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eco-friendly
húsavík
whale watching
since 1995
Húsavík Original Whale Watching
Welcome to
“ONE OF THE MOST
HÚSAVÍK INCREDIBLE DAYS
The Whale Capital OF MY LIFE”
of Iceland
The North Sailing family welcomes you to a world of adventures.
An eco-friendly and sustainable world, highly respectful of nature
and wildlife. A world of responsible whale watching.
Local Experts Go Carbon-Neutral!
We are a dedicated family company We became the first whale watching
established in 1995. Our Original Whale company in the world to create a vessel
Watching tour has built a reputation for powered by electricity. And now, we
the town of Húsavík as the Whale Capital have two!
of Iceland.
Responsible Whale Watching
By prioritising the safety of passengers
and wildlife, we ensure a responsible and
sustainable approach to whale watching.
Nature-Friendly Operation
Respecting nature is the goal of every
decision. We adhere to a strict code of
conduct for responsible whale watching.
Highly Qualified Crew Pioneers in Whale Watching
Eco–friendly
28 years
Our highly qualified and professional Being pioneers in whale watching and sustainable
crew has extensive sailing experience tourism, we have received numerous awards for
and wildlife knowledge. innovation, regional development and sustainability.
Whale Watching
1995–2023
AWA R D E D F O r E X C E L L E N C E ,
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y & I N N O VAT I O N
3
nd
We recommein
bookin g advance! 97% average
sightings Silent SEASON 1 MAY–30 SEPT.
NEUTRAL
CARBON
Summers 2015–2022 Whale Watching 11.990 ISK ADULTS
6.000 ISK 7–15 YEARS
3 HOURS APPROX. FREE UNDER 7 YEARS
NS-1C
Let’s go
T R ADIT ION AL
Húsavík SEASON 1 JUNE–10 AUG.
whale watching!
SAIL IN G
Whales & Sails 11.990 ISK ADULTS
6.000 ISK 7–15 YEARS
3 HOURS APPROX. FREE UNDER 7 YEARS
NS-3
Húsavík Original SEASON 1 MARCH–30 NOV.
Whales, Sails SEASON JUNE–AUGUST
SELLER
SCIENCE
Whale Watching
NEW TOUR
BEST
CITIZEN
11.300 ISK ADULTS
5.000 ISK 7–15 YEARS & Science 12.990 ISK ADULTS
3 HOURS APPROX. FREE UNDER 7 YEARS
NS-1
5.000 ISK 7–15 YEARS
3,5 HOURS APPROX. FREE UNDER 7 YEARS
NS-3S
THE PUFFINS
Húsavík SEASON 16 APRIL–19 AUG.
HOME OF
We’ll keep you warm! Refreshments on board
Whales & Puffins 13.300 ISK ADULTS
6.500 ISK 7–15 YEARS We provide everyone with warm Hot chocolate and cinnamon
3,5 HOURS APPROX. FREE UNDER 7 YEARS
NS-5
overalls. However, we still recommend buns served on all tours on the
bringing warm clothes, hats and gloves. way home! A family recipe.
WINTERWINTER SUMMERSUMMER WINTERWINTER What is the best time to go?
WHALE WHALE
WATCHING
WATCHING WHALE WHALE
WATCHING
WATCHING WHALE WHALE
WATCHING
WATCHING
MARCHMARCH APRIL APRIL MAY MAY JUNE JUNE JULY JULY AUGUST
AUGUST SEPT SEPT OCT OCT NOV NOV All times are good to go whale
1 March
1 March1 April1 April16 April16 April 1 May 1 May 16 May16 May 1 June 1 June 16 June16 June 1 July 1 July 16 July16 July 11 Aug11 Aug20 Aug20 Aug 1 Sept 1 Sept 1 Oct 1 Oct 1 Nov 1 Nov
watching! Whether it’s in the
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31 March
31 March15 April15 April30 April
30 April15 May15 May31 May31 May15 June15 June30 June 30 June15 July15 July 10 Aug10 Aug19 Aug19 Aug 31 Aug31 Aug30 Sept 30 Sept31 Oct31 Oct 30 Nov30 Nov
all comes down to a little bit of luck
8:00 8:00 since we’re dealing with wild nature.
8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 But with an average 97% success
9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:15 9:15 rate in the last eight summers, the
09:3009:3009:3009:30 9:30 9:30 09:1509:15 09:1509:15 09:3009:30 chances are definitely in your favour!
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Toilets on board
11:00 11:00
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11:45 11:45 11:30 11:30 No need to worry, there are
12:0012:00
toilets on all boats.
12:45 12:45 12:45 12:45 12:45 12:45 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30
13:15 13:15 13:15 13:15 13:15 13:15 13:15 13:15 13:0013:00 13:0013:00 13:15 13:15 Whale watching area
13:30 13:30 13:30 13:30 13:30 13:30 13:30 13:30 13:30 13:30
On all our tours we visit the same
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15:3015:30 15:3015:30 15:3015:30 15:3015:30 Skjálfandi Bay
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16:3016:30 16:3016:30 16:3016:30 16:3016:30 Puffin Island
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17:30 17:30 17:30 17:30 Húsavík
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On electric boat Andvari On hybrid-electric sailboat Opal Except on Thursdays ° Every Thursday ¹ from 6 April ² until 15 Sept ³ until 10 Oct
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Timetable shows availability for the season of 2023 and is subject to change.
Visit www.northsailing.is for updates. All prices in this brochure are valid for the season of 2023.
Hot chocolate and
“The whole experience was above cinnamon buns served
on the way home
and beyond our expectations.
We saw a pod of 15 or more humpback
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whales for over an hour
B E S T S E L L E R
HÚSAVÍK
ORIGINAL
WHALE WATCHING
An unforgettable whale watching exploration,
recommended by thousands of travellers.
Discover the magnificent nature of Skjálfandi Bay, where you can see
whales, dolphins and sea birds in their natural habitat. Explore the home of
the whales onboard a traditional Icelandic oak boat with our professional
Researchers on board and highly qualified crew. Can you imagine a nicer day at sea?
University of Iceland’s Research Centre in Keep your eyes open
Húsavík studies whales and marine life in
good cooperation with North Sailing. You Let’s see if you can spot a whale before the
11.300 ISK
3
might see researchers working on board, crew does! When searching for whales, the
don’t hesitate to ask them about their crew relies on their vision, binoculars and 5.000 ISK 7–15 years
work if you wish to learn more. their experience in reading nature. FREE Under 7 years
HOURS
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The electric boat Andvari
“We had the best time ever on the
Join the quiet Andvari for a breathtaking trip and
Eco Tour. The ship was comfortable, experience the whales in an eco-friendly way.
the captain made us feel at home and Departures available on Andvari 1 May–30 Sept
„
informed us of the ecosystem of the Bay
Keep your
eyes open for:
Blow Fluke Dorsal fin
CARBON-NEUTRAL
Hot chocolate and
SILENT WHALE cinnamon buns served
on the way home
WATCHING
Glide silently alongside the whales on an electric boat.
A tranquil whale watching experience you will never forget.
Andvari and Opal, our electric and silent boats, are one of the most
animal and environmentally friendly whale watching vessels in the
world! While gliding silently through the sea, you have a chance to
quietly watch the whales, which causes them minimum disturbance.
An unforgettable experience!
The hybrid-electric sailboat Opal
11.990 ISK
6.000 ISK 7–15 years 3
HOURS
Join the award-winning Opal for a unique
experience where authentic charm meets
Departures available on Opal 1–15 June & 1–15 July
FREE Under 7 years modern technology.
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“Seeing the puffins, whales and
porpoises was a truly amazing
„
experience that I will never forget
SKJÁLFANDI BAY The tour starts by sailing
around Puffin Island before
Puffin Island heading out to the whale
watching area – or the other
way around.
Húsavík
Hot chocolate and
cinnamon buns served
on the way home
HOME OF THE PUFFINS
WHALES Puffin Island is
home to
ins
over 100.000 puff
AND PUFFINS
The perfect combination. A whale watching excursion
with a stop by the peaceful Puffin Island.
How could your whale watching tour possibly get better? Of course
by sailing around Puffin Island, the home of thousands of puffins! In this
authentic wildlife adventure, whale and puffin watching are combined.
In addition to seeing whales in their natural habitat, you get to see the
funny little puffins nesting, flying around and diving for food.
13.300 ISK
6.500 ISK 7-15 years 3,5
HOURS
60% of the world’s puffins
FREE Under 7 years breed in Iceland
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Join the mission!
“On the return trip, we all helped raise the
sails to get back. Nothing like sailing in the By joining this tour, 15% of your ticket
price is contributed to Ocean Missions,
North Atlantic in complete silence, the only a non-profit organisation founded and
„
sound is the boat moving through the water based in Húsavík, Iceland. Ocean Missions
work primarily on ocean conservation,
research and education, and your
contribution will benefit their inspiring
research and science-related projects.
Traditional renovation
Our schooners Opal, Haukur and Hildur Hot chocolate and All our sailing tours are powered by the boats’ engines as we can’t
count on the wind in the sails to be our primary source of power.
used to be fishing boats but have now been Departures available on Opal 1–15 June & 1–15 July cinnamon buns served However, we will use every opportunity that comes to hoist the sails.
renovated into two-masted schooners. on the way home
TRADITIONAL SAILING CITIZEN-SCIENCE TOUR
WHALES WHALES, SAILS
AND SAILS AND SCIENCE
Get close to the whales on board a traditional Participate in ocean research, micro-plastic analysis and
Icelandic sailboat and learn the old ways of sailing. gain a deeper insight into the life of whales and birds.
Discover the magic of the ocean in this beautiful sailing on board our We want to inspire people to take direct action toward ocean
authentic Icelandic schooners. This tour gives you a great opportunity conservation by combining science, education and adventures onboard
to enjoy the wildlife — the whales and birds of Skjálfandi Bay — while our traditional sailing boats in the wonderful ocean world of Skjálfandi
discovering your inner sailor. Take part in a real sailing adventure and Bay. Join us for this meaningful 3,5-hour citizen-science tour and have
learn from our experienced crew! a positive input on the sustainable future of Skjálfandi Bay.
11.990 ISK 12.990 ISK
6.000 ISK 7–15 years
FREE Under 7 years
3
HOURS
5.000 ISK 7–15 years
FREE Under 7 years
3,5
HOURS
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EVEN MORE AMAZING Our fleet is
ADVENTURES GOING GREEN
are waiting for you! North Sailing has taken a big step into making the fleet green by designing and
building two electric boats! The perfect addition to the beautifully restored fleet
of traditional oak boats and sailing vessels.
EXPERIENCE greenland
Live on board a traditional sailing ship for 7 amazing days in Andvari
the natural wonders of Scoresby Sound in East Greenland. 1975
SAILING THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC
Andvari is
3-day expedition crossing the Arctic Circle during Summer CARBON-NEUTRAL
Solstice on board the award-winning sailboat Opal.
Hildur Haukur
1974 1973
whale watching from hjalteyri
A classic whale watching tour from the charming village
of Hjalteyri, located only 20 minutes from Akureyri.
SAILs, lights & winter nights
Winter evening tours from Reykjavík on the hybrid-electric GARÐAR Náttfari
sailboat Opal. Get a chance to see the northern lights! 1964 1965
SEE ALL TOURS AND EXPEDITIONS AT northsailing.is
Opal Dagfari Knörrinn
1951 1976 1963
Bjössi Sör Sæborg
1975 1977
Opal is
HYBRID-ELECTRIC
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Puffin
Lundi
24 cm & 500 gr.
Puffins can dive down to
Harbour porpoise 60 meters underwater!
Hnísa
1,5 m & 70 kg.
Humpback whale
Hnúfubakur Harbour porpoises are one
17 m & 35 t. of the smallest marine
mammals.
Humpback whales can eat up
to 1.5 tonnes of food per day.
White-beaked dolphin Minke whale
Hnýðingur Hrefna
3 m & 350 kg. 11 m & 10 t.
White-beaked dolphins can The Minke whale can create sounds
reach a speed of 45 km/h. at over 150 decibels that can
be heard from many miles away.
For comparison, loud rock concerts
reach up to 125 decibels.
Did you know that a frequent
visitor to Skjálfandi Bay is a
Blue/Fin whale hybrid?
Fin whale
Langreyður / 25 m & 120 t.
Fin whales pee the equivalent
of about 3 bathtubs per day :)
Blue whale You might also see these
Steypireyður magnificent creatures:
30 m & 190 t.
Pilot whale
The Blue whale is the largest animal
Grindhvalur
to have ever existed on Earth.
7,5 m & 2,5 t.
Sei whale Sperm whale
Wildlife
Sandreyður
Illustrations by Jón Baldur Hlíðberg www.fauna.is
Búrhvalur
20 m & 40 t.
16 m & 45 t.
Orca
Háhyrningur Northern
9 m & 9 t. bottlenose whale
of skjálfandi Bay Andarnefja
9 m & 8 t.
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Our favourite
Sailingards
tow
TOP THINGS TO
A sustainable
DO IN HÚSAVÍK future
Since the beginning of our journey, sustainability has been
our key destination. We are proud to invite you on board Andvari
and Opal, the only whale watching boats in Iceland powered by
renewable energy!
Reduce – reuse – recycle Green energy
We strive to make economical use of our In addition to balancing our CO2 emissions,
resources and we always take environmental we’re the only whale watching company
issues into account. We’re committed to reusing in Iceland going the extra mile by offering
and recycling materials and disposing of waste carbon-neutral tours on electric boats
in an environmentally sound manner. powered by renewable energy.
Contribute to the North Sailing
forest AND WETLAND RESTORATION
We offset the CO2 emitted by our operation by planting trees through
Kolviður – the Iceland Carbon Fund and restoring wetlands through
The Icelandic Wetland Fund.
SHOW YOUR BOARDING CARD FOR DISCOUNTS
Code of
Gamli 10% GEOTHERMAL
RESPONSIBLE Conduct
Baukur
Restaurant
SEA BATHS
With infinity views over
WHALE WATCHING
Whether you’re up for Skjálfandi Bay, Geosea
a fresh catch of the day is the perfect place to
prepared to perfection, a tender, relax after your whale North Sailing is a certified responsible whale watching operator by wildlife of Skjálfandi Bay with
watching tour. If you’re
flavourful steak or a healthy salad, Gamli the World Cetacean Alliance. We abide by a Code of Conduct and great respect and minimum
Baukur Restaurant is the place to be. Perfectly lucky, you might even spot 10% train our staff to approach and be around the animals with utmost disturbance. Even though a
located by the sea, there’s no better place in a whale blow in the distance!
care and caution. We want you to be able to observe the incredible close encounter is always a
Húsavík to enjoy the lively harbour atmosphere. www.geosea.is fascinating experience, how
www.gamlibaukur.is close we get is on the animals’
Caution-Zone terms. We aim to set an
50m > example for others and help
HORSE RIDING Húsavík
Whale 20% Propeller stopped protect the spectacular wildlife
COMBO TOUR No Head-On of Skjálfandi Bay.
All our whale watching
Museum Approaching-Zone Approach
Zone
300m >
tours can be combined Can’t imagine how big Reduce speed to ~5-6 mph,
with a 1,5-hour horse the whales really are? limit number of vessels,
riding tour at Saltvík You don’t have to! ~20-30 min
See the real, life-size blue
Read more at:
Horse Centre. For
the best price book whale skeleton and all the northsailing.is
Searching-Zone
the Whales and Horses others at the Húsavík Whale 3000m > icewhale.is
combo tour at northsailing.is. COMBO Museum. Reduce speed, keep a lookout worldcetaceanalliance.org
DISCOUNT www.whalemuseum.is
www.saltvik.is and stay in radio contact
18Team North Sailing
WE LOOK forward
TO seeing you!
Join the North Sailing family for a whale
watching adventure of a lifetime!
“We’re beyond happy that we “These folks are top notch
„ „
sailed with North Sailing every step of the way
- DIsCOUNTs - YOUR BUCKET LIST
Your boarding card Go whale watching with North Sailing
grants you... Take a selfie with a whale
10% discount at See a puffin
10% GeoSea Baths Húsavík
Sail like a viking on a real sailboat
10% discount at Witness a whale breaching
10% Restaurant Gamli Baukur
See a Blue whale, the biggest
20% discount at animal ever
20% The Húsavík Whale Museum Sail like a pioneer on an electric boat
Free for children Free cancellation Book now – pay later Total flexibility
6 years and younger Up to 24 hours before Pay online or upon arrival To update your booking
Visit us at Contact us
the Whale watching +354 464 7272
Info@northsailing.is
centre
Get information and tickets Book online
from our whale watching
experts at the information www.northsailing.is
centre, located opposite the
picturesque Húsavík church.
We accept all major credit cards and foreign currency. Guidance generally in English. Our guides come from all over the world so if you have
special requests on language, please ask our staff. Please note that tours may vary. No guarantees can be given for sightings and timings can
change slightly as the sailing routes can differ. The natural environment is untamed and therefore we do not control the animals, the weather
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and other elements of nature. In the unlikely event that you do not see a whale, you get another ticket for free.You can also read
