Whale watching in Grundarfjörður

Last updated: Dec 4, 2025
Tómas Freyr Kristjánsson
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Last updated: Dec 4, 2025

On january 10. I was fortunate enough to get on a boat from Láki Tours for a magnificent whalewatching tour. I grabbed my drone for the trip hoping to get some good aerial footage of the whales. 

Needless to say everything was perfect. The whales, the weather. It was just a wonderful experience and hopefully a wonderful video I leave with you. Like I said in an earlier post that from november until late march Grundarfjörður is the place to be if you're a whale fanatic. 

I'll admit that during the process of this video I was extremely nervous about my DJI Phantom vision drone because of all the birds flying around it but fortunately they did not fly into or attack the flying drone.

Hope you enjoy

Laki tours 

Grundarfjordur

About the author

Hi there. My name is Tomas Freyr Kristjansson and I live with my family in Grundarfjörður Iceland. I work as an accountant along with my father and I also work as an EMT-I with the local health care here in Grundarfjörður. Photography is a passion of mine and I never get tired of photographing my near surroundings. A lot of beautiful places and astonishing landscapes. I also travel around the country whenever I can and combine traveling and photography. Lucky for me I have a understanding and a patient wife. You can see my pictures at http://flickr.com/tomasfreyr

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