Whale Watching in the heart of North Iceland

Join us for a tour to remember!

Book online on our website and get a 10% online booking discount
with our exclusive promo code 10OFF !

Whale watching in the heart of North Iceland

Join us for a tour to remember!

Join our tour and get a 10% online booking discount with our exclusive discount code: 10OFF !

Whale Watching in North Iceland

Whale Watching Hauganes is the oldest whale watching company in Iceland. We have pioneered whale watching in Iceland for last three decades.

We sail all year with a 99% view success rate in Summer 2021.

Book the 100% Whale Watching tour:

Use our exclusive promo code 10OFF when booking online and you’ll receive a 10% discount!

Join our Whale Watching tours – With or without Sea Angling

100% Whale Watching

Enjoy a comfortable tour on our traditional oak boat while observing the magnificent whales.
No Sea Angling on this tour.

100% Whale Watching

Enjoy a comfortable tour on our traditional oak boat while observing the magnificent whales. No Sea Angling on this tour.

Whale Watching & Sea Angling

Our classic and original Whale Watching tour with Sea Angling included on our traditional icelandic oak boats!

Whale Watching & Sea Angling

Our classic and original Whale Watching tour with Sea Angling included on our traditional icelandic oak boats.

Iceland Whale watching Tours

– Whale watching in Iceland. Whale Watching Hauganes offers daily scheduled whale watching tours from Eyjafjordur, 25 min drive north of Akureyri in North Iceland.

– Best location to experience the whales in their natural habitat.

Whale Watching Hauganes is extremely proud of being the oldest whale watching Iceland company. We have toured with travelers on whale watching since 1993. Northern Iceland is globally recognized as the best location to experience whales in the world. See the Humpback whales, white beaked dolphins and minke whales.

Our two classic oak boats have been renovated for your comfort, have enjoyed good maintenance, are spacious, comfortable and extremely stable. As there are no generators on board, the engines can be turned off when approaching the whales making the approach as gentle and non-intrusive as possible.

We are proud to announce that our collaboration with our neighbour Ektafiskur /  Baccalá bar has been selected as a HERO experience by the North Iceland Marketing Agency.

We look forward to seeing you!
Book now and get a 10% online booking discount!


5 star ratingAll the family loved it. You can book online and get a discount. About 25 minutes drive from Akureyri it is a lovely trip to Hauganes.

You get provided with warm suits to wear over your clothes. You will need them it gets cold and wet on board without them.

Bring a hat also as the trip back can be cold.

The trip was amazing caught numerous sighting of humpback whales.

Well worth the money we all enjoyed.
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86frankiet
17/07/19
5 star ratingExcellent Whale Watching Tour We drove up about 25 minutes North of Akureyri to Hauganes to catch the 9:30am whale watching and sea angler tour. The company provides warm suits for all sizes, including children. My almost 2 year old fit in the smallest child size by scrunching the pants up his legs. Once the entry door was closed, I felt it was safe for a toddler to walk around while keeping a close eye on him.

Within 10-15 minutes we had seen the first whale surface. The tour guide oriented us to how whales dive in patterns, how she was going to alert everyone where the whales were, and who the crew were on the boat. We went in mid-September and saw what seemed like 20+ whales, but was probably the same 4 humpback whales over. Very cool experience! There were many close up views. I loved the fun whale facts in between dives. At the end of the tour, we got the opportunity to fish off the side and keep what we catch. Thank you to the crew for a fabulous tour and for filleting the fish for us! It made a great lunch when we got back.

Suggested duration: 3 hours More
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TravelKat21
16/09/19

Fantastic Location!

Whale Watching Hauganes is located on the west side in the middle of Eyjafjordur bay, only 25 min drive from Akureyri and 12 minutes from Dalvik, where the ferry goes to Grimsey Island. Usually it only takes us a couple of minutes to sail to the whales because they are just in front of our little village in North Iceland.
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Winter wonderland

Winter wonderland

The weather was beautiful, nice temperature, calm sea and pink sky that made the view stunning. We had 6 humpback whales in the area around Hauganes. We had a good time with the whales and we got to see one of our friends, Sóley they humpback whale.

Whale Watching brochure

View our 2023 Whale Watching brochure (pdf)

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