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Gentle Giants Whale Watching, Husavik

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#2 of 25 in Wildlife in Northeast Region

Speed Boats Tour Dolphin / Whale Watching

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Experience the Gentle Giants of Húsavík – the Whale Watching Capital of Europe. Welcome aboard traditional Icelandic oak boats or modern RIB speedboats in search of the mammals of the ocean. Gentle Giants is a family run company and is proud of its background with more than 150 years of family history in Skjálfandi Bay.

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• By paularitzmanntorres

  Very nice tour! Totally worth it! The guide and the captain were very kind and profissional! We had a wonderful time and saw at least 15 whales!  more »

• By silvanak76

  Abbiamo fatto l'escursione con la barca più grande (non il gommone) perché alcuni di noi temevano il mal di mare, ma in realtà siamo stati molto fortunati e il mare era tranquillissimo quando abbiamo ...  more »

  We did the excursion with the larger boat (not the dinghy) because some of us feared seasickness, but in fact we were very lucky and the sea was very quiet when we did the excursion. They provide very padded tuton, it's hot there but then you feel you need it. It is also possible to climb to the top to see the whales better. We saw mainly two species: minke whale and blue whale. The first one is smaller and when it sinks it shows the tail. The second, rarer, is much larger but does not show the tail. However the hike was beautiful (about 66 euros each)
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