Akureyri Express Whale Watching by RIB boat
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Leave behind Akureyri for this 2-hour whale watching experience. Limited to only 12 travelers, board your boat with a guide who can answer your questions and provide personal service. Search the ocean for humpback whales and other wildlife. This tour includes all necessary safety equipment. Choose between one of four departure times when you book Elding is an environmentally friendly company and recognised worldwide for its environmental efforts. The aim, mission and goal is to minimise the operational impact on the environment while offering an unforgettable experience at sea.
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- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Minimum age is 10 years or 145 cm (4 ft 7 in)
- You must be able to stand in your seat and fit into the provided overalls (max size 3XL) to participate in this tour
Reviews(194)
Exactly what we were looking for, adventure and whale watching. Successful for both. Highly recommend.
Friendly staff. Crew was eager to please and tried in their hardest way to navigate a successful sighting for us.
Had a fabulous time on this RIB whale watching experience. We saw a humpback whale which was amazing. Everything you need is provided and our guide was very knowledgeable.
We saw orcas, humpbacks, and porpoises! A humpback was breeching repeatedly and slapping her fin. Guide and driver were kind and skilled. Gear kept us warm even in the wind and a bit of rain. Just book it. It was the highlight of our Iceland trip!
Everything about this trip was great. We booked it several months ago in the US. The captain/narrator was great. The only problem was we only saw one whale and many only saw its tail or maybe totally missed it. And that was the purpose of the excursion! It was still fun. The RIB experience was new to us, snd fun. Just, we didn’t see very many whales.
Great excursion! Rib boat was so much fun and it was awesome to be able to get so close to the whales and we saw a few on our trip.
This was a great opportunity to get out on the water. Our guide, Nikki, was very helpful and knowledgeable. Thanks for the experience!
We were so looking forward to this experience but found it to be extremely uncomfortable and did not enjoy at all. We rode nearly the entire length of the fjord before stopping to look for whales and it was the roughest and most uncomfortable ride of my life. You will sit/stand on a horse-like saddle and hang on for your life hoping it will be over soon. I have never done a RIB tour before and maybe could be nice on super calm seas, but I will never know as I would never book another one of these again. We saw glimpses of a few whales but certainly not worth the pain of the ride. We were on a small cruise ship that stopped at this port and had much better luck whale watching in the fjord from our ship.
Excellent commentary by a marine biologist. We saw dozens of whales in 2 different pods…Both pilot whales and northern bottlenose whales.
We had a great time whale watching on the rib boat. We saw 2 whales a humpback and a minkie. The boat captain and guide were so great!!! I feel like they overemphasized the concerns with impact on the body from the boat ride. We were a little concerned about how they described it since my husband had a vertebra fusion 6 months ago. We had never been on a rib boat but we have been on multiple zodiacs. For us, it was no different from any other small boat ride. This was a very dry boating experience. The suits are flotation suits not to keep you from getting wet like we have had on other whale watching trips.
