We proudly present our beautiful new Sales Manual for 2016. Take a look and get inspired! The major change for next year is the increased value added tax (VAT) on various tourism activities in Iceland, including whale watching, starting from January 1st 2016. All our prices therefore include an 11% VAT.
Today, 31st of October, our whale watching season of 2015 has officially ended. We will start sailing again on the 1st of April 2016. Find more information on our next year's timetable here. Just as earlier this month, the past days continued very successful with passengers getting to see several different whales on our tours in Skjálfandibay.
The whale watching has been continuing very successful. Just today we got to see two humpbacks and two minkes – even better: they were all in the same area. There was no need to wait for a whale to surface again after a dive as one of them was up for breathing all the time.
This morning on our 9:45 tour, along with two minke whale sightings, a humpback was seen busy feeding at the surface. This humpback was quite the sight for our crew and passengers, rolling at the surface and revealing it's throat grooves and baleen plates! The bay is a feeding ground for the humpbacks, and though many of them will be migrating south to tropical waters for the winter time, they have still been spotted almost daily this month.
The past days have continued successful. Minkes as well as humpbacks have been showing up in the bay.
We - the team of Gentle Giants - are glad to announce that we continue to run the 13:15 GG1 Whale Watching departure until the 20th of October. Hence, we will continue to sail two daily departures on our traditional oak boats starting at 9:45 and 13:15 from the harbor of Húsavík.
Today our 12:30 "GG2 Big Whale Safari" was able to spot three different whale species. Along them was the biggest animal existing on earth: a BLUE WHALE! Just as other species also blue whales are migrating between their feeding grounds up north and their breeding areas in low latitude waters.
The 2015 season is still running and we will offer whale watching tours from Húsavík until October 31st. Our sales department is however, in full swing with preparations for the 2016 season.
Throughout September we got lucky to see several different whale species in the bay – from smallest to largest. Porpoises, dolphins, minkes, humpbacks and even the two largest species – four fin whales and a blue whale were spotted.
A couple of minutes ago a phone call from our oak boat Sylvía reached the Ticket Center. The boat is currently out on the "GG1 Whale Watching"-trip. Sandra, the guide who spoke on the phone, had simply perfect news:55 passengers are watching two fin whales in the south of Skjálfandibay at the very moment!!!! Fin Whales are the second largest whale on earth.
