Katla Whale Watching Reviews

Great experience! Great organization and a great experience! We have seen many whales and dolphins and have also been able to admire Puffin Island. Our guide was also great and gave us a lot of information. Gladly again!

TA glitch, getting a refund takes longer than the tour! We wished to cancel this booking, well outside of the 24 hours allowed, and the Trip Advisor link in the email, the website, the app said error, not allowed. Emailed the tour operator and they said, noted, but we had to cancel with TA. So now I get to deal with this on my return. I MHO, book thru Viator ( owned by TA) as the experience is better.

Amazing Tour Absolutely amazing experience. The guide, Rebekah was incredibly knowledgeable & took her time to explain & to point out whales & puffins. I highly recommend Katla!

Very cool but a very bumpy ride This was a great trip in nearly every way - being in a small group means that everyone has good visibility, and the fast rib means that any 'leads' on wildlife can be responded to quickly. We saw some dolphins, a minke whale dorsal fin and lots of cute puffins. On the way out, we got a thrill from the speed of the boat and the suspension seats were enough to deal with the bumps if you braced with your knees. On the way back, possibly against the wind (?), the bumping was really uncomfortable - every few moments, we would hit a wave that caused it to feel like the boat was crashing you down onto concrete repeatedly - my teenage son and I were both in pain the next day from the pressure on knee and back joints (despite no prior issues). I would strongly recommend that if you have pre-existing conditions or are pregnant, you follow the advice not to take a rib tour. The last half hour, we just wanted to go back to shore. Overall, we would recommend Katla as a company and recommend a small group tour like this - just be mindful of the fact it can be a very bumpy ride.

Saw lots of puffins We saw lots of puffins, in a couple of locations. Takes about 15 minutes to get to the island the puffins are nesting on. We did get close to the swimming and flying puffins. My husband has a good camera and it picked up puffins sitting at the nesting area, but we couldn't see them otherwise. It would have been great to have binoculars. This is a "rib boat' so a bumpy ride, however the seats have been equipped with a shock absorber system that helps cushion the harder bumps. You might not want to take someone who is frail.

Bitterly disappointed!! Unfortunately this was cancelled due to weather. Twice. I know this can’t be helped but that was the point of us going in June. I feel I’ve had a wasted trip to Iceland as this was the main reason for coming.

Best whale watching experience ever Myself and my 11 year old did this tour. It was professional and slick with wet suits, life preservers and even googles and snoods to guard against the wind. The Journey out was as much of a sensation as the actual whale watching, it was incredible to bounce along over the waves at high speed. We saw Minke and Humpback whales and because we were in a small boat we were able to float far closer than the whale watching ships and cover distance fast when a whale appeared. This is by far the best whalecwatching experience I have ever had, it was utterly amazing to see these incredible animals so close in their natural environment.

Worth Every Penny Professional and knowledgeable staff. Super fun boat ride with sightings of Puffins, harbor porpoises, jelly fish, and humpback whale

Would do it right away Experienced captain & guide; great equipment & boot, Puffins & many Minki`s Awsome trip to experience the beauty of iceland´s bay and sea animals

Trip cancelled and as yet no refund No refund information yet and no sign of refund yet - Trip was cancelled and we didn’t know till we turned up. Offered an alternative one later in day. We are owed a refund and assistants working in the front office were pretty uninterested. When I went back into the office at the water front they said they had emailed TripAdvisor but when I asked to have this email forwarded to me she clearly wrote it and copied me in. No refund as yet. Trip was average - one to miss for the money for us.