Whales & White Water Rafting

Start the day bright and early at 7:20 with a pick up at Akureyri Backpackers Hostel organized by Viking Rafting (or if arriving by own car, follow instructions on your ticket to find your way to the base camp at Hafgrímsstaðir). The East Glacial River Gorge is the setting for the most action-packed and exciting rafting day tour. With spectacular deep canyon scenery and relentless heart-pumping whitewater, the East has been consistently rated one of Europe’s best rafting rivers, and topped popular guide books’ lists of must-dos in Iceland. One of the most remote single-day rafting trips on the planet, this whitewater adventure delivers an unforgettable journey into the untamed beauty of Iceland’s river wilderness and a dose of adrenaline strong enough to satisfy the most powerful of cravings. The river is rated 4/4+, which makes it sort of like your favorite Disney World ride, but without a seat belt! You don't need any previous rafting experience to discover why the East Glacial River has become Iceland's signature whitewater rafting trip.

Once you've had your fun on the river, you will be driven back to Akureyri Backpackers Hostel, where it's only a short walk to our ticket office in the harbor, and where your whale watching tour departs from at 05:00 pm. Eyjafjord is home to many humpback whales that year after year return to the fjord for its plentiful food. Our newly renovated and specially modified whale watching ship is capable of carrying 200 persons with spectacular views from our cinema-style viewing platforms. Its speed guarantees availability of whale watching tours from Akureyri, wherever the whales might be located in the deepest fjord in Iceland. With ample indoor and outdoor seating, bar and cafeteria, you can be sure that the ride is comfortable and pleasant, even at speed. Our sighting success of humpback whales in the summer of 2016 was 100%, and among them, there have been reports of minke whales, blue whales, and white-beaked dolphins.