Today we said our final farewell to a dear friend and colleague for 15 years, Captain Hreiðar Olgeirsson. Hreiðar was first and foremost a person who loved working with people and animals, both of which made him an excellent whale watching captain. A good spirited person, his warmth and storytelling skills were appreciated by…
DetailsDespite our fair share of votes, North Sailing will unfortunately not be among the medallists at the GreenTec awards, Europe‘s prestigious environmental and business awards, in May this year. North Sailing was selected in the Travel Category for the Opal project, which enabled us to become the world’s first whale watching company to offer…
DetailsNorth Sailing is among the 15 Finalists shortlisted for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards in 2016, as announced by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) recently. These annual awards are among the highest accolades in the industry and represent the gold standard in sustainable tourism. North Sailing is among the three Finalists in the…
DetailsWe send you our very best seasonal greetings and wishes for a happy new year! We give thanks for the eventful year of 2015, where we took large steps towards our carbon-free future, and hope to share exciting times with you in the upcoming year!
North Sailing is among the top ten candidates for Europe’s largest environmental- and business prize, the GreenTec Awards, in the Travel Category. Support us now to receive one of Europe’s most wanted environmental awards and vote online for our project on www.greentec-awards.com!North Sailing was selected in the Travel Category for the Opal project, which enabled…
DetailsNorðursigling welcomes the new climate deal reached in Paris this Saturday. It is of vital importance that we all join hands in reducing the effects of climate change. We here at North Sailing have always held nature in the upmost respect, with eco-friendly, sustainable tourism as our main goal. This year, North Sailing was proud…
DetailsNorth Sailing is in the top 10 group for Europe’s largest environmental- and business prize, the GreenTec Awards, in the Travel Category. “This is a great honour for us and an acknowledgement of the environmentally friendly path we have embarked upon,” says North Sailing’s General Manager, Guðbjartur Ellert Jónsson. North Sailing is the world’s first…
DetailsMonday 7.12.2015 Hurricane force storm in all Iceland, Monday the 7th. & in the morning on Tuesday the 8th.From 12:00 Monday in South-Iceland and from 17:00 in other areas travellers areSTRONGLY adviced to stay at their accommodation. Life threatening conditions in many places, among them road 1 from Seljalandsfosswaterfall to Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon. For…
DetailsNorth Sailing has been named the joint-Silver winner of the Best Innovation for Carbon Reduction category at the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 at World Travel Market in London. North Sailing won the silver at the prestigious World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, November 4th. This…
DetailsNorth Sailing received today the Environmental Recognition 2015 awarded by the Icelandic Tourist Board. Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Minister of Industry and Commerce presented the award at the annual Icelandic Tourist Board ceremony in Akureyri. The recognition has been awarded for 21 years in a row, since 1995. Guðbjartur Ellert Jónsson, Managing Director, receives…
DetailsNorth Iceland´s annual Tourism “Get-to-gether” lead by Visit North Iceland selected North Sailing as the Company of the Year 2015 for positioning, company and product development and innovation. Left: Bergur Erlingsson – SBA, Gústaf Gústafsson – North Sailing and Sævar Freyr Sigurðsson – Saga Travel. Besides North Sailing, Saga Travel received awards as the…
DetailsToday we went on two tours here in Skjálfandi Bay and saw whales on both of them. On the morning tour we had a large Humpback Whale and also got to see one Minke Whale for a while. Our friends on schooner Haukur also had some White-beaked Dolphins nearby. On the afternoon tour we had…
DetailsA sunny and sweet day on the water, even if there was some splashing on the way out on both tours. On both we had one Minke Whale and one Humpback Whale and got very good views of each species on numerous occasions. Baldur (Guide on Náttfari 27/9/2015)
DetailsToday we did two tours in the southern wind and had a somewhat better tour in the morning. Then we started off with one Minke Whale and managed to see it quite well even if in between we lost it. Then we had one Humpback Whale and knew of at least 1-2 others in the…
DetailsWell today we certainly earned our pay as we really had to go far out to find the whales. The sea conditions were not the best but we still managed to see the animals and follow them all right. On the morning tour we had one Humpback Whale and knew of another one nearby while…
DetailsIt was a slightly chillier day today than yesterday and we had one young Humpback Whale entertaining us on both tours; the same one as yesterday, with a greyish back. Also we had a good Minke Whale towards the end of the afternoon tour. Baldur Thorvaldsson (Guide on Náttfari 22/9/2015)
DetailsToday was as sunny and sweet as most of July was not. The sea was as good as perfect and same applied to visibility. On the morning tour there were at least 2 Humpback Whales in the bay and possibly up to 4 and in the afternoon there was at least 1 Humpback but we…
DetailsNáttfari is only doing two tours a day now (but Bjössi three). Today we were able to go out after two days of storm and relevant cancellations. On both tours we had some lovely sightings. On the morning tour we had some 4-6 Minke Whales and all of them were relaxed and could be viewed,…
DetailsThe tours today have been greatly affected by fog and poor visibility although we were able to “save” two out of three. On the morning tour we found and enjoyed one (possibly two) Humpback Whales and on the afternoon tour we had one of the best Minke Whales that I have seen in my three…
DetailsThe three trips today on Náttfari have been incredible, although in very different ways. On every single one the weather was magical and sunny though. It was just that despite many boats searching the entire bay in the morning, no whale could be found. A small group of White-beaked Dolphins was seen in the morning…
DetailsThree tours on Náttfari today and all were different ones. In the morning we had the Humpback trio that have been so often seen together, plus a single one staying around but still a bit away from the others, it is the young Humpback with the white on the dorsal fin, perhaps it is not…
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