order, to understand a bit more about their distribution, we have to look […]