Whale Watching and Marine Life Tour in Reykjavik focusing on Minke, Humpback, and Orca Whales

Experience the thrill of whale watching in Reykjavik with a 90% sighting success rate. Spot Minke, Humpback, and Orca whales, along with other marine wildlife. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Faxaflói - 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…
What's Included
  • Panoramic views
  • Free WiFi
  • Drinks and snacks available for purchase
  • Spacious observation decks
  • Professional guides
  • Restroom on board
  • Guided tours in English
Additional Information

Our expansive network for spotting whales has achieved a success rate of 90% for sightings. Our whale watching expeditions mainly target Minke Whales, Humpback Whales, Orca Killer Whales, along with other marine animals such as porpoises, dolphins and a range of other species.
Kindly bear in mind that as this is a wildlife expedition, sightings of any…

Location
Old Harbour House | Food, Drinks & Tours
Ægisgarður
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.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(38 Ratings)
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Kirstyrachel
Mar 23, 2025
Nice Trip If You’re Good On Boats - Cannot fault the staff, offered free ant sickness tablets and blankets to keep warm. We unfortunately discovered that we are not good on boats and spent most of the trip lying down in the lower deck. It was very choppy when heading out to see but nice and calm coming back. You can hear the guide anywhere on board thanks to the speakers so we heard that there was only 1 sighting of a small whale. We headed up to see but everyone was so squashed at the front of the boat that you couldn’t see a thing.
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Edurne76
Jan 22, 2025
Recommended - We were very lucky in the weather, clear, without much wind, and since we arrived in the area we continuously saw a whale. Good luck. The boat was not too large and there was room to choose from on deck or deck (two levels).
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Jessica_d
Jan 10, 2025
Amazing! - 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
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Bryony_m
Jan 10, 2025
Great experience, very nice boat, interesting and informative - 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!
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Louisds9841uc
Jan 5, 2025
Superb Whale Tour with Romane! - Romane was very welcoming and allowed us to see several whales giving us lots of information about marine life. Very nice experience Ps: we strongly suspected her of being from Grenoble
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Ryanne_e
Jan 4, 2025
A must-do! - 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.
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Gill_m
Dec 15, 2024
Great whale watching - 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.
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Richard_s
Dec 4, 2024
Amazing - 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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Lesley_t
Nov 27, 2024
Whales - Amazing experience would recommend. Tour guide was so knowledgeable. Very well organised trip. Perfect!
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Neilht6929pw
Jan 27, 2025
Wrap-up warm and be on the lookout for the seals and whales! We saw a magnificent young humpback! - Didn't really know what to expect. Nature is nature, can't make a schedule with it, but we were lucky enough to see a beautiful humpback whale feeding and messing around in the cold waters! Plenty of seals too, just poking their heads above the water! The boat, the crew, and the organisation overall were good. Clear and simple instructions. Didn't like the feeling in the bar area - steamy windows, wet, hot... Not inviting when on a boat rocking about, but we stayed outside and were just fine. If we're back in "summer", I'd love to take part in this experience again. :)
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