Whales, Puffins and Sails
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Port
Husavik, Iceland
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Activity Level
Easy
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Excursion Type
Local Sightseeing,14,All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$169.95
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 3½ Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
Board Iceland’s only schooner to delve into Iceland’s past and present. Help set the sails or assist the skipper as a lee helmsman as the schooner Haukur takes you to Lundey Island. This is “the puffin island” and is also a traditional whale watching area. An almost unfathomable population of 200,000 puffins breed here, which makes for a truly vast number of puffin chicks in the summertime! You’ll stop near the island to watch the puffins and other sea birds. Húsavík is also often called the best place in the world to see the tiny minke whale. These are normally quite timid creatures but here they have been known to approach the boats and surface right alongside. Whales are often encountered within 20 minutes of leaving the harbor and appear to take as much interest in humans as we do in them. Boisterous white-beaked dolphins and harbor porpoises frequently join the party, and sometimes humpback and other large whales are spotted also.