North Sailing News

September has brought all types of weather and some days have been too windy to go out on our scheduled trips. Other days the weather has been extremely good for this time of year and there isn’t much that can compare to watching whales in the stunning autumn colours with the snow-capped mountains as a backdrop.

Early this morning Haukur arrived in Húsavik after a visit to Reykjavík. Onboard was a crew of 6 which, despite sometimes quite rough weather conditions, all enjoyed the trip.

A group of five British journalists visited Húsavík last Saturday. The trip was organized by the tour operator Discover the World and the Icelandic Tourist Board. The itinerary included some of the famous sites of the North, e.g. Lake Myvatn, Whale Watching, Whale Museum, but also some lesser know attractions e.g. berry picking, wine and snaps making, trout fishing (from a fish farm!), food and wine/snaps tasting and much more.

As from today North Sailings schedule changes to 1 tour per day at 13:30, and this will continue until the end of the season on the 20th September.

The autumn as started to settle here in the north with the beautiful autumn colours appearing and snow-capped mountains offering a magnificent backdrop to the whale watching tours.

Skjálfandi Bay seems to be a popular place for the humpbacks thouse days as they´re still around and have been seen in North Sailing tours both yesterday and today. In our 13:30 tour today the a humpback breched compleatly out of the water... an amazing sight for all nature lovers.