Monday, July 6, 2015
A TRULY AMAZING WEDDING
This past weekend, on July 4th, “The Boss” and “Mrs. Boss” of Gentle Giants got married on beautiful Flatey. Stefán Guðmundsson, Gentle Giants CEO, and Jóhanna S.
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Friday, July 3, 2015
AMMA SIGGA THE 2ND
Last night a new boat arrived to the harbour of Húsavík as an addition to Gentle Giant’s fleet. “She” is named Amma Sigga, just as the first RIB boat of the company, which came to Húsavík in 2011. Now it was time to upgrade her to a better boat to better serve our passengers.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
More whales arriving to the bay - humpbacks and blues
July has started as successful as June ended. Yesterday, we saw the young humpback whale from the other day again. Just as last time it was still feeding close to the mountains and the rivermouth of Skjálfandafljót.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
VERY WELCOME TO THE BLUE PARTY
After two amazing trips in perfect weather conditions and very good sightings throughout the day, we started our last trip on Amma Kibba - looking forward to find the whales again. We knew that there was a blue whale in the middle of the bay so we were heading there - and spotted the blow! We got very excited, but it was diving for very long and we could not see it anymore.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
MORE SCHEDULED DAILY DEPARTURES FROM 1ST OF JULY
The past month the whale watching went extremely successful. Blue whales came in huge numbers and were seen almost daily. A highlight was the blue whale mother with her calf, which is in fact still in the bay.
Monday, June 29, 2015
THE HYBRID AND SOME HUNGRY GENTLE HUMPBACKS
Already in the early morning the hybrid welcomed us on our oak boat Faldur. For a long time the whale surfaced in our nearer surrounding, sometimes getting really close to the boat. Close to the hybrid swam a humpback whale, resting on the calm surface.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
THE BIG STARS AND THEIR YOUNG ONES
Also today we got to see the blue whale mother with her calf. As the other days both of them surface a lot and don’t dive far away from our boats. That allows our passengers to get great views onto them.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
PERFECT WEATHER, FLATEY ISLAND AND LOADS OF WHALES
Yesterday, the cruise ship from „Iceland Pro Cruise“ approached Skjálfandibay early in the morning for another time. Already then the sun shined bright above Húsavík. At 7am we left the village to sail out to Flatey.
Friday, June 26, 2015
WHERE THE LARGEST ONES MEET UP
The past weeks several blue whales – the largest animals on earth - have been visiting our bay over and over again. Even a mother with her calf has been showing up a couple of times. The other day a young fin whale appeared in between the extremely large blue whales.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
MANY HUMPBACKS, INCLUDING A RETURNING FAVOURITE
The humpback whale feeding season is in full-swing in the bay right now, with many sightings in the last days. Among them, is a returning favourite whale known as "Snow White". The humpback whales come to the bay in the summer time specifically to feed on krill and small fish, and there have been many hungry humpbacks spotted on our tours recently.