Sailing in Seydisfjordur and nearby area

by Tröllanes Tours · Boat tours · East Iceland

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from €99.11 per person

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  • Duration

    3 hours

  • Difficulty

    Easy

  • Season

    All year

  • Starts in

    Seydisfjordur

  • Pickup

    Meet at the start point

  • Starts at

    The fish factory

    Hafnargata 45, Seyðisfjörður

  • Guide

    Guided in English

  • Departs

    09:00, 09:30, 10:00, 10:30 …

  • Cancellation

    No refund once booked

About this experience

Set sail from Seyðisfjörður and explore one of Iceland’s most breathtaking and least-visited coastlines. This 3-hour boat tour takes you beyond the fjord and into the untamed beauty of the East — where steep mountains, tumbling waterfalls, and the open Atlantic create a landscape of rare power and peace.

As we glide out from the harbour, the colourful town fades behind us and the silence of nature takes over. Towering cliffs rise on both sides, waterfalls plunge into the sea, and seabirds circle above. Your local guide will share stories of the fjord’s history and the generations who lived and worked along these shores.

Crossing into Skálanes Nature Reserve, the scenery grows wilder still. Puffins and fulmars nest on the cliffs, seals rest lazily on the rocks, and — on lucky days — a whale may break the surface nearby.

At Skálanesbjarg, among Iceland’s highest sea cliffs, we witness nature at its most dramatic: basalt walls rising hundreds of meters straight from the ocean, alive with the sound of wings and waves.

This is not a sightseeing cruise — it’s an intimate encounter with East Iceland’s wild edge. A journey shaped by weather, wildlife, and wonder — and one that few travellers ever experience.

Description from the operator, Tröllanes Tours. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.

Where you go

  1. Itinerary: Sailing Beyond Skálanes

Good to know

We recommend that travellers who suffer from seasickness take medication before the tour.

Cancellation for this tour

No refund once booked. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.

If the weather cancels this tour

Iceland's weather is real. What usually stops this one is sea state — the skipper decides an hour or two before departure. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.

  1. 1Tröllanes Tours decides, and tells us. Operators cancel when it is unsafe or pointless, and we back that call every time — we do not ask them to run anyway.
  2. 2We contact you by email, and by phone if your tour is the same or next day. You choose: another date if there is one you can make, or a full refund. There is no fee and nothing to argue.
  3. 3The refund goes back to the card you paid with, through Stripe, usually visible within a few working days. If this tour was one of several in your booking, the others are untouched.

What you do not get is the day back. If this is the only free day in your plan, put a spare day next to it — the planner leaves days free with the rest-day option. And if you want out because the forecast looks bad, that is your own cancellation: free until the cutoff shown above, the operator's policy after that.

Questions on the day: [email protected] · +354 497 1373. How cancellations work in Iceland →

Who this is not for

  • Not the one to book if your dates might move: this operator does not refund once booked.

Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.

Why we list it

Tröllanes Tours is one of 204 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →

What travellers say about Tröllanes Tours

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Operator rating 5.0/5 from Google — these are reviews of the company, not this specific tour. Shown as Google returns them, unedited.

  • Heidi Cosford

    ★★★★★ · 3 months ago

    Fabulous nature and wildlife cruise with Trollanes Seatours. Lovely well equipped boat. Excellent crew who shared their knowledge of wildlife and local area in a very interesting way. We saw a group of seals including a pup on our trip which was amazing to see them relaxing in the sun. Contacted them via facebook messenger when our cruise timings changed and by phone when we weren’t sure if we were at the right place and both times they were very helpful. Would definitely recommend

Reviews from Google · updated 21 Oct 2026

Reviews from our travellers

Only people who booked this tour through us can write here. We publish every review in full — good or bad.

Reviews arrive the day after each trip — none yet for this one. After your tour we send one email asking how it was, and what you write goes here, unedited.

Boat tours — questions people ask

Where do boat tours leave from in Reykjavík?

The Old Harbour, on Ægisgarður pier, about five minutes' walk from most downtown hotels and ten from Hallgrímskirkja. Elding and Reykjavik Sailors both have ticket offices there. Whale, puffin, sea-angling and northern-lights boats all use the same area. Arrive thirty minutes before departure to check in. The Viðey ferry (/experience/1539/) leaves from the same harbour in summer and from Skarfabakki the rest of the year.

Is the Jökulsárlón boat tour worth it?

Yes, if you are already at the lagoon. A Zodiac gets you among the icebergs and close to the glacier edge in a way the shore cannot, and the combined glacier hike and Zodiac day (/experience/716547/) is the best full day in the southeast. Boats run in the warmer months only; check the tour page for dates. It is not worth a fourteen-hour day trip from Reykjavík just for the boat.

What is the difference between a Zodiac and an amphibian boat at Jökulsárlón?

A Zodiac is a fast rigid inflatable seating around ten, with a guide who can nose it near the glacier face and into iceberg fields; you wear a flotation suit and get a bit wet. The amphibian is a slow duck boat carrying larger groups on a fixed loop. The Zodiac is the better trip and the one we list. It has a minimum age and is bumpier; the tour page has details.

Will a boat tour be cancelled if it is windy?

Quite possibly. Operators cancel whale, puffin and lagoon boats when the wind or swell makes them unsafe or pointless, and Iceland is windy. The decision usually comes the evening before or early on the day, by email or text. You get a full refund or a new date. Book boat trips early in your stay rather than on your last day so a cancellation can be rebooked.

Hotels

Where to stay for this tour

From the cheapest to the top end of what is near Seyðisfjörður, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site.

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Pairs well with

Add any of these to this tour and 3 % comes off both at checkout — about €9 on the cheapest pair. One basket, one payment, however many operators they come from.

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