Icelandic
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A Very Special Day – 29/8/22
It was just one of those rare but oh so special days that I will always remember despite thousands of whale watching tours. At Laki Tours in Iceland we take some of the local children whale watching each year for free to show them the wonderful animals they have in their waters, hoping to create…
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Playful and Restful Orcas – 24/4/22
This April off west Iceland from the town of Olafsvik we saw Orcas every day. It has been an amazing spring season for orcas here this year due to the huge amount of herring that was in the fjord. This day however there was no feeding activity but the orcas were in a lazy and…
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Socializing Sperm Whales – 30/3/22
Our fjord, called Breiðafjörður, in west Iceland, the largest fjord in Iceland is full of herring at the moment. When we have the weather to get out there, which has been rather lacking recently, we are having amazing sightings. Today many pods of Orcas were spread all over the fjord, a Minke whale and Humpback were…
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Gorgeous Day with Killer Whales! – 11/5/21
We are well and truly in orca season here off Snaefellsnes, West Iceland and even a few guests to whale watch with! But this was a rare day on 11th May with glass calm, blue seas the likes of which we do not see often in this part of the North Atlantic. The orcas here…
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Sunshine and Orcas – 12/4/21
Our fjord is full of herring at the moment which makes it also full of Orcas, who are mostly herring eaters here in Iceland. We got to do a tour yesterday with just a small number of passengers but plenty of whales. They were out in the deeper water, something we see at this time…