Description
Summary
Description
See whales from both land and sea on this combination tour in Reykjavik, with a whale watching boat tour in Faxafloi Bay and admission to the Whales of Iceland Exhibition.
You can visit the exhibition before or after your boat tour. The museum ticket is an open ticket, so you can go whenever you like, and it doesn't have to be on the same day as your whale watching tour. The exhibition is on the other side of the Old Harbor area from the whale watching ticket office.
The Whales of Iceland Exhibition shows 25 life-size whale models, along with in-depth information, interactive displays, and underwater footage of whales on an 8-meter (26-foot) screen. Its newest exhibit focuses on conservation and the threats whales face today, along with possible solutions.
An audio guide is included in 17 languages, and a live guided tour of the exhibition runs every day at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at no extra cost. The documentaries Whale Wisdom and Sonic Sea are also screened several times a day. The exhibition has a cafe and a gift shop.
For the whale watching tour, you sail out into Faxafloi Bay. Your guide helps you look for the most common whales in the area, such as humpback whales, minke whales, white-beaked dolphins, and harbor porpoises, and tells you about their behavior in the wild.
You can choose the Classic tour, which lasts 2.5 to 3.5 hours and runs all year on a large boat with an on-board display of whale teeth, bones, baleen, and a microscope. In summer, you can also choose the Express tour, which lasts 2 to 2.5 hours on a faster boat and spends the same amount of time in the whale watching area.
Warm overalls are provided on the boat, and there's a cafe on board.
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