General Manager

• May 2018 - Present

Sales and Marketing Manager

• May 2016 - Present

Whale Watching Akureyri operates from the floating pier at Hof Cultural and Concert hall in the heart of down town Akureyri. We offer two types of vessels, a great value whale watching tour on our specially modified sightseeing ship or an adventurous, up close and personal wildlife tour on our custom made RIB boats.Since the year 2000, Elding Whale Watching has been the leading whale watching tour company in Iceland. Six years later, in 2006, Whale Safari launched its first RIB boats and with it the first small groups whale watching tours in Iceland. Together with a handful of other ocean going tour companies, they form the Sea Safari Alliance.The two companies, Elding & Whale Safari, then joined hands and started Whale Watching Akureyri together. Whale Watching Akureyri offers both tours on big ships and small RIB boats.We have shown more then 750.000 happy whale watchers and have a long standing commitment to environmental sustainability and contribution to whale research. We fiercely and activily oppose whaling and whale hunting and have strong interest in the whales and wild life of our northern seas. We respect the ocean and try everything in out power to minimise our impact as we show interested adventurers and nature lovers from a round the world the magnificent whales of Iceland.We are proud of what we do and we try our best every day.

Sales And Marketing

• May 2006 - Present

Elding Whale Watching is a tour operator in Reykjavík offering whale watching and other adventures at sea all year round.Whales are perhaps the most mysterious and fascinating of all creatures. Some of the best whale watching in the world is off the shores of Iceland, where ocean currents create excellent viewing conditions. With decades of experience, Elding offers the most talked about whale watching tours in Iceland. Daily whale watching tours are offered all year round and are conveniently located just off Reykjavik’s old harbor. The drama, joy and poetry of these beautiful mammals are seen on more than 95% of our tours. Tourists delight in the sightings of minke and humpback whales, white beaked dolphins, harbor porpoises and various sea birds, such as Iceland’s famous Puffins. Our guides blog about every single tour in our online diary at www.elding.is/whalediary. No whale watching tour is the same and the blogs give you descriptions about sightings, the whales’ behavior, weather and even photos.Due to our strict observation of IceWhale’s codes of conduct for responsible whale watching, whales often surface within a few meters from the boats. Elding is the first and only environmentally certified whale watching company in Iceland.Elding’s Whale Watching Centre is the only one of its kind in Iceland, with free entry to all of Elding’s passengers. On board this “floating museum” you will find information about whales, birds, maritime life and important research projects in the bay.Iceland’s surrounding waters are as important as its land, and your trip to Iceland is not complete unless you’ve seen its beauty from the sea.

Restaurant Manager

• Aug 2014 - Dec 2015