Fantastic 12 days in Opal from Húsavík to Scoresby Sund/Greenland From July 18th- 30th 2014. Snapshots from our fantastic trip. Our trip to Greenland started from Húsavík the evening of July 19. After two days crossing the Arctic sea in calm wind, seeing a lot of whales like Humpback-, Sperm-, Blue-,…
Skál! Captains, accountants, waitresses and other members of the North Sailing team gathered for an annual celebration last night. What began as two brothers on an old wooden trawler pioneering whale watching in Iceland, is now a leading workplace in Húsavík. North Sailing, along with its restaurant Gamli Baukur, boosts of almost hundred employees over…
Our second group of 11 offered trips on their way to Constable Point with Air Iceland – joining our successful Greenland tours. The travelers came from all over the world and excitement was in the air: Italy, USA, Australia, France, Brazil, Israel, Norway and met for the first time at the domestic airport in…
Almost every town in Iceland has a special day or weekend, and Húsavík is no exception. The town’s festival is called Mærudagar, which means Candy Days, and it is held the last weekend in July as a time for everyone to come together and enjoy Húsavík. The town is divided into 3 districts: Pink,…
Wednesday 16th July, the Whale Museum hosted an event here in Húsavík, the Whale Congress. North Sailing had two representatives presenting at this conference, guides Luisa Klotz and Sabrina Brando. Dr Marianne Rasmussen, the director of the Húsavík Research Centre, was the first to present. She described some of the research that is being…
Once again, North Sailing is offering tours in beautiful Scoresby Sund on the east coast of Greenland. Opal is leaving now to start the season and Hildur will also go to Greenland later in August. Schooner Opal will leave Húsavík later tonight and head for the majestic scenery of Scoresby Sund, on the…
Yoga instructors Huld Hafliðadóttir and Arnbjörg Kristín Konráðsdóttir arranged a tour which they called “Deep Relaxation, Meditation, and Whale Watching.” On Monday evening, July 14th, a group of 26 people of all ages set off on Schooner Opal for this new experience. Huld has previously been a guide for North Sailing and now works…
The Double Tails package is a combination of the NS-1 Húsavík Original Whale Watching tour and a 2-hour riding tour from local horse farm Saltvík. If the riding is combined with the NS-2 Whales, Puffins & Sails tour, it is called Double Tails and Sails. These tours have proved to be very popular this summer.…
Knörrinn, the boat that started it all for North Sailing, is celebrating its 20th season as a whale watching boat. In 1994, brothers Árni and Hörður Sigurbjarnarson decided to buy an old oak boat to save it from being scrapped. (or worse-old wooden boats sometimes ended up on the New Year’s Eve bonfire!) They…
The crew on-board Bjössi Sör has reported that they had encountered a sperm whale in the bay. Sperm whales are very rare in the area since they tend to prefer much deeper areas. A few sperm whales entered the bay a few weeks ago and again today, which is rather extraordinary. We certainly hope…
Passengers and crew met on Monday evening on the 30th of June on-board Schooner Hildur, got settled on the ship and discussed possible options for the tour ahead. The weather forecast was not optimal; due to strong winds that were expected from the east on Wednesday an alternative route had to be taken. Early…
Damien Saffroy was working at the Húsavík Research Center in the year 2010 and 2011 and part of his job was to go out to Skjálfandi Bay with North Sailing and collect photos and data on the whales. Damien decided to visit North Sailing again for several weeks this summer and has joined us…
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden visited North Sailing and Restaurant Gamli Baukur earlier today along with her husband Prince Daniel, the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and the First Lady, Dorrit Moussaieff. The Crown Princess is in Iceland for two days on an official visit and visiting North Sailing and Gamli Baukur was…
North Sailing and Restaurant Gamli Baukur have now opened the lower floor of its brand new whale watching centre, but the ticket office on the upper floor was opened a couple of weeks ago. The lower floor will host a café and a souvenir boutique where our customers can purchase souvenirs and products from…
Today was an extraordinary day in Skjálfandi Bay. Around noon, passengers and crew on-board Bjössi Sör spotted at least four sperm whales in the northwestern part of Skjálfandi Bay and the other North Sailing boats managed to pay them a visit as well. Sperm whales are extremely rare in the area but these whales…
North Sailing opened yesterday its new and state-of-the-art ticket office by Húsavík harbour. The ticket office is located in the top floor of the new whale watching centre, scheduled to be fully opened in the next few weeks. The ticket counter in the new ticket office is quite unique but the bow of an…
This winter has been busy at North Sailing due to the fact that along side maintaining the whale watching boats and getting them ready for the whale watching season, the company is also building a two story building on top of its headquarters by Húsavík harbour, a new whale watching center. The lower floor…
Tourism companies in Húsavík have decided to join hands to market the town as The Whale Capital of Iceland. A new brand has been made and in the next few weeks the campaign will be followed through with more promotion. The three whale watching companies in Húsavík have competed with each other for many years…
Two very successful Ski to the Sea tours were operated last week, on both schooner Haukur and schooner Hildur. On this unique adventure, the strengths of two leading Icelandic adventure tourism companies, North Sailing and Bergmenn Mountain Guides are combined, resulting in an adventure like no other. Schooner Haukur departed on Wednesday…
North Sailing and its founders, Hörður and Árni Sigurbjarnarson, received recognition from the Icelandic Regional Development Institute for the development of whale watching in Húsavík at the institute‘s annual meeting that took place at Miðgarður in Skagafjörður. Árni Sigurbjarnarson attended the meeting and accepted the recognition, which is called Landstólpinn. Landstólpinn is a social recognition…
A successful Ski to the Sea tour was operated a few weeks ago, 23rd – 27th of March. Schooner Hildur awaited the group at Akureyri harbour in the afternoon of the 23rd of March and set off for a an excellent skiing and sailing tour. This tour offers the opportunity to explore the…
