Yesterday we received the 2015 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor. Like the years before, it is once again a great honour to receive this award, as it is based on feedback from them who matter the most - our passengers.
The last snow has not disappeared completely and also summer is slow in coming. In contrast, our bay is getting full of life at the same time.Some weeks ago the beautiful puffins returned to their island in Skjálfandibay and also many other seabirds have been spotted during our whale watching tours.
The other day Gentle Giants' Employee Manager Johanna S. Svavarsdottir signed a sponsorship contract with former employee, Carla Basran from Canada.Charla is starting her PhD research project within the company in Húsavík.
From tomorrow, 1st of May, our “GG2 Big Whale Safari” starts to go out again! Departure is daily at 12:30 from 1st ‘till 14th of May. From 15th of May we will add a second departure at 16:00! On board our RIBs you have an even greater chance to encounter the gentle giants of Skjálfandibay: Due to the speed our RIBs are able to cover a much bigger area in search for whales.
In Iceland summer has started today on the 23rd of April. Icelanders celebrate “Sumardagurinn fyrsti” the first day of summer and wish each other a “happy summer” (Gleðilegt sumar)! Having a look outside the window it doesn’t look like summer at all, though.
“The morning trip on RIB Amma Kibba was exceptionally joyable....not to mention they all are of course. But this one included the Oldest & Youngest: Franz, 88 years old, from Holland came with his two grandchildren and sat next to the captain the whole trip.
From tomorrow, the 16th of April, we run two “GG1 Whale Watching”-tours scheduled daily at 9:45 and 13:15. Even better: for the next few days we will offer these tours on our RIB boat Amma Kibba! Snap the chance to experience a breath-taking trip out in Skjálfandibay on our speed boat! Curious? For more information on the boat click here.
Vart varð við lítilsháttar reyk um borð í einum af hvalaskoðunarbátunum okkar í morgun á útleið frá Húsavík; skammt utan við höfnina.
This morning passengers aboard Faldur experienced a really exciting moment: they were lucky to observe the first humpback whale that has returned to Skjálfandibay! Humpbacks are migrating whales coming from the warmer waters of the south such as the Caribbean.
The first week of April has passed quickly. Within these days we were able to spot four different species of whales starting from the smallest one, the harbour porpoise, along white-beaked dolphins and a minke whale through to the largest animal existing: the blue whale! Totally unexpected, the blue whale showed up during our first whale watching trip of the season.
