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"When Gavia Travel was founded by a couple of Icelandic birders, the aim was to start a full-time birdwatching travel agency, which was to be first of its kind in Iceland. Soon though we realized from the feedback we got from our clients that there was not only a need for a full-time Birdwatching agency in Iceland, but also a Wildlife Watching one with scheduled and scheduled Nature and Wildlife tours. Therefore Gavia Travel evolved into being a more general Nature and Wildlife agency than entirely a birdwatching outfit. However, we are still birders by heart, and if there is something we do better than anyone, it is to organize how, where and when to watch birds in Iceland!"

- Hrafn Svavarsson founder of Gavia Travel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beside organizing birding and birdphotography tours and workshops for foreign travel agencies, organizations, professional photographers and individuals Gavia Travel offers variety of scheduled Birdwatching experiences in Iceland.

These scheduled tours consist of four types of 4-day tours, two types of 6-day tours and two 12-day tours. The 6-day tours are run back-to-back meaning that visitors can go on more than one trip and extend their trip to up to 8 days.

For more information on each tour please choose the type of tour you are interested in here on the right.

Razorbill. A common breeding species in the area and during the day they will be abundant when we visit some of their breeding areas   Northern Fulmar. A species we will be seeing in big numbers during the day The sunset from Flatey Island in July. Atlantic Puffins and Black Guillemots swimming around Drake Harlequin Duck. These ducks are widespread on the Peninsula in the early and late summer Reykjanesta. The south shores at Reykjanes Peninsula show evidentely how the ocean waves of the North Atlantic ocean sweep unhindered on it Northern Gannets will be seen flying by during the day as Icelands largest Northern Gannet colony is on an Island just offshore from Reykjanesta

Atlantic Puffin. With a little luck we should be able to get close to few breeding Puffins today   We will stop by a big Arctic Tern colony Great Skua. We should get to know the Great Skua intimately today At Arnarstapi Thick-billed Murre/Brunnich's Guillemot. Will be seen at Snaefellsnes Peninsula during the summertime Minke Whales can often be seen feeding just of shore close to the bird cliffs
European Shag is a very common breeding bird in Breidafjordur bay The Volcano underneath Snaefellsjokull Glacier. If you look closely you can see how the lava has streamed down the mountain and the lava field in the forground Skogafoss Waterfall. One of the waterfalls we visit in this tour
Barrow's Goldeneye. Lake Myvatn is the only place in Europe where these magnificent ducks breed Lake Myvatn has the world's densest population of Harlequin Duck A bright summer day at Lake Myvatn
Humpback Whale feeding in Skjalfandi Bay Long-tailed Duck at Lake Myvatn White-beaked Dolphins in Skjalfandi bay

 

 
 

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Email at: info att gaviatravel.com or by
Phone at: 00354 511 3939

Office Hours : 9am to 5pm | Monday to Friday

 

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Gavia Travel has registration certificate issued by The Icelandic Tourist Board(Ferðamálastofa).   Birding Iceland  Gavia Travel is a proud supporter and sponsor of Fuglavernd - Birdlife Iceland (The Icelandic Society for the Protection of Birds)
Fuglar.is is a website about birds in Icelandic from the South East Iceland Birding Observatory

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