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Whale Watching and Marine Life Tour in Reykjavik | 3 hours

35 Reviews | Reykjavik
From $78.00 per person Lowest Price Guarantee
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Whale Watching and Marine Life
2 Adults x $78.00
$156.00
Approx Total
$156.00

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Panoramic views
  • Free WiFi
  • Drinks and snacks are available for purchase
  • Spacious observation decks
  • Professional guides
  • Restroom on board
  • Guided language in english

Overview

Our extensive whale spotting network, has given us a 90% sighting success rate. Our whale watching tour focuses on Minke Whales, Humpback Whales, Orca Killer Whales, and other marine wildlife such as porpoises, dolphins and other species. Please note Since this is a wildlife tour we can never predict or guarantee sightings of any kind. If there are no sightings on the tour, we do not offer refunds but instead, we offer our passengers a free return to join our tour depending on availability, valid for up to three years. Weather is a big factor for the tour, we may have to cancel the tour due to unfavorable weather conditions. We will notify you via email in the event of a cancellation.

Meeting points

We are located at the Reykjavík Old Harbour close to the city's center. It is the main port of departure for whale watching and northern lights tours. *Please arrive at the meeting point 30 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTURE.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • N/A (Pass By)

    Experience the joy of close encounters with mighty whales, graceful dolphins or playful porpoises on our easy-to-join whale watching tours from downtown Reykjavík. We’ll make this a “once-in-a-lifetime experience for you to remember! All year round, you’ll be able to see a wide variety of ocean-going mammals just a few minutes off the coast, including minke, humpback and killer whales, as well as white-beaked dolphins and harbour porpoises. The summer is the peak period, but there is always something amazing to be found in Faxafloi Bay – as well as enjoying the spectacular scenery that surrounds the capital city.

  • Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre (Pass By)

    Harpa is a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The opening concert was held on May 4, 2011. The building features a distinctive colored glass facade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.

  • N/A (Pass By)

    Faxafloi bay is situated on its southern shore. From Reykjavik it is possible to see the peninsula of Akranes in the northeast and even the Snæfellsjökull at a distance of about 120 km (75 mi). This bay has few islands and the ones it does have are close to land, in particular contrast to the bay directly north of it, Breiðafjörður, which has the most islands of any bay in Iceland.

  • N/A (Pass By)

    Engey is the second largest island of the Kollafjörður (Faxa Bay) fjord in western Iceland.

  • N/A (Pass By)

    Lundey, literally "Puffin Island" in Icelandic, is a small, uninhabited island off the western coast of Reykjavík, Iceland.

  • Videy Island (Pass By)

    Viðey is the largest island of the Kollafjörður Bay in Iceland, near the capital of Reykjavík.

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

September 10100% refund
September 11No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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4.7

35 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
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Showing 1-5 of 28 reviews with 5 stars

Amazing!

Published on Jan, 2025

Worth every penny! Brilliant experience with an amazing tour guide. Ran so smoothly and loads of different creatures were pointed out to us. Definitely an experience everyone must have

Great experience, very nice boat, interesting and informative

Published on Jan, 2025

Lovely boat, staff on board were great, very communicative so you didn't have to stay outside in the colder and brilliantly informative about the whales and did a great job finding and staying with the whale at a good distance - incredible experience seeing a humpback whale!

A must-do!

Published on Jan, 2025

Absolutely fantastic experience to put on your list. We were super lucky and saw a humpback whale full body breach the surface multiple times up close. Julian is an expert at marine life knowledge and our captain, whose name I cannot believe I am drawing a blank on to memory was fantastic as well. Overall grand experience.

Great whale watching

Published on Dec, 2024

We had a 3 hour trip and once we got out to the right area, we spent a good hour watching loads of hump back whales coming up out of the water, some quite close to the boat. Extraordinary! The guide told us quickly where the latest whale was by using clock directions, and explained if the whale had dived or whether it was continuing on the surface so that we could track it. He said we were very lucky to see so many.

Amazing

Published on Dec, 2024

Saw 2 humpback whales in the bay, they was very close to the boat, less than 5 metres, we spent over an hour watching them as they came up for air then dived again, wasn’t expecting to see anything but was absolutely blown away by the sights,

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