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Questions regarding Vestmannaeyjar visit

Posted by (san diego, us) on

Hello,

We plan to go to Vestmannaeyjar at end of July. Have a couple of questions that I would appreciate getting some advice.

1) I have read that for puffin viewing it's best to go early morning or late evening. The earliest ferry arrives in Vestmannaeyjar around 8:45 am. Is that early enough? Do I need to take my rental car over to get to the puffin viewing sites? It's extra cost and the ferry booking site actually has a note asking if I really want to take the car over as most activities can be reached by foot.

2) I plan to take an 1-hr RIB safari tour (there is no 2-hr tour on the day we will be there), visit the museum, take a hike to the crater of Eldfell, and go to the puffin viewing sites. If I take the 8 am ferry over, would taking the 8 pm departure give me enough time to do all the aforementioned activities?

Mei

Posted by
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Yes, 8:45 is too late in the morning. You will see them but they will be flying around fishing vs being near their nests.

Definitely take your vehicle over. The puffin area is at the opposite end of the island, but also if the ferry encounters bad weather they detour to a port 3 hours away. You would be stuck with no way to get to your vehicle.

I highly recommend staying overnight. You can do all of that except the puffins in that time frame. The puffins there though are seem early in the morning and late at night. Do not miss Eldheimar museum!

Posted by
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Thank you so much! I will give staying overnight some thought and see if that works with the rest of my itinerary.

Mei

Posted by
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Happy to help:) Even if you can take the first ferry back the next morning, that would allow you to look for puffins in the evening as well as the morning before the ferry leaves.

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