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Whalesafari Andenes - Hvalsafari Andenes

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Whalesafari Andenes - Hvalsafari Andenes

We offer whale watching off Andøy in Vesterålen, Northern Norway. Off Andøy there are ten different whale species. We combine whale watching and research.
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Established 8. June 1989 www.whalesafari.com Our Whale centre is located by the lighthouse in Andenes, Vesterålen, in northern Norway. Here the continental shelf lies closer to land than anywhere else along the Norwegian coast, making Andenes ideal for whale watching. The s***m whale, which is the largest toothed whales, typically feeds on deep sea squids and fish along the edge of the continenta

l shelf. To help us locate the s***m whales, our boats are equipped with hydrophones (under water microphones): we can therefore listen to the clicking sounds that the s***m whale produces to communicate, navigate and to search for their prey. With the aid of these hydrophones, we can locate the whale whilst he is still under water and approach it with minimal impact on the animal. We occasionally see other species of whales on our safaris such as killer whales (orcas), minke whales, pilot whales, dolphins, fin whales and humpback whales. Our guides at the Whale centre and on board our vessels are biologists and students from many different countries. The tourists can also learn more about the whales that we encounter from our guided tour in the museum, which is complementary in every whale safari ticket. Research on living whales has been important to us since the establishment of the Whale Centre in 1989. We have researchers present onboard the vessels and they study the behaviour and the population biology of the whales that we encounter. Whalesafari Ltd. offers researchers from different universities to stay and use the facilities connected to the centre. Since we have a sighting rate of 99% on our safaris, we can offer you a whale guarantee on our trips: we will offer you a new trip for free on the first available departure that suits you, if we cannot locate any cetacean on the trip. We tailor travel packages from Tromsø to Lofoten with activities, transportation, accommodation and more. You can book a package by visiting our web page or writing to [email protected]. Our summer season starts in May and lasts until September, while the winter season is from October to April. For information about trips, please check out our website or contact us via email or phone. Opening hours vary from summer to winter:
25.05-19.06 08:30 - 16:00 every day
20.06-20.08 08:30 - 19:00 every day
21.08-31.08 08:30 - 16:00 every day
01.09-15.09 10:30 - 15:00 every day
16.09-24-05 09:00 - 16:00 Mon-Fri

20/07/2024

WHALES OFF ANDØYA: The orca or killer whale, is the largest of all dolphin species. They are highly intelligent and able to coordinate hunting tactics. As a fast swimmer they have been recorded at speeds of up to 54 kph! Join us on a whale watching tour with professional guides and learn more about our whales 🐋😍

Photos: Marten Bril; Whalesafari Andenes - Hvalsafari Andenes
Book your whale watching tour at whalesafari.no

16/07/2024

WHALES OFF ANDØYA: The Humpback whale can live up to 90 years! Feeding humpbacks are a spectacular sight, as they engulf large volumes of water which they filter through baleen plates hanging from the roof of their mouths. This whale is one of ten species that you can experience on one of our whale watching trips.
Photo: Marten Bril

14/07/2024

As one of the few companies in the world combining whale watching and research, we; and , offer a unique and highly educational encounter with the whales off Andøya. Visit our new exhibition at the Whale Center before or after your whale watching tour.

10/07/2024

Vi gratulerer vår gode kollega og kaptein, Stein Johansen så mye med 67 års dagen idag🥳🌹⚓️

01/07/2024

Fine Celina byr på mye godt i Moby Dick Cafeen🐳

24/06/2024

Velkommen til Moby Dick Sommer Café daglig fra kl.10-16☕️🍰. Mye godt i disken, både søtt og salt, deilig suppe med foccaciabrød, hot dog og vaffler🐳 Nyt utsikten og kjøp en sommergave fra vår fine Hvalshop som har såå mye lekkert!🧜‍♀️🧚‍♀️ I morgen kan du også delta på en forelesning om hvalene utenfor Andøya! 25.6 kl 14:00, i cafeen på Hvalsenteret. Av Tiu Similä Whale2Sea🤩

24/06/2024

Two days ago we had a fantastic Whale Watching experience with over 40 pilot whales. Look at that cute calf! Did you know that the name "Pilot" is referring to the whales appearing to have one animal leading the rest of the group by swimming in front? 😍🐋 📸 Marten Bril

08/06/2024

S***m whale @ Andenes | Andøya - Vesterålen - Norway⁠ 🇳🇴
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30/05/2024

Exciting news! We' were out on our first tour of this summer with MS Reine today! Join us for an unforgettable adventure on the beautiful waters of Vesterålen! 🚢🌊🐳

27/05/2024

We're kicking of the whale-watching season with exciting news ✨

One of the s***m whales seen near Andenes, Norway, had been photographed in the Azores 10 years earlier!

We continue to thank researcher Lisa Steiner for her extensive work matching whale flukes from all over the North Atlantic Ocean. This gives us valuable insight into the long lives of these animals! 🐳

16/11/2023

This week, we wrapped up whale watching season of 2023 with a wonderful final safari! With only a few hours between sunrise and sunset, these final trips are lit with beautiful soft light. Thank you everyone for joining and following Whalesafari's 35th year of whale watching! 🐳🐬🙏

01/11/2023

Psst... did you know that we also organize northern lights tours?
Here you are some pictures from the Aurora Walk last Monday.
The moonlight made the walk magical, and at the cabin tasty food was waiting...

📷 Jade van Dam

30/10/2023

Somewhere on , a gorgeous day with crispy air in late autumn...

📷 Stéphane Kolditz

20/10/2023

Whereas female s***m whales are highly social and live in family groups, males are believed to become increasingly solitary as they get older. On rare occasions though, we can observe adult male s***m whales surfacing and diving together. These associations are sighted most frequently in winter and spring. This may reflect companionship, the presence of a lot of food in that location, or both! 🐳🦑

08/10/2023

The weather forecast for tomorrow looks quite good and we are looking forward to the safari! Will we see ***mwhales? Or other species? We never know for sure, but we have seen whales or dolphins on ~98% of our trips this year 🐋

29/09/2023

🕵️ Like detectives do with fingerprints, we look at patterns on the edge of ***mwhale flukes, and try to recognize them!
🐳The whale seen today has been observed here many times since summer 2011.
Can you guess where some of his scars and scratches come from?

25/09/2023

💙 We love to see from the sea... 💚

22/09/2023

The fin whale is the second largest animal in the world, surpassed only by the blue whale. These 20+ meter long giants have been nicknamed "the greyhounds of the sea" as they can travel at speeds up to 45 km/h. It is not uncommon to observe a fin whale blow in the distance, and then suddenly having it surface close to the boat!

18/09/2023

🍂 Høsten er her, og vi er så heldig å kunne tilby flotte votter og sokker med hvalmotiv i butikken, laget for hånd av vår Sybille! ..men det er ikke mange - løp og kjøp! 🐋

17/09/2023

and people are definitely curious about each other sometimes.
What do you think this was checking us out for?

(P.S. no matter how curious we humans get, we must always leave the whales their space).

📷 Stéphane Kolditz

29/08/2023

After a long trip out to sea with rain and wind, as well as spotting s***m whales of course! 🐋... we were also rewarded with a beautiful rainbow on our way back to the harbour 🌈

***mwhales

27/08/2023

On days like today, when the fog is so thick you can’t even see the harbour, there are other amazing animals here on Andøya to enjoy 🦌

📸 This beautiful photo was taken by one of our guides

Called 'Elg' in Norwegian, the moose are the largest land animals found in Norway. They can reach a shoulder height of a stunning 2.3 meters! With antlers that span up to 1.5 meters 👀

11/08/2023

Playful and sociable, Risso's Dolphins are quite new to the more northern latitudes, such as here in Andenes at 69°North.

Here you can see an older male with a white front body and larger size, swimming with at least one calf. The calves have pinkish/ brown faces and are of course smaller.

Risso's Dolphins also have very visible scars, and this helps us to recognise them. They turn whiter as the scars accumulate over time and the skin loses pigmentation.

10/08/2023

When nature gives us the gift of 2 amazing animals in one shot 📸

locals - s***m whales and puffins!

***mwhale

08/08/2023

Spy-Hopping Orcas! So, who is looking at who? 🙂

are able to position themselves vertically to visually inspect their surroundings, this is called , and on this day it was us they were inspecting 👀 👋

One of our guides, Sté Phane, was quick with the camera and managed to catch a few amazing photos of this behaviour!

05/08/2023

It's always very exciting for us when we see a whale that is known to us. Last week Jade van Dam, one of our Marine Biologists, spotted this ***mwhale and captured his fluke on camera. She was then able to identify him!

He's known to us as ID_0570 but, being a regular visitor to , it's time we gave him a name. We think Batman suits him 🙂
Can you see the resemblance?

***mhval

01/08/2023

After two months continuously swirling over the horizon, the sun has started to set also at 69° North. But evenings are still very long, and the late-summer flowers are blooming everywhere. Do you know how these pink flowers are called?

📷 Jade van Dam

01/08/2023

⚠️ Due to roadworks, the road FV 82 between Dverberg and Skarstein is closed between 7 AM and 7 PM until 10th August. We encourage our guests to take into account the longer driving time when planning their journey to Andenes.
More information on www.vegvesen.no

31/07/2023

When swim towards you!
A close encounter on our boat Maan Dolphin 😍

15.07.23

Adresse

Hamnegata 1C
Andenes
8480

Åpningstider

Mandag	09:00 - 17:00
Tirsdag	09:00 - 17:00
Onsdag	09:00 - 17:00
Torsdag	09:00 - 17:00
Fredag	09:00 - 17:00
Lørdag	09:00 - 17:00
Søndag	09:00 - 17:00

Telefon

+4776115600

Nettsted

https://www.whalesafari.no/

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When the weather is bad and there is no whale watching, our crew do the monthly safety-training. This was fun😅🐋🥰

#Humpback whales on our morning safari yesterday! 🎥 by Jade van Dam #andøy #vesterålen #visitvesterålen #naturesafari #nordnorge

The #ocean looked like this today from the Western pier in #andenes. 🌊 Impossible to sail in, but amazing to see the awe-inspiring force of nature, don't you think?

Whale safari 15.10

How excited we got yesterday, when a #spermwhale swam along the boat after a long dive in 2000-metre deep waters! #whalesafari #andøya #nordnorge

Today is World Whale and Dolphin Day! 📆 Off #andenes we can see 10 different species of #cetaceans, from small harbour porpoises to huge fin whales, and our guides love to tell you all you need to know about them in our Whale Exhibition. What do you think is the best way to mark the day? 📽 spy-hopping Orca by Asle Moen #oceanlife #whales #whaleanddolphinday #vesteralen

In summer we usually meet one #spermwhale at a time. But last Saturday we had these two individual holding close together...a beautiful sight! 🐳🐳 #andenes #vesterålen #northernnorway #whaleguarantee We have lovely, summer warm weather the next days...time for you to join us! #whales #andenes #vesterålen #northernnorway #whaleguarantee

En kort videosnutt fra vår kveldstur i går - de siste sekundene før spermhvalen dykker. 🐳 Gjett hvilken annen hvalart vi så i løpet av safarien? (bilder kommer 😉) #spermwhale #spermhval #andøy #vesterålen

#Pilotwhales are a cool species to meet, social and often curious. And this pod seemed to have a cozy time next to our boat last week ☺️ www.whalesafari.no #grindhval #andenes #whales #hvaler #vesterålen

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Whalesafari Andenes (Hvalsafari AS)

Our Whale centre is located by the lighthouse in Andenes, Vesterålen, in northern Norway. Here the continental shelf lies closer to land than anywhere else along the Norwegian coast, making Andenes ideal for whale watching. The s***m whale, which is the largest toothed whales, typically feeds on deep sea squids and fish along the edge of the continental shelf. To help us locate the s***m whales, our boats are equipped with hydrophones (under water microphones): we can therefore listen to the clicking sounds that the s***m whale produces to communicate, navigate and to search for their prey. With the aid of these hydrophones, we can locate the whale whilst he is still under water and approach it with minimal impact on the animal. We occasionally see other species of whales on our safaris such as killer whales (orcas), minke whales, pilot whales, dolphins, fin whales and humpback whales. Our guides at the Whale centre and on board our vessels are biologists and students from many different countries. The tourists can also learn more about the whales that we encounter from our guided tour in the museum, which is complementary in every whale safari ticket. Research on living whales has been important to us since the establishment of the Whale Centre in 1989. We have researchers present onboard the vessels and they study the behaviour and the population biology of the whales that we encounter. Whalesafari Ltd. offers researchers from different universities to stay and use the facilities connected to the centre. Since we have a sighting rate of 99% on our safaris, we can offer you a whale guarantee on our trips: we will offer you a new trip for free or your ticket reimbursed if we cannot locate any cetacean on the trip. So you actually have a 100% whale guarantee. We tailor travel packages from Tromsø to Lofoten with activities, transportation, accommodation and more. You can book a package by visiting our web page or writing to [email protected]. Our summer season starts in May and lasts until September, while the winter season is from December to April. For information about trips, please check out our website or contact us via email or phone. Opening hours vary from summer to winter: 25.05-19.06 08:30 - 16:00 every day 20.06-20.08 08:30 - 19:00 every day 21.08-31.08 08:30 - 16:00 every day 01.09-15.09 10:30 - 15:00 every day 16.09-24-05 09:00 - 16:00 Mon-Fri