Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tours
Arctic Sea Tours
WHALE WATCHING
( 771 7600;
www.arcticseatours.is
;
3hr tour adult/child Ikr9000/4500; year-round)
This professional outfit operates three-hour tours a couple of times a day in high summer
(it even has tours in winter!). All tours include a short sea-angling stint, and your catch is
grilled on the barbecue as soon as the boat docks.
Other options: a six-hour blue-whale safari (mid-May to June), a midnight sun cruise
(departs 11pm June to mid-July), or sea-angling trips. Pick-up from Akureyri is available
(Ikr2000).
Bergmenn Mountain Guides
ADVENTURE TOUR
( 698 9870;
www.bergmenn.com
)
Based outside Dalvík is this well-regarded company, which specialises in ski touring, ski
mountaineering, ice climbing, alpine climbing and other mountain-related activities. Fun
fact: the name of the company's owner, Jökull Bergmann, translates as 'Glacier Mountain-
man' - so you know he found his calling. The company runs Arctic Heli Skiing
Sleeping & Eating
Dalvík HI Hostel
HOSTEL
(Vegamót; 865 8391, 466 1060;
www.vegamot.net
;Hafnarbraut 4;dm/d without bathroom
Ikr4500/11,100; )
This is, for our money, one of Iceland's best hostels, and certainly its prettiest - it's more
like a boutique guesthouse than a budgeteer's bunkhouse. Heiða, the friendly owner, has a
creative streak put to good use in quirky, vintage-inspired decor. The seven-room hostel is
in the town centre, in a white building called Gimli.
The owners have more accommodation options, including three wooden cabins
(Ikr14,700) beside their home (close to the swimming pool), and Gamli Bærinn (the 'Old
Farmhouse'), a gorgeously romantic self-contained cottage (Ikr21,800).
