It’s not for nothing that Húsavík is considered to be the “Whale Watching Capital of Europe”. The abundance of fish and other food supplies is not only attracting several species of seabirds, but also loads of whales that migrate north into their feeding areas.
Her plan was to see whales. His plan was to propose to her. They both managed, with success! In the middle of today‘s 13:15 tour, while watching whales from the roof of Sylvía, Petr went down on one knee and proposed to his whale-loving girlfriend Erika.
When today’s tours were cancelled because the sea was too rough, we saw it as a possibility to practise safety routines.The other day we held a rescue drill on board one of our oak boats and today it was time to do it on RIB Amma Kibba.
A nice group of Austrian sailors decided to make a sea angling tour with Gentle Giants as a part of their adventurous ten-day journey around Iceland. The perfect choice in our opinion!Our captain Ingimar, who is a local fisherman, steered the boat towards well-known fishing grounds in our bay.
The month of June has offered everything a whale watcher can dream of; many, big and active whales, a lot of flat sea and great weather. Flatey Island in Skjálfandi Bay reached a temperature of 23,1°c which is the highest in the country so far this year.
The sea was flat and the sun was shining yesterday. Cruising the bay was a pleasure in itself, and even better it got when a blue whale was spotted. They are spectacular because of their size and this one even raised its flukes while diving, which is a rare and impressive sight.
Koen is a Dutch nature enthusiast who shares our passion for whales and decided to invest in a GG1 five-day multi-trip pass by Gentle Giants. During this time period he joined three to four tours a day (mostly on the oak boats but added to his pass also some on the RIBs) and was very lucky with both whales and weather.
Time flies and yesterday it was already a year ago since Daniel and I got married in Naustavík – the little paradise in the mountains on the other side of our bay.We combined our anniversary celebration with some general GG-staff quality time.
The sea was calm as a mirror this morning and the sun stood high already at six o’clock when Kalli, Daniel and I went from Húsavík harbour to Grímsey Island in less than one hour on RIB Amma Kibba.
At lot is going on by Gentle Giants these days. We feel how the season is getting more and more busy - as it should - which is a lot of fun!During the last days, except for our scheduled departures with great whale sightings, we have had several extra- and tailor made tours going on.
